Bill Text: IL HB5473 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding a provision permitting a medical assistance application to be filed in behalf of a minor, a minor who is 12 years of age or older may sign and file an application on the minor's own behalf if such application is for the Article V family planning program enacted by Public Act 102-665.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5473 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5473-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5473 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/11-15 from Ch. 23, par. 11-15
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding a provision permitting a medical assistance application to be filed in behalf of a minor, a minor who is 12 years of age or older may sign and file an application on the minor's own behalf if such application is for the Article V family planning program enacted by Public Act 102-665.
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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
changing Section 11-15 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/11-15) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-15)
Sec. 11-15. Application requirements.
(1) An application for financial aid shall be filed in
writing by the person requesting aid and, in the case of a
request for family aid, by the head of that family, except as
otherwise permitted in paragraph (2). Applications for aid
under Articles III, IV, and V shall be filed in writing with
any local office of the Department of Human Services in the
manner prescribed by the Department. Applications for aid
under Article VI shall be filed in writing with the local
governmental unit upon forms approved by the Department.
Each applicant shall provide information as to the amount
of property, real and personal, owned by him or her within the
period of time preceding the application as required under
Sections 3-1.3, 4-1.11, and 5-2.1 of this Code. The applicant
shall also furnish information concerning all income, money
contributions, and other support from any source, and the
beneficiary and the amount or cash surrender or loan value of

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all insurance policies held by himself or herself or any
member of his family for whom aid is requested.
(2) An application, in all instances to be in writing, may
be filed in behalf of a person considered to be in need of
financial aid under Articles III, IV, V, or VI only if the
person
(a) has been adjudged to be under legal disability; or
(b) is unable because of minority or physical or
mental disability, to execute the application; or
(c) in the case of need for funeral and burial, died
before an application was filed and the application is
filed not more than 30 days after the person's death,
excluding the day on which the death occurred.
Applications in behalf of persons specified in (a) and (b)
shall be filed by the applicant's legal guardian or, if a
guardian has not been appointed or the applicant has no legal
guardian or the guardian is not available, by a relative or
other person, acceptable under the rules of the Illinois
Department, who is able to furnish the required information.
Applications in behalf of persons specified in (c) shall be
filed by any next of kin of the deceased who is not under legal
disability or, if there are no such next of kin or they are
unknown or unavailable, by a person, acceptable under the
rules of the Illinois Department, who is able to furnish the
required information.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph (2),

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a minor who is 12 years of age or older may sign and file an
application on the minor's own behalf if such application is
for the Article V family planning program enacted by Public
Act 102-665 amending Section 5-5 of this Code.
(3) The application shall contain a written declaration to
be signed by the applicant, or in behalf of the applicant by a
person qualified under paragraph (2), in substantially the
following form, the parenthetical references being applicable
to an application filed by a person in behalf of the applicant:
"I declare under penalties of perjury that I have examined
this form and all accompanying statements or documents
pertaining to the income and resources of myself (the
applicant) or any member of my family (the applicant's family)
included in this application for aid, or pertaining to any
other matter having bearing upon my (the applicant's)
eligibility for aid, and to the best of my knowledge and belief
the information supplied is true, correct, and complete".
(4) If an application for financial aid is filed for a
family, and any person in that family is under 18 years of age,
the application shall be accompanied by the following for each
such person under 18 years of age:
(i) a copy of the person's birth certificate, or
(ii) other reliable proof, as determined by the
Department, of the person's identity and age.
The Illinois Department shall provide information to all
families, orally by an intake worker and in writing when the

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