Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/29/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 770 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 770 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by 
5changing Section 5-1 as follows:
 



6    (305 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-1)



7    Sec. 5-1. Declaration of purpose. It is the
the purpose of 
8this Article to
provide a program of essential
medical care and 
9rehabilitative services for persons receiving basic

10maintenance grants under this Code and for other persons who 
11are unable,
because of inadequate resources, to meet their 
12essential medical needs.
13    Preservation of health, alleviation of sickness, and 
14correction of
handicapping conditions for persons requiring 
15maintenance support are
essential if they are to have an 
16opportunity to become self-supporting or
to attain a greater 
 
 
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1capacity for self-care.  For persons who are medically
indigent 
2but otherwise able to provide themselves with a livelihood, it 
3is
of special importance to maintain their incentives for 
4continued
independence and preserve their limited resources 
5for ordinary maintenance
needs to prevent their total or 
6substantial dependency.

7(Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)".