Illinois Senate Bill 1591 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medicaid Revenue Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to establish a Basic Health Program within its existing Medicaid managed care and care coordination programs in order to help serve the health care needs of individuals earning between 133% and 200% of the federal poverty level. Provides that the Department shall ensure full implementation of the Basic Health Program by January 1, 2014 and shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the State of Illinois is eligible for, and receives, the enhanced federal matching funds available to serve this currently underserved population.

MEDICAID-BASIC HEALTH PROGRAM

Sen. Antonio Munoz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2011-03-18	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2011-03-10	Senate	Postponed - Human Services
2011-03-01	Senate	Postponed - Human Services
2011-02-23	Senate	Assigned to Human Services
2011-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2011-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2011-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Mu

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	35	6-6	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1591&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB1591.htm