Illinois Senate Bill 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-3)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that if the Department of Human Services fails to notify a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or a supportive living facility authorized under the Code that a resident's application for medical assistance or long-term care benefits is rejected or denied, the Department shall reinstate the application effective the date of rejection or denial, the caseworker assigned to process the application shall identify and retrieve all missing information on behalf of the resident, and the facility and resident shall be notified of the reinstatement, any informational requests, and the outcome. Requires the Department to expedite the processing of all reinstated applications. Effective immediately.

MEDICAID-REINSTATE APPLICATION

Sen. Omar Aquino [D]	Sen. Dave Syverson [R]	Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]	Sen. Iris Martinez [D]
Sen. Laura Murphy [D]	Sen. Cristina Castro [D]	Sen. Scott Bennett [D]	Sen. Thomas Cullerton [D]
Sen. Martin Sandoval [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Sen. Emil Jones [D]	Sen. Ram Villivalam [D]
Sen. Ann Gillespie [D]	Sen. Paul Schimpf [R]	Sen. Linda Holmes [D]	Sen. Steve Stadelman [D]
Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant [D]	Sen. Dan McConchie [R]	Sen. Pat McGuire [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]
Sen. Robert Peters [D]	Sen. Napoleon Harris [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-01-20	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Omar Aquino
2020-01-20	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2019-06-21	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
2019-04-12	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-28	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2019
2019-03-28	Senate	Second Reading
2019-03-28	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
2019-03-27	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 28, 2019
2019-03-27	Senate	Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000
2019-03-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
2019-03-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2019-03-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
2019-03-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
2019-03-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
2019-03-07	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
2019-03-07	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
2019-03-07	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
2019-03-07	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
2019-02-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
2019-02-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
2019-02-13	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2019-02-07	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
2019-02-06	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2019-02-06	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
2019-02-06	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2019-02-05	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2019-02-05	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
2019-02-05	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
2019-02-05	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2019-01-31	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2019-01-29	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
2019-01-23	Senate	Assigned to Human Services
2019-01-23	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-01-23	Senate	First Reading
2019-01-23	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	11-6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=79&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0079.htm