Bill Text: IL SB0316 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that if an applicant for medical assistance is a resident in a nursing home, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must notify the nursing home, in writing, of the Department's decision on the application. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0206 [SB0316 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0316-Enrolled.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 11-6 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/11-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-6)
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7 | Sec. 11-6. Decisions on applications. Within 10 days after | ||||||
8 | a decision is
reached on an application, the applicant
shall be | ||||||
9 | notified in writing of the decision. If the applicant resides | ||||||
10 | in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or a | ||||||
11 | supportive living facility authorized under Section 5-5.01a, | ||||||
12 | the facility shall also receive written notice of the decision, | ||||||
13 | provided that the notification is related to a Department | ||||||
14 | payment for services received by the applicant in the facility. | ||||||
15 | Only facilities enrolled in and subject to a provider agreement | ||||||
16 | under the medical assistance program under Article V may | ||||||
17 | receive such notices of decisions. The Department shall
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18 | consider eligibility for, and the notice shall contain a | ||||||
19 | decision on, each
of the following assistance programs for | ||||||
20 | which the client may be
eligible based on the information | ||||||
21 | contained in the application: Temporary
Assistance to Needy | ||||||
22 | Families, Medical Assistance, Aid to the Aged, Blind
and | ||||||
23 | Disabled, General Assistance (in the City of Chicago), and food |
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1 | stamps. No
decision shall be required for any
assistance | ||||||
2 | program for which the applicant has expressly declined in
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3 | writing to apply. If the applicant is determined to
be | ||||||
4 | eligible, the notice shall include a statement of the
amount of | ||||||
5 | financial aid to be provided and a statement of the reasons for
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6 | any partial grant amounts. If the applicant is determined
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7 | ineligible for any public assistance the notice shall include | ||||||
8 | the reason
why the applicant is ineligible. If the application | ||||||
9 | for any public
assistance is denied, the notice shall include a | ||||||
10 | statement defining the
applicant's right to appeal the | ||||||
11 | decision.
The Illinois Department, by rule, shall determine the | ||||||
12 | date on which
assistance shall begin for applicants determined | ||||||
13 | eligible. That date may be
no later than 30 days after the date | ||||||
14 | of the application.
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15 | Under no circumstances may any application be denied solely | ||||||
16 | to meet an
application-processing deadline.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
19 | 1, 2010.
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