Bill Text: IL SB0796 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payments under the Medicaid program for funeral and burial expenses.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0796 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0796-Engrossed.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, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5-12 as follows:
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| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-12)
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| 7 | Sec. 5-12. Funeral and burial. Upon the
the death of a | ||||||
| 8 | recipient who
qualified under class 2, 3 or 4 of Section 5-2, | ||||||
| 9 | if his estate is
insufficient to pay his funeral and burial | ||||||
| 10 | expenses and if no other
resources, including assistance from | ||||||
| 11 | legally responsible relatives, are
available for such | ||||||
| 12 | purposes, there shall be paid, in accordance with the
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| 13 | standards, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 14 | Human
Services, such reasonable amounts as may be necessary to | ||||||
| 15 | meet the costs of
the funeral, burial space, and cemetery | ||||||
| 16 | charges, or to reimburse any person not
financially responsible | ||||||
| 17 | for the deceased who has voluntarily made
expenditures for such | ||||||
| 18 | costs. | ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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