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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1248
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1248 on page 1,
3 line 6, by replacing line 6 with the following:
4 "is amended by changing Sections 10, 20, and 35 and by adding
5 Section 22 as follows:
6 (215 ILCS 106/10)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2001)
8 Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9 "Benchmarking" means health benefits coverage as defined
10 in Section 2103 of the Social Security Act.
11 "Child" means a person under the age of 19.
12 "Department" means the Department of Public Aid.
13 "Medical assistance" means health care benefits provided
14 under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
15 "Medical visit" means a hospital, dental, physician,
16 optical, or other health care visit where services are
17 provided pursuant to this Act.
18 "Program" means the Children's Health Insurance Program,
19 and related coverage for the adult caretakers of children
20 covered under the Program, which includes subsidizing the
21 cost of privately sponsored health insurance and purchasing
22 or providing health care benefits for eligible persons
23 children.
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1 "Resident" means a person who meets the residency
2 requirements as defined in Section 5-3 of the Illinois Public
3 Aid Code.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98.)"; and
5 on page 1, line 12, after "eligible" by inserting "under
6 federal requirements for federal financial participation or";
7 and
8 on page 3, immediately below line 11, by inserting the
9 following:
10 "(215 ILCS 106/22 new)
11 Sec. 22. Eligibility for adult caretakers of eligible
12 children. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
13 include coverage for the adult caretakers of the children
14 eligible under this Act, to the extent federal financial
15 participation is available under federal law or waivers of
16 federal law. Adult coverage shall be defined in rules and
17 shall be modeled on the children's coverage and consistent
18 with the provisions governing the children's coverage in
19 subsection (c) of Section 20, and in Sections 25, 30, and 35.
20 ".