Bill Text: IL SB1858 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the authority of the Department of Public Health to pay for health insurance coverage on behalf of HIV-infected persons.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1858 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB1858-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB1858 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Heather A. Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 315/2d
Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the authority of the Department of Public Health to pay for health insurance coverage on behalf of HIV-infected persons.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is
amended by changing Section 2d as follows:
(410 ILCS 315/2d)
Sec. 2d. The The Illinois Department of Public Health may
pay for health insurance coverage with funds appropriated for
this purpose on behalf of persons who are infected with the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and are eligible for
"continuation coverage" as provided by the federal
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 or group
health insurance policies. The Illinois Department of Public
Health shall adopt rules to establish income eligibility
requirements for participation in this health insurance
coverage program. The Illinois Department of Public Health
shall also adopt rules and regulations to administer this
program that are in compliance with the requirements of the
federal Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act
of 1990.
(Source: P.A. 92-275, eff. 8-7-01.)