Bill Text: IL SB3306 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a demonstration waiver application pursuant to the Social Security Act to establish community engagement and work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependent children who apply for or receive medical assistance. Provides that the waiver application shall propose to align the number of required community engagement and work hours to the work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by requiring all non-exempt individuals to complete 20 hours per week (80 hours per month) of qualifying activities to remain eligible for medical assistance benefits. Provides that under the waiver, certain persons shall be exempt from the community engagement and work requirements, including children under the age of 19, pregnant women, and full-time students. Provides that implementation of the community engagement and work requirements shall be contingent on the receipt of all necessary federal waivers or approvals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3306 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3306-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB3306 Introduced 2/16/2018, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-52c new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a demonstration waiver application pursuant to the Social Security Act to establish community engagement and work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependent children who apply for or receive medical assistance. Provides that the waiver application shall propose to align the number of required community engagement and work hours to the work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by requiring all non-exempt individuals to complete 20 hours per week (80 hours per month) of qualifying activities to remain eligible for medical assistance benefits. Provides that under the waiver, certain persons shall be exempt from the community engagement and work requirements, including children under the age of 19, pregnant women, and full-time students. Provides that implementation of the community engagement and work requirements shall be contingent on the receipt of all necessary federal waivers or approvals.
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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 5-52c as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-52c new)
Sec. 5-52c. Waiver for community engagement and work
requirements. The Department shall submit to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services a demonstration waiver
application pursuant to Section 1115 of the Social Security Act
to establish community engagement and work requirements for
able-bodied adults without dependent children who apply for or
receive medical assistance under this Article. The waiver
application shall propose to align the number of required
community engagement and work hours to the work requirements
under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by
requiring all non-exempt individuals to complete 20 hours per
week (80 hours per month) of qualifying activities to remain
eligible for medical assistance benefits. As used in this
Section, "qualifying activities" includes, but is not limited
to, volunteer work, employment or job training, and job search
activities. Under the waiver, the following persons shall be
exempted from the community engagement and work requirements:

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(1) children under the age of 19;
(2) pregnant women;
(3) primary caregivers of a dependent, including
either a dependent minor child or a dependent adult with
disabilities (limited to only one exemption per
household);
(4) individuals 65 years of age or older;
(5) individuals identified as medically frail; and
(6) full-time students.
In addition, individuals who (i) meet the education, training,
and employment requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program or the Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families Program or (ii) are employed for more than 30 hours
per week shall be deemed to meet the community engagement and
work requirements and no additional participation shall be
required.
If the Department receives federal approval for the
demonstration waiver, the Department may adopt any rules
necessary to implement the community engagement and work
requirements, including rules on a notice period to inform
non-exempt individuals of the community engagement and work
requirements and rules on the disenrollment of non-exempt
individuals from the medical assistance program for falsely
reporting community engagement and work hours.
Implementation of the community engagement and work
requirements provided in this Section shall be contingent on

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the receipt of all necessary federal waivers or approvals.