Bill Text: IL SB1591 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medicaid Revenue Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to establish a Basic Health Program within its existing Medicaid managed care and care coordination programs in order to help serve the health care needs of individuals earning between 133% and 200% of the federal poverty level. Provides that the Department shall ensure full implementation of the Basic Health Program by January 1, 2014 and shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the State of Illinois is eligible for, and receives, the enhanced federal matching funds available to serve this currently underserved population.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1591 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB1591-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB1591 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Antonio Muñoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 35/6-6 new
Amends the Medicaid Revenue Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to establish a Basic Health Program within its existing Medicaid managed care and care coordination programs in order to help serve the health care needs of individuals earning between 133% and 200% of the federal poverty level. Provides that the Department shall ensure full implementation of the Basic Health Program by January 1, 2014 and shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the State of Illinois is eligible for, and receives, the enhanced federal matching funds available to serve this currently underserved population.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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 Medicaid Revenue Act is amended by adding
Section 6-6 as follows:
(305 ILCS 35/6-6 new)
Sec. 6-6. Basic Health Program. The Department of
Healthcare and Family Services, in accordance with the federal
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, shall establish a
Basic Health Program within its existing Medicaid managed care
and care coordination programs in order to help serve the
health care needs of individuals earning between 133% and 200%
of the federal poverty level. The Department shall take into
consideration guidance from the United States Department of
Health and Human Services on the establishment of the Basic
Health Program in its implementation. The Department shall
ensure full implementation of the Basic Health Program by
January 1, 2014 and shall take all necessary steps to ensure
that the State of Illinois is eligible for, and receives, the
enhanced federal matching funds available to serve this
currently underserved population.