Bill Text: IL HB5054 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals suffering from a permanent physical disability. Defines "permanent physical disability" to mean a permanent physical impairment, resulting from disease, injury, functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders a person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own health and personal care. Effective July 1, 2010.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)
Status: (Passed) 2010-06-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0940 [HB5054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5054-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals suffering from a permanent physical disability. Defines "permanent physical disability" to mean a permanent physical impairment, resulting from disease, injury, functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders a person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own health and personal care. Effective July 1, 2010.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)
Status: (Passed) 2010-06-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0940 [HB5054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5054-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-20 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-20)
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7 | Sec. 5-20. Electronic health care card. By December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1994, the
Illinois Department may develop and implement by rule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | an electronic health
information system to process claims | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | electronically and to electronically store
Medicare and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Medicaid patient records, medical histories, and billing
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12 | information. The Illinois Department may issue each Medicare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | and Medicaid
recipient a health card containing electronically | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | coded information that will
access the system, verify their | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Medicare or Medicaid status, and display how
much the patient | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | must pay in deductibles or copayments for a medical procedure.
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17 | The Illinois Department may also develop safeguards to protect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | recipients'
health information from misuse or unauthorized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | disclosure.
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20 | Beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | suffering from a permanent physical disability. For purposes of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | this Section, "permanent physical disability" means a |
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1 | permanent physical impairment, resulting from
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2 | functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders
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3 | person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own | ||||||
4 | health and personal
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5 | (Source: P.A. 88-308; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
7 | 2010.
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