Bill Text: IL SB1977 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for all available federal funding to promote community inclusion and integration for persons with disabilities, regardless of age, and older adults so that those persons have the option to transition out of institutions and receive long-term care services and supports in the settings of their choice. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0536 [SB1977 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1977-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB1977 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.54 new
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for all available federal funding to promote community inclusion and integration for persons with disabilities, regardless of age, and older adults so that those persons have the option to transition out of institutions and receive long-term care services and supports in the settings of their choice. Effective immediately.
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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 Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
adding Section 12-4.54 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.54 new)
Sec. 12-4.54. Community-based long-term services;
application for federal funding. The Department of Healthcare
and Family Services shall apply for all available federal
funding to promote community inclusion and integration for
persons with disabilities, regardless of age, and older adults
so that those persons have the option to transition out of
institutions and receive long-term care services and supports
in the settings of their choice.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.