Chapter 305, PUBLIC AID

(305 ILCS 5/12-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-9) Sec. 12-9. Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund; uses. The Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund shall consist of (1) recoveries by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) authorized by this C…

(305 ILCS 5/12-9.1) Sec. 12-9.1. DHS Recoveries Trust Fund; uses. The DHS Recoveries Trust Fund shall consist of (1) recoveries authorized by this Code in respect to applicants or recipients under Articles III, IV, and VI, including recoveries from the estates of deceased recipie…

(305 ILCS 20/13) Sec. 13. Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. (a) The Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. The Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund is authorized to receive moneys from volu…

(305 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 13-1) Sec. 13-1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Code to restate, simplify, eliminate obsolescences and redundancies and reorganize into a more understandable and usable form the provisions of the 1949 Code repealed hereby. It is intended t…

(305 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 13-2) Sec. 13-2. Repeal. The "Act to revise the public assistance laws of Illinois, to consolidate and codify such laws, to prescribe the functions, powers, and duties of governmental units, agencies, and persons thereunder, to provide penalti…

(305 ILCS 5/13-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 13-3) Sec. 13-3. Savings provisions. The repeal of the 1949 Code Act shall not affect or impair the continuity of grants heretofore made to or in behalf of recipients pursuant to said Code. Nor shall such repeal affect or impair any power or t…

(305 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 13-4) Sec. 13-4. Partial invalidity. Should any Section, subdivision, clause, phrase, or provision of this Code to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason whatsoever such holdings shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions o…

(305 ILCS 5/13-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 13-5) Sec. 13-5. Emergency-effective date. Whereas many members of the General Assembly wish to offer bills amending the law relating to public assistance at the current session of the General Assembly and such bills should be drafted as amend…

(305 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 14-1) Sec. 14-1. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise: "Hospital" means any institution, place, building, or agency, public or private, whether organized for profit or not-for-profit, which is located in …

(305 ILCS 5/14-11) Sec. 14-11. Hospital payment reform. (a) The Department may, by rule, implement the All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (APR-DRG) payment system for inpatient services provided on or after July 1, 2013, in a manner consistent with the actions authorize…

(305 ILCS 5/14-12) Sec. 14-12. Hospital rate reform payment system. The hospital payment system pursuant to Section 14-11 of this Article shall be as follows: (a) Inpatient hospital services. Effective on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General As…

(305 ILCS 5/14-12.5) Sec. 14-12.5. Hospital rate updates. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the hospital rates of reimbursement authorized under Sections 5-5.05, 14-12, and 14-13 of this Code shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Section.…

(305 ILCS 5/14-12.7) Sec. 14-12.7. Public critical access hospital stabilization program. (a) In order to address the growing challenges of providing stable access to healthcare in rural Illinois, by October 1, 2023, the Department shall adopt rules to implement for dates of serv…

(305 ILCS 5/14-13) Sec. 14-13. Reimbursement for inpatient stays extended beyond medical necessity. (a) By October 1, 2019, the Department shall by rule implement a methodology effective for dates of service July 1, 2019 and later to reimburse hospitals for inpatient stays extend…

(305 ILCS 5/14-14) Sec. 14-14. Increasing access to primary care in hospitals. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall develop a program to facilitate coordination between Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and safety net hospitals, with the goal of increas…

(305 ILCS 5/14-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 14-8) Sec. 14-8. Disbursements to Hospitals. (a) For inpatient hospital services rendered on and after September 1, 1991, the Illinois Department shall reimburse hospitals for inpatient services at an inpatient payment rate calculated for each…

(305 ILCS 23/15) Sec. 15. Illinois Broadband Adoption Fund. (a) The Illinois Broadband Adoption Fund is established as a special fund within the State treasury for the purpose of providing financial assistance under this Act. The Department shall administer the fund. (b) The fund…

(305 ILCS 21/15) Sec. 15. Water and sewer assistance program. (a) The Department is authorized to institute a program whereby a water or sewer provider may voluntarily participate to ensure the availability and affordability of water and sewer services to low-income citizens. The…

(305 ILCS 80/15) Sec. 15. Felon as victim or survivor. An eligible survivor's or child victim's criminal history or felony status shall not automatically prevent an award for payment of the child victim's funeral and burial expenses. (Source: P.A. 102-754, eff. 5-10-22.)

(305 ILCS 85/15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2029) Sec. 15. Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall establish a Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program to discharge the medical debt of elig…

(305 ILCS 50/15) Sec. 15. Waiver. In the event that scientific evaluation of a particular program is prohibited by federal law or regulation, the evaluations will not begin until the necessary waivers have been obtained from the appropriate federal department. (Source: P.A. 89-38…

(305 ILCS 60/15) Sec. 15. Pediatric palliative care program. The Department shall develop a pediatric palliative care program, and the medical assistance program established under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall cover community-based pediatric palliative care from…

(305 ILCS 65/15) Sec. 15. Availability of naloxone formulations. The Department of Human Services shall, as part of the fiscal year 2024 Drug Overdose Prevention Program, make all FDA-approved formulations of naloxone that are cleared through the Minnesota Multistate Contracting …

(305 ILCS 42/15) Sec. 15. Program established. The Department of Human Services shall establish a nutrition outreach and public education program, to be administered by that Department in cooperation with the Department on Aging and the State Superintendent of Education. The prog…

(305 ILCS 44/15) Sec. 15. Administering entity. (a) The Secretary shall engage a not-for-profit entity from Illinois' emergency food system to administer the program. The administering entity shall have statewide reach and represent multiple food banks that source and distribute …

(305 ILCS 5/15-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 15-1) Sec. 15-1. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) (Blank). (a-5) "County provider" means a health care provider that is, or is operated by, a county with a population greater than 3,000,000. (b) …

(305 ILCS 5/15-10) Sec. 15-10. Disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments. (a) The provisions of this Section become operative if: (1) The federal government approves State Plan Amendment transmittal number 08-06 or a State Plan Amendment that permits disproportionate sh…

(305 ILCS 5/15-11) Sec. 15-11. Uses of State funds. (a) At any point, if State revenues referenced in subsection (b) or (c) of Section 15-10 or additional State grants are disbursed to the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, all funds may be used only for the following: (1) …

(305 ILCS 5/15-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 15-2) Sec. 15-2. County Provider Trust Fund. (a) There is created in the State Treasury the County Provider Trust Fund. Interest earned by the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. The Fund shall not be used to replace any funds appropriated to …

(305 ILCS 5/15-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 15-3) Sec. 15-3. Intergovernmental Transfers. (a) Each qualifying county shall make an annual intergovernmental transfer to the Illinois Department in an amount equal to the difference between the total payments made by the Illinois Department…

(305 ILCS 5/15-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 15-4) Sec. 15-4. Contractual assumption of certain expenses. Hospitals may, at their election, by written agreement between the counties owning and operating the hospitals and the Illinois Department, assume specified expenses of the operation…

(305 ILCS 5/15-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 15-5) Sec. 15-5. Disbursements from the Fund. (a) The monies in the Fund shall be disbursed only as provided in Section 15-2 of this Code and as follows: (1) To the extent that such costs are reimbursable under federal law, to pay the county h…

(305 ILCS 5/15-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 15-7) Sec. 15-7. Applicability. The requirements of this Article XV shall apply only as long as federal funds under Title XIX of the Social Security Act are available to match the intergovernmental transfer payments made and disbursed under th…

(305 ILCS 5/15-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 15-8) Sec. 15-8. Federal disallowances. In the event of any federal deferral or disallowance of any federal matching funds obtained through this Article which have been disbursed by the Illinois Department under this Article based upon challen…

(305 ILCS 5/15-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 15-9) Sec. 15-9. Waiver of appropriation procedures. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6-24001 and 6-24008 of the Counties Code, or any comparable provision relating to appropriations, the board of commissioners of qualifying counties…

(305 ILCS 5/16-1) Sec. 16-1. Benefits for foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes. In order to protect persons who are foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes and to reduce the risk of further harm, exploitation, and re-…

(305 ILCS 5/16-2) Sec. 16-2. Eligibility. Subject to available funding, a foreign-born victim of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes and the individual's derivative family members are eligible for cash assistance or SNAP benefits under this Article if the individual: (a…

(305 ILCS 5/16-3) Sec. 16-3. Determination of eligibility. (a) The Department shall determine that an applicant for cash assistance or SNAP benefits provided under this Article is eligible for such benefits if the applicant meets the income guidelines and is otherwise eligible an…

(305 ILCS 5/16-4) Sec. 16-4. Work requirements and exemptions. (a) Persons who are foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes and who are receiving cash assistance or SNAP benefits under this Article shall be subject to the same work requirements and wo…

(305 ILCS 5/16-5) Sec. 16-5. Termination of benefits. (a) Any cash assistance or SNAP benefits provided under this Article to a person who is a foreign-born victim of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes and his or her derivative family members shall be terminated if the…

(305 ILCS 5/16-6) Sec. 16-6. Rulemaking authority. The Department of Human Services shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Article on or before January 1, 2018. (Source: P.A. 99-870, eff. 8-22-16.)

(305 ILCS 20/17) Sec. 17. Transfer into Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. Immediately upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, but no later than 5 business days after that effective date, the State Comptroller shall direct and the…

(305 ILCS 20/18) Sec. 18. Financial assistance; payment plans. (a) The Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP or PIP Plan) is hereby created as a mandatory bill payment assistance program for low-income residential customers of utilities serving more than 100,000 retail customer…

(305 ILCS 20/19) Sec. 19. Application of Retailers' Occupation Tax provisions. All the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act that are not inconsistent with this Act app…

(305 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1402) Sec. 2. Findings and Intent. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) the health, welfare, and prosperity of the people of the State of Illinois require that all citizens receive essential levels of heat and electric service regardles…

(305 ILCS 5/2-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 2-1) Sec. 2-1. Definitions. The terms defined in this Article shall have the meanings ascribed to them, except when the context otherwise requires. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)

(305 ILCS 5/2-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 2-10) Sec. 2-10. "Residence": The establishment of a permanent home within this State. A person is deemed to have established his permanent home within this State if he has acquired by purchase, rental, or other arrangement housing facilities …

(305 ILCS 5/2-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 2-11) Sec. 2-11. "Family Unit": Husband and wife and a child or children under age 21. Spouses and parents of children under age 21 constitute "legally responsible relatives" or "responsible relatives" wherever those terms may be used in this …

(305 ILCS 5/2-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 2-12) Sec. 2-12. "Illinois Department"; "Department". In this Code, "Illinois Department" or "Department", when a particular entity is not specified, means the following: (1) In the case of a function performed before July 1, 1997 (the effecti…

(305 ILCS 5/2-12.5) Sec. 2-12.5. "Director of the Illinois Department"; "Director of the Department"; "Director". In this Code, "Director of the Illinois Department", "Director of the Department", or "Director", when a particular official is not specified, means the following: (1…