Bill Amendment: IL SB2898 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: MEDICAID-MC/DD FACILITIES

Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2898 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2898-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 11/27/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2898
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2898 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 5-1 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-1)
Sec. 5-1. Declaration of purpose. It is the the purpose of
this Article to provide a program of essential medical care and
rehabilitative services for persons receiving basic
maintenance grants under this Code and for other persons who
are unable, because of inadequate resources, to meet their
essential medical needs.
Preservation of health, alleviation of sickness, and
correction of disabling conditions for persons requiring
maintenance support are essential if they are to have an
opportunity to become self-supporting or to attain a greater

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capacity for self-care. For persons who are medically indigent
but otherwise able to provide themselves with a livelihood, it
is of special importance to maintain their incentives for
continued independence and preserve their limited resources
for ordinary maintenance needs to prevent their total or
substantial dependency.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)".