Illinois 98th Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

HB 4411 — DHFS-PERSONAL NEEDS-INCREASES

Last action — Session Sine Die

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 98th Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to promulgate rules to increase by $10 for State fiscal year 2015 the total monthly personal needs allowance for persons who are inpatients in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act for which payments are made under the Medical Assistance Article throughout a month and who are determined to be eligible for medical assistance. Provides that for State fiscal years 2016 and beyond, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits, the Department shall promulgate rules to increase the total monthly personal needs allowance by an amount that is at least equal to the increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits. Provides that the Department shall not be prohibited from increasing, by rule, for State fiscal years 2016 and beyond, the personal needs allowance by an amount that is greater than the cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits for that calendar year; and that at no time shall the personal needs allowance for eligible persons be reduced below the rates calculated for State fiscal year 2015. Authorizes the Department to make similar increases, by rule, for persons who reside in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, who are determined to be eligible for medical assistance, and who are enrolled in the Illinois Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver program for adults with developmental disabilities. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy

  4. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Conroy

  5. Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee

  6. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  7. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine

  12. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham

  13. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield

  14. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer

  15. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams

  16. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith

  17. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

  18. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  19. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  20. Referred to Rules Committee

  21. First Reading

  22. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 4411 do?
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to promulgate rules to increase by $10 for State fiscal year 2015 the total monthly personal needs allowance for persons who are inpatients in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act for which payments are made under the Medical Assistance Article throughout a month and who are determined to be eligible for medical assistance. Provides that for State fiscal years 2016 and beyond, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits, the Department shall promulgate rules to increase the total monthly personal needs allowance by an amount that is at least equal to the increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits. Provides that the Department shall not be prohibited from increasing, by rule, for State fiscal years 2016 and beyond, the personal needs allowance by an amount that is greater than the cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits for that calendar year; and that at no time shall the personal needs allowance for eligible persons be reduced below the rates calculated for State fiscal year 2015. Authorizes the Department to make similar increases, by rule, for persons who reside in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, who are determined to be eligible for medical assistance, and who are enrolled in the Illinois Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver program for adults with developmental disabilities. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 4411?
HB 4411 is sponsored by Kelly M. Cassidy (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 4411?
This bill died with 98th Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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