Bill Text: IL HB1652 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall implement measures to raise awareness of the Long-Term Care Partnership Program and the benefits of purchasing long-term care insurance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1652 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1652-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning insurance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Long-Term Care Partnership Program
Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
(215 ILCS 132/15)
Sec. 15. Illinois Long-term Care Partnership Program.
(a) In accordance with Title VI, Section 6021 of the
federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, there shall be
established the Illinois Long-Term Care Partnership Program,
to be administered by the Agency with the assistance of the
Department to do the following:
(1) provide incentives for individuals to insure
against the costs of providing for their long-term care
needs;
(2) provide a mechanism for individuals to qualify for
coverage of the cost of their long-term care needs under
Medicaid without first being required to substantially
exhaust their resources;
(3) provide counseling services to individuals
planning for their long-term care needs; and
(4) alleviate the financial burden on the State's
medical assistance program by encouraging the pursuit of

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private initiatives.
(b) The Agency shall:
(1) Within 180 days of the effective date of this Act,
or as soon thereafter as possible, make application to the
federal Department of Health and Human Services for a State
plan amendment to establish that, if an individual is a
beneficiary of a long-term care partnership program
certified policy, the total assets an individual owns and
may retain under Medicaid and still qualify for benefits
under Medicaid at the time the individual applies for
long-term care benefits are increased by $1 for each $1 of
benefit paid out under the individual's long-term care
partnership program certified insurance policy.
(2) Provide information and technical assistance to
the Department on the Department's role in assuring that
any individual who sells a qualified long-term care
insurance partnership policy receives training and
demonstrates evidence of an understanding of such policies
and how they relate to other public and private coverage of
long-term care.
(3) Subject to appropriation, implement measures to
raise awareness of the Long-Term Care Partnership Program
and the benefits of purchasing long-term care insurance.
(c) The Department may not impose any requirement affecting
the terms or benefits of qualified long-term care partnership
policies unless the Department imposes the requirement on all

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long-term care policies sold in Illinois without regard to
whether the policy is covered under the partnership or is
offered in connection with the partnership.
(d) The issuers of qualified long-term care partnership
policies in Illinois shall provide regular reports to the
Secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human
Services, in accordance with federal regulation. Issuers of
qualified long-term care partnership policies in Illinois
shall provide appropriate reports to the Agency and to the
Department as determined by those entities.
(Source: P.A. 95-200, eff. 8-16-07.)