Bill Text: IL SB0043 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require any resident of a nursing home licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act to enroll in or transition to the State's managed care medical assistance program, including any demonstration program operated by contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or its successor. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0043 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0043-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB0043 Introduced 1/16/2019, by Sen. David Koehler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/1-5 from Ch. 23, par. 1-5
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
LRB101 04379 KTG 49387 b
A BILL FOR
SB0043 LRB101 04379 KTG 49387 b
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 1-5 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/1-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 1-5)
Sec. 1-5. Construction. The The provisions of this Code
shall be liberally construed to effect its objects and
purposes.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)