Bill Text: IL HB5054 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals suffering from a permanent physical disability. Defines "permanent physical disability" to mean a permanent physical impairment, resulting from disease, injury, functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders a person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own health and personal care. Effective July 1, 2010.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)
Status: (Passed) 2010-06-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0940 [HB5054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5054-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5-20 as follows:
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| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-20)
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| 7 | Sec. 5-20. Electronic health care card. By December 31, | ||||||
| 8 | 1994, the
Illinois Department may develop and implement by rule | ||||||
| 9 | an electronic health
information system to process claims | ||||||
| 10 | electronically and to electronically store
Medicare and | ||||||
| 11 | Medicaid patient records, medical histories, and billing
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| 12 | information. The Illinois Department may issue each Medicare | ||||||
| 13 | and Medicaid
recipient a health card containing electronically | ||||||
| 14 | coded information that will
access the system, verify their | ||||||
| 15 | Medicare or Medicaid status, and display how
much the patient | ||||||
| 16 | must pay in deductibles or copayments for a medical procedure.
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| 17 | The Illinois Department may also develop safeguards to protect | ||||||
| 18 | recipients'
health information from misuse or unauthorized | ||||||
| 19 | disclosure.
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| 20 | On or before July 1, 2011, the Department shall cease | ||||||
| 21 | issuing monthly MediPlan cards and shall instead issue | ||||||
| 22 | permanent or semi-permanent member cards to individuals | ||||||
| 23 | enrolled for medical assistance. Furthermore, the Department | ||||||
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| 1 | may employ any reasonable means by which providers may verify | ||||||
| 2 | an individual's eligibility for medical assistance in place of | ||||||
| 3 | MediPlan cards. | ||||||
| 4 | (Source: P.A. 88-308; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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