Bill Text: IL HB4494 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payment under the Medicaid program for obligations incurred but not paid for at the time of a recipient's death.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-20 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4494 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4494-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4494 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-6 from Ch. 23, par. 5-6
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payment under the Medicaid program for obligations incurred but not paid for at the time of a recipient's death.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 5-6 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-6)
Sec. 5-6. Obligations incurred prior to death of a
recipient. Obligations incurred but not paid for at the the
time of a recipient's death for services authorized under
Section 5-5, including medical and other care in facilities as
defined in the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental
Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care
Act, or the MC/DD Act, or in like facilities not required to be
licensed under that Act, may be paid, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Illinois Department, after the death of the
recipient.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)