Illinois House Bill 5227

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-24 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
Pending: House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. In a provision requiring the Department of Human Services to establish eligibility standards for services provided under the Home Services Program, provides that the standards must provide that a person may not have more than $17,500 (rather than $10,000) in assets to be eligible for services. Provides that the Department may not decrease the asset level below $17,500 (rather than $10,000). Requires the Department to implement a pilot program of no less than 60 months in 3 geographically diverse locations wherein it shall exempt from consideration when determining eligibility for the Home Services Program retirement accounts that the person cannot access without penalty before the age of 59 1/2, and medical savings accounts. Provides that services provided to any individual determined eligible under the pilot program shall be funded solely by the State. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision regarding the income eligibility standard under the medical assistance program for persons with disabilities who are employed and for persons with a medically improved disability who are employed, requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to set the income eligibility standard at not lower than 450% (rather than 350%) of the federal poverty level.

DHS-DHFS-ASSET EXEMPTIONS

Rep. Anna Moeller [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]
Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock [D]	Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]	Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]
Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]	Rep. Kambium Buckner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
2024-04-05	House	Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 24, 2024
2024-03-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2024-03-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2024-03-20	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
2024-03-05	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
2024-03-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2024-02-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2024-02-20	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2024-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-09	House	First Reading
2024-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2405	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
305	5	5-2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5227&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5227.htm