Bill Text: IL HB6058 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires a mechanism to exist which will allow certain medical assistance recipients required to receive care administered through an entity licensed under the Health Maintenance Organization Act or a third party administrator paid through a capitated payment rate, to opt out of such coverage and enroll in a fee-for-service based coverage, if certain conditions apply. Effective July 1, 2010.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-12-08 - Assigned to Special Committee on Medicaid Reform [HB6058 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB6058-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB6058 Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 23, par. 3-6
Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires a mechanism to exist which will allow certain medical assistance recipients required to receive care administered through an entity licensed under the Health Maintenance Organization Act or a third party administrator paid through a capitated payment rate, to opt out of such coverage and enroll in a fee-for-service based coverage, if certain conditions apply. Effective July 1, 2010.
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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 3-6 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-6)
Sec. 3-6. Entitlement to medical assistance.
(a) Persons qualified for financial aid for basic
maintenance shall be entitled to receive, under Article V, all
necessary medical assistance.
(b) If any persons entitled to receive medical assistance
under this Section are required to receive care administered
through an entity licensed under the Health Maintenance
Organization Act or a third party administrator paid through a
capitated payment rate at the same time that other persons
covered under this Section or Article V of this Code, or the
Children's Health Insurance Program Act or the Covering ALL
KIDS Health Insurance Act are able to access care through a
fee-for-service based system, then a mechanism shall exist
which allows such persons to opt out of the capitated or HMO
based coverage and to enroll in a fee-for-service based
coverage.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2010.