97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0809
 
Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

  
320 ILCS 25/5 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405

 Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
pharmaceutical assistance procedures.



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1 AN ACT concerning aging.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 


4 Section 5. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons 
5Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is 
6amended by changing Section 5 as follows:




7 (320 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405)



8 Sec. 5. Procedure. 

9 (a) In general. Claims must be filed after January 1, on 
10forms prescribed
by the
the Department. No claim may be filed 
11more than one year after December 31
of the year for which the 
12claim is filed. The pharmaceutical assistance identification

13card provided for in subsection (f) of Section 4 shall be valid 
14for a period determined by the Department of Healthcare and 
15Family Services.
16 (b) Claim is Personal. The right to file a claim under this 
17Act
shall be personal to the claimant and shall not survive his 
18death, but
such right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant 
19by his legal
guardian or attorney-in-fact. If a claimant dies 
20after having filed a
timely claim, the amount thereof shall be 
21disbursed to his surviving spouse
or, if no spouse survives, to 
22his surviving dependent minor children in
equal parts, provided 
23the spouse or child, as the case may be, resided with
the 
 
 
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1claimant at the time he filed his claim. If at the time of 
2disbursement
neither the claimant nor his spouse is surviving, 
3and no dependent minor
children of the claimant are surviving 
4the amount of the claim shall
escheat to the State.

5 (c) One claim per household. Only one member of a household 
6may file
a claim under this Act in any calendar year; where 
7both members of a
household are otherwise entitled to claim a 
8grant under this Act, they
must agree as to which of them will 
9file a claim for that year.

10 (d) (Blank).

11 (e) Pharmaceutical Assistance Procedures.
The Department 
12of Healthcare and Family Services shall determine eligibility 
13for pharmaceutical assistance using
the applicant's current 
14income. The Department shall determine a person's
current 
15income in the manner provided by the Department by rule.

16 (f) A person may not under any circumstances charge a fee 
17to a claimant under this Act for assistance in completing an 
18application form for a property tax relief grant or 
19pharmaceutical assistance under this Act. 
20(Source: P.A. 96-491, eff. 8-14-09; 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 
2196-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)