96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2224


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. William Delgado
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














320 ILCS 25/5
  from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405







    Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that a person may not under any circumstances charge a fee to a claimant for assistance in completing an application form for a property tax relief grant or pharmaceutical assistance under the Act. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning aging.

 
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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 Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons 
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Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



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    (320 ILCS 25/5)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405)



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    Sec. 5. Procedure. 

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    (a) In general.  Claims must be filed after January 1, on 
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forms prescribed
by the Department.  No claim may be filed more 
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than one year after December 31
of the year for which the claim 
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is filed except that claims for 1976 may be
filed until 
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December 31, 1978.  The pharmaceutical assistance 
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identification
card provided for in subsection (f) of Section 4 
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shall be valid for a period
not to exceed one year.  On and 
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after January 1, 2002, however, to enable the
Department to 
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convert coverage for a pharmaceutical assistance program

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participant to a State fiscal year basis, a card shall be valid 
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for a longer or
shorter period than 12 months, depending on the 
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date a timely claim is filed
and as determined by the 
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Department.  All applicants for benefits under this
program 
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approved for benefits on or after July 1 but on or before 
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December 31
of any State fiscal year are eligible for benefits 
 


 






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through June 30 of that
State fiscal year.  All applicants for 
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benefits under this program approved for
benefits on or after 
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January 1 but on or before June 30 of any State fiscal
year are 
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eligible for benefits through June 30 of the following State 
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fiscal
year.

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    (b) Claim is Personal.  The right to file a claim under this 
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Act
shall be personal to the claimant and shall not survive his 
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death, but
such right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant 
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by his legal
guardian or attorney-in-fact.  If a claimant dies 
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after having filed a
timely claim, the amount thereof shall be 
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disbursed to his surviving spouse
or, if no spouse survives, to 
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his surviving dependent minor children in
equal parts, provided 
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the spouse or child, as the case may be, resided with
the 
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claimant at the time he filed his claim.  If at the time of 
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disbursement
neither the claimant nor his spouse is surviving, 
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and no dependent minor
children of the claimant are surviving 
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the amount of the claim shall
escheat to the State.

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    (c) One claim per household.  Only one member of a household 
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may file
a claim under this Act in any calendar year; where 
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both members of a
household are otherwise entitled to claim a 
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grant under this Act, they
must agree as to which of them will 
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file a claim for that year.

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    (d) Content of application form.  The form prescribed by the

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Department for purposes of paragraph (a) shall include a table,

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appropriately keyed to the parts of the form on which the 
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claimant is
required to furnish information, which will enable 
 


 






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the claimant to
determine readily the approximate amount of 
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grant to which he is
entitled by relating levels of household 
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income to property taxes
accrued or rent constituting property 
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taxes accrued.

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    (e) Pharmaceutical Assistance Procedures.  The Department 
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shall establish
the form and manner for application, and 
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establish by January 1, 1986 a
procedure to enable persons to 
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apply for the additional grant or for the
pharmaceutical 
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assistance identification card on the same application form.

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The Department shall determine eligibility for pharmaceutical 
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assistance using
the applicant's current income.  The 
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Department shall determine a person's
current income in the 
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manner provided by the Department by rule.

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    (f) A person may not under any circumstances charge a fee 
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to a claimant under this Act for assistance in completing an 
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application form for a property tax relief grant or 
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pharmaceutical assistance under this Act. 
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(Source: P.A. 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 91-699, eff. 1-1-01; 
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92-131, eff.
7-23-01; 92-519, eff. 1-1-02.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.