Illinois House Bill 2436 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish policies, procedures, standards, and criteria by rule for the acquisition, repair, and replacement of orthotic and prosthetic devices and durable medical equipment, provides that such rules, policies, procedures, and standards shall allow for the purchase, lease, lease-purchase, or rental of a hand-held tablet device and appropriate applications for an individual with a communication disorder affecting expressive or receptive language when the acquisition of such device and applications is determined by a qualified professional to be appropriate to meet the needs of the individual and has a lower cost than other communications technology under consideration for the individual. Effective immediately.

DHFS-MEDICAID-HAND-HELD TABLET

Rep. Emily McAsey [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2013-02-20	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-02-20	House	First Reading
2013-02-20	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2436&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2436.htm