96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1749


 
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. William Delgado
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act.  Provides that a taxpayer who claims a child as a dependent for income tax purposes must indicate on the standard Illinois income tax  form whether each of the taxpayer's dependent children has health care coverage.  Provides that, if the taxpayer indicates that a dependent child does not have health care coverage, and the taxpayer meets the income eligibility standards for Medicaid, KidCare, or the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, then the State Comptroller shall notify the taxpayer that the child may qualify for one or more of those programs.  Effective immediately.
















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SB1749

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    AN ACT concerning revenue.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 506.7 as follows:
 
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    (35 ILCS 5/506.7  new)
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    Sec. 506.7. Health insurance information.  For tax years 
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beginning on or after January 1, 2010 and ending on or before 
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December 31, 2013, the Department shall print on its standard 
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individual income tax form a space to allow taxpayers with 
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dependent children to indicate whether the dependent child has 
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health care coverage.  Each individual taxpayer who claims a 
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child as a dependent for income tax purposes must indicate on 
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the standard form whether each of the taxpayer's dependent 
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children has health care coverage.  If the taxpayer indicates on 
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his or her income tax return that a dependent child does not 
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have health care coverage, and the taxpayer meets the income 
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eligibility standards for Medicaid, KidCare, or the Covering 
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ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, then the State Comptroller 
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shall notify the taxpayer that the child may qualify for one or 
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more of those programs.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 


 






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becoming law.