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Illinois House Bill HB2886 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2886 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 89/5210 ILCS 89/10210 ILCS 89/15 305 ILCS 5/1-7 from Ch. 23, par. 1-7 Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Provides that a hospital subject to the Act shall disregard household income received through participation in a guaranteed income program reported by an uninsured patient who applies for financial assistance. Defines "guaranteed income program" to mean a publicly or privately funded program that provides one-time or recurring unconditional cash transfers or payments, or gifts to individuals or households, for a defined number of months or years for the purposes of reducing poverty, promoting economic mobility, or increasing the financial stability of Illinois residents. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of assistance under the Code, the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration any financial assistance, including cash transfers or gifts, that is provided to a person through a guaranteed income program (rather than the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration, for a period of no more than 60 months, any financial assistance, including wages, cash transfers, or gifts, that is provided to a person who is enrolled in a program or research project that is not funded with general revenue funds and that is intended to investigate the impacts of policies or programs designed to reduce poverty, promote social mobility, or increase financial stability for Illinois residents if there is an explicit plan to collect data and evaluate the program or initiative that is developed prior to participants in the study being enrolled in the program and if a research team has been identified to oversee the evaluation). Effective immediately. LRB103 27578 KTG 53954 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2886 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 89/5210 ILCS 89/10210 ILCS 89/15 305 ILCS 5/1-7 from Ch. 23, par. 1-7 210 ILCS 89/5 210 ILCS 89/10 210 ILCS 89/15 305 ILCS 5/1-7 from Ch. 23, par. 1-7 Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Provides that a hospital subject to the Act shall disregard household income received through participation in a guaranteed income program reported by an uninsured patient who applies for financial assistance. Defines "guaranteed income program" to mean a publicly or privately funded program that provides one-time or recurring unconditional cash transfers or payments, or gifts to individuals or households, for a defined number of months or years for the purposes of reducing poverty, promoting economic mobility, or increasing the financial stability of Illinois residents. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of assistance under the Code, the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration any financial assistance, including cash transfers or gifts, that is provided to a person through a guaranteed income program (rather than the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration, for a period of no more than 60 months, any financial assistance, including wages, cash transfers, or gifts, that is provided to a person who is enrolled in a program or research project that is not funded with general revenue funds and that is intended to investigate the impacts of policies or programs designed to reduce poverty, promote social mobility, or increase financial stability for Illinois residents if there is an explicit plan to collect data and evaluate the program or initiative that is developed prior to participants in the study being enrolled in the program and if a research team has been identified to oversee the evaluation). Effective immediately. LRB103 27578 KTG 53954 b LRB103 27578 KTG 53954 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2886 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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8	8	Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Provides that a hospital subject to the Act shall disregard household income received through participation in a guaranteed income program reported by an uninsured patient who applies for financial assistance. Defines "guaranteed income program" to mean a publicly or privately funded program that provides one-time or recurring unconditional cash transfers or payments, or gifts to individuals or households, for a defined number of months or years for the purposes of reducing poverty, promoting economic mobility, or increasing the financial stability of Illinois residents. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of assistance under the Code, the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration any financial assistance, including cash transfers or gifts, that is provided to a person through a guaranteed income program (rather than the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration, for a period of no more than 60 months, any financial assistance, including wages, cash transfers, or gifts, that is provided to a person who is enrolled in a program or research project that is not funded with general revenue funds and that is intended to investigate the impacts of policies or programs designed to reduce poverty, promote social mobility, or increase financial stability for Illinois residents if there is an explicit plan to collect data and evaluate the program or initiative that is developed prior to participants in the study being enrolled in the program and if a research team has been identified to oversee the evaluation). Effective immediately.
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14	14	1 AN ACT concerning public aid.
15	15	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
16	16	3 represented in the General Assembly:
17	17	4 Section 5. The Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act is
18	18	5 amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:
19	19	6 (210 ILCS 89/5)
20	20	7 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
21	21	8 "Community health center" means a federally qualified
22	22	9 health center as defined in Section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the
23	23	10 federal Social Security Act or a federally qualified health
24	24	11 center look-alike.
25	25	12 "Cost to charge ratio" means the ratio of a hospital's
26	26	13 costs to its charges taken from its most recently filed
27	27	14 Medicare cost report (CMS 2552-96 Worksheet C, Part I, PPS
28	28	15 Inpatient Ratios).
29	29	16 "Critical Access Hospital" means a hospital that is
30	30	17 designated as such under the federal Medicare Rural Hospital
31	31	18 Flexibility Program.
32	32	19 "Family income" means the sum of a family's annual
33	33	20 earnings and cash benefits from all sources before taxes, less
34	34	21 payments made for child support.
35	35	22 "Federal poverty income guidelines" means the poverty
36	36	23 guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the
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46	46	Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Provides that a hospital subject to the Act shall disregard household income received through participation in a guaranteed income program reported by an uninsured patient who applies for financial assistance. Defines "guaranteed income program" to mean a publicly or privately funded program that provides one-time or recurring unconditional cash transfers or payments, or gifts to individuals or households, for a defined number of months or years for the purposes of reducing poverty, promoting economic mobility, or increasing the financial stability of Illinois residents. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of assistance under the Code, the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration any financial assistance, including cash transfers or gifts, that is provided to a person through a guaranteed income program (rather than the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration, for a period of no more than 60 months, any financial assistance, including wages, cash transfers, or gifts, that is provided to a person who is enrolled in a program or research project that is not funded with general revenue funds and that is intended to investigate the impacts of policies or programs designed to reduce poverty, promote social mobility, or increase financial stability for Illinois residents if there is an explicit plan to collect data and evaluate the program or initiative that is developed prior to participants in the study being enrolled in the program and if a research team has been identified to oversee the evaluation). Effective immediately.
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77	77	1 United States Department of Health and Human Services under
78	78	2 authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
79	79	3 "Financial assistance" means a discount provided to a
80	80	4 patient under the terms and conditions a hospital offers to
81	81	5 qualified patients or as required by law.
82	82	6 "Free and charitable clinic" means a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
83	83	7 health care organization providing health services to
84	84	8 low-income uninsured or underinsured individuals that is
85	85	9 recognized by either the Illinois Association of Free and
86	86	10 Charitable Clinics or the National Association of Free and
87	87	11 Charitable Clinics.
88	88	12 "Guaranteed income program" means a publicly or privately
89	89	13 funded program that provides one-time or recurring
90	90	14 unconditional cash transfers or payments, or gifts to
91	91	15 individuals or households, for a defined number of months or
92	92	16 years for the purposes of reducing poverty, promoting economic
93	93	17 mobility, or increasing the financial stability of Illinois
94	94	18 residents.
95	95	19 "Health care services" means any medically necessary
96	96	20 inpatient or outpatient hospital service, including
97	97	21 pharmaceuticals or supplies provided by a hospital to a
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99	99	23 "Hospital" means any facility or institution required to
100	100	24 be licensed pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act or operated
101	101	25 under the University of Illinois Hospital Act.
102	102	26 "Illinois resident" means any person who lives in Illinois
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113	113	1 and who intends to remain living in Illinois indefinitely.
114	114	2 Relocation to Illinois for the sole purpose of receiving
115	115	3 health care benefits does not satisfy the residency
116	116	4 requirement under this Act.
117	117	5 "Medically necessary" means any inpatient or outpatient
118	118	6 hospital service, including pharmaceuticals or supplies
119	119	7 provided by a hospital to a patient, covered under Title XVIII
120	120	8 of the federal Social Security Act for beneficiaries with the
121	121	9 same clinical presentation as the uninsured patient. A
122	122	10 "medically necessary" service does not include any of the
123	123	11 following:
124	124	12 (1) Non-medical services such as social and vocational
125	125	13 services.
126	126	14 (2) Elective cosmetic surgery, but not plastic surgery
127	127	15 designed to correct disfigurement caused by injury,
128	128	16 illness, or congenital defect or deformity.
129	129	17 "Rural hospital" means a hospital that is located outside
130	130	18 a metropolitan statistical area.
131	131	19 "Uninsured discount" means a hospital's charges multiplied
132	132	20 by the uninsured discount factor.
133	133	21 "Uninsured discount factor" means 1.0 less the product of
134	134	22 a hospital's cost to charge ratio multiplied by 1.35.
135	135	23 "Uninsured patient" means an Illinois resident who is a
136	136	24 patient of a hospital and is not covered under a policy of
137	137	25 health insurance and is not a beneficiary under a public or
138	138	26 private health insurance, health benefit, or other health
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149	149	1 coverage program, including high deductible health insurance
150	150	2 plans, workers' compensation, accident liability insurance, or
151	151	3 other third party liability.
152	152	4 (Source: P.A. 102-581, eff. 1-1-22.)
153	153	5 (210 ILCS 89/10)
154	154	6 Sec. 10. Uninsured patient discounts.
155	155	7 (a) Eligibility.
156	156	8 (1) A hospital, other than a rural hospital or
157	157	9 Critical Access Hospital, shall provide a discount from
158	158	10 its charges to any uninsured patient who applies for a
159	159	11 discount and has family income of not more than 600% of the
160	160	12 federal poverty income guidelines for all medically
161	161	13 necessary health care services exceeding $150 in any one
162	162	14 inpatient admission or outpatient encounter.
163	163	15 (2) A hospital, other than a rural hospital or
164	164	16 Critical Access Hospital, shall provide a charitable
165	165	17 discount of 100% of its charges for all medically
166	166	18 necessary health care services exceeding $150 in any one
167	167	19 inpatient admission or outpatient encounter to any
168	168	20 uninsured patient who applies for a discount and has
169	169	21 family income of not more than 200% of the federal poverty
170	170	22 income guidelines.
171	171	23 (3) A rural hospital or Critical Access Hospital shall
172	172	24 provide a discount from its charges to any uninsured
173	173	25 patient who applies for a discount and has annual family
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184	184	1 income of not more than 300% of the federal poverty income
185	185	2 guidelines for all medically necessary health care
186	186	3 services exceeding $300 in any one inpatient admission or
187	187	4 outpatient encounter.
188	188	5 (4) A rural hospital or Critical Access Hospital shall
189	189	6 provide a charitable discount of 100% of its charges for
190	190	7 all medically necessary health care services exceeding
191	191	8 $300 in any one inpatient admission or outpatient
192	192	9 encounter to any uninsured patient who applies for a
193	193	10 discount and has family income of not more than 125% of the
194	194	11 federal poverty income guidelines.
195	195	12 (5) A hospital subject to this Act shall disregard
196	196	13 household income received through participation in a
197	197	14 guaranteed income program reported by an uninsured patient
198	198	15 who applies for financial assistance.
199	199	16 (b) Discount. For all health care services exceeding $300
200	200	17 in any one inpatient admission or outpatient encounter, a
201	201	18 hospital shall not collect from an uninsured patient, deemed
202	202	19 eligible under subsection (a), more than its charges less the
203	203	20 amount of the uninsured discount.
204	204	21 (c) Maximum Collectible Amount.
205	205	22 (1) The maximum amount that may be collected in a
206	206	23 12-month period for health care services provided by the
207	207	24 hospital from a patient determined by that hospital to be
208	208	25 eligible under subsection (a) is 20% of the patient's
209	209	26 family income, and is subject to the patient's continued
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220	220	1 eligibility under this Act.
221	221	2 (2) The 12-month period to which the maximum amount
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223	223	4 date of this Act, an uninsured patient receives health
224	224	5 care services that are determined to be eligible for the
225	225	6 uninsured discount at that hospital.
226	226	7 (3) To be eligible to have this maximum amount applied
227	227	8 to subsequent charges, the uninsured patient shall inform
228	228	9 the hospital in subsequent inpatient admissions or
229	229	10 outpatient encounters that the patient has previously
230	230	11 received health care services from that hospital and was
231	231	12 determined to be entitled to the uninsured discount. The
232	232	13 availability of the maximum collectible amount shall be
233	233	14 included in the hospital's financial assistance
234	234	15 information provided to uninsured patients.
235	235	16 (4) Hospitals may adopt policies to exclude an
236	236	17 uninsured patient from the application of subdivision
237	237	18 (c)(1) when the patient owns assets having a value in
238	238	19 excess of 600% of the federal poverty level for hospitals
239	239	20 in a metropolitan statistical area or owns assets having a
240	240	21 value in excess of 300% of the federal poverty level for
241	241	22 Critical Access Hospitals or hospitals outside a
242	242	23 metropolitan statistical area, not counting the following
243	243	24 assets: the uninsured patient's primary residence;
244	244	25 personal property exempt from judgment under Section
245	245	26 12-1001 of the Code of Civil Procedure; or any amounts
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256	256	1 held in a pension or retirement plan, provided, however,
257	257	2 that distributions and payments from pension or retirement
258	258	3 plans may be included as income for the purposes of this
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260	260	5 (d) Each hospital bill, invoice, or other summary of
261	261	6 charges to an uninsured patient shall include with it, or on
262	262	7 it, a prominent statement that an uninsured patient who meets
263	263	8 certain income requirements may qualify for an uninsured
264	264	9 discount and information regarding how an uninsured patient
265	265	10 may apply for consideration under the hospital's financial
266	266	11 assistance policy. The hospital's financial assistance
267	267	12 application shall include language that directs the uninsured
268	268	13 patient to contact the hospital's financial counseling
269	269	14 department with questions or concerns, along with contact
270	270	15 information for the financial counseling department, and shall
271	271	16 state: "Complaints or concerns with the uninsured patient
272	272	17 discount application process or hospital financial assistance
273	273	18 process may be reported to the Health Care Bureau of the
274	274	19 Illinois Attorney General.". A website, phone number, or both
275	275	20 provided by the Attorney General shall be included with this
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277	277	22 (Source: P.A. 102-581, eff. 1-1-22.)
278	278	23 (210 ILCS 89/15)
279	279	24 Sec. 15. Patient responsibility.
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291	291	1 the maximum collectible amount under this Act contingent upon
292	292	2 the uninsured patient first applying for coverage under public
293	293	3 health insurance programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid,
294	294	4 AllKids, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or any
295	295	5 other program, if there is a reasonable basis to believe that
296	296	6 the uninsured patient may be eligible for such program.
297	297	7 (b) Hospitals shall permit an uninsured patient to apply
298	298	8 for a discount within 90 days of the date of discharge or date
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300	300	10 Hospitals shall offer uninsured patients who receive
301	301	11 community-based primary care provided by a community health
302	302	12 center or a free and charitable clinic, are referred by such an
303	303	13 entity to the hospital, and seek access to nonemergency
304	304	14 hospital-based health care services with an opportunity to be
305	305	15 screened for and assistance with applying for public health
306	306	16 insurance programs if there is a reasonable basis to believe
307	307	17 that the uninsured patient may be eligible for a public health
308	308	18 insurance program. An uninsured patient who receives
309	309	19 community-based primary care provided by a community health
310	310	20 center or free and charitable clinic and is referred by such an
311	311	21 entity to the hospital for whom there is not a reasonable basis
312	312	22 to believe that the uninsured patient may be eligible for a
313	313	23 public health insurance program shall be given the opportunity
314	314	24 to apply for hospital financial assistance when hospital
315	315	25 services are scheduled.
316	316	26 (1) Income verification. Hospitals may require an
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327	327	1 uninsured patient who is requesting an uninsured discount
328	328	2 to provide documentation of family income. Household
329	329	3 income received through participation in a guaranteed
330	330	4 income program shall not be considered income for the
331	331	5 purposes of reviewing eligibility for financial
332	332	6 assistance. Acceptable family income documentation shall
333	333	7 include any one of the following:
334	334	8 (A) a copy of the most recent tax return;
335	335	9 (B) a copy of the most recent W-2 form and 1099
336	336	10 forms;
337	337	11 (C) copies of the 2 most recent pay stubs;
338	338	12 (D) written income verification from an employer
339	339	13 if paid in cash; or
340	340	14 (E) one other reasonable form of third party
341	341	15 income verification deemed acceptable to the hospital.
342	342	16 (2) Asset verification. Hospitals may require an
343	343	17 uninsured patient who is requesting an uninsured discount
344	344	18 to certify the existence or absence of assets owned by the
345	345	19 patient and to provide documentation of the value of such
346	346	20 assets, except for those assets referenced in paragraph
347	347	21 (4) of subsection (c) of Section 10. Acceptable
348	348	22 documentation may include statements from financial
349	349	23 institutions or some other third party verification of an
350	350	24 asset's value. If no third party verification exists, then
351	351	25 the patient shall certify as to the estimated value of the
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363	363	1 (3) Illinois resident verification. Hospitals may
364	364	2 require an uninsured patient who is requesting an
365	365	3 uninsured discount to verify Illinois residency.
366	366	4 Acceptable verification of Illinois residency shall
367	367	5 include any one of the following:
368	368	6 (A) any of the documents listed in paragraph (1);
369	369	7 (B) a valid state-issued identification card;
370	370	8 (C) a recent residential utility bill;
371	371	9 (D) a lease agreement;
372	372	10 (E) a vehicle registration card;
373	373	11 (F) a voter registration card;
374	374	12 (G) mail addressed to the uninsured patient at an
375	375	13 Illinois address from a government or other credible
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377	377	15 (H) a statement from a family member of the
378	378	16 uninsured patient who resides at the same address and
379	379	17 presents verification of residency;
380	380	18 (I) a letter from a homeless shelter, transitional
381	381	19 house or other similar facility verifying that the
382	382	20 uninsured patient resides at the facility; or
383	383	21 (J) a temporary visitor's drivers license.
384	384	22 (c) Hospital obligations toward an individual uninsured
385	385	23 patient under this Act shall cease if that patient
386	386	24 unreasonably fails or refuses to provide the hospital with
387	387	25 information or documentation requested under subsection (b) or
388	388	26 to apply for coverage under public programs when requested
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399	399	1 under subsection (a) within 30 days of the hospital's request.
400	400	2 (d) In order for a hospital to determine the 12 month
401	401	3 maximum amount that can be collected from a patient deemed
402	402	4 eligible under Section 10, an uninsured patient shall inform
403	403	5 the hospital in subsequent inpatient admissions or outpatient
404	404	6 encounters that the patient has previously received health
405	405	7 care services from that hospital and was determined to be
406	406	8 entitled to the uninsured discount.
407	407	9 (e) Hospitals may require patients to certify that all of
408	408	10 the information provided in the application is true. The
409	409	11 application may state that if any of the information is
410	410	12 untrue, any discount granted to the patient is forfeited and
411	411	13 the patient is responsible for payment of the hospital's full
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413	413	15 (f) Hospitals shall ask for an applicant's race,
414	414	16 ethnicity, sex, and preferred language on the financial
415	415	17 assistance application. However, the questions shall be
416	416	18 clearly marked as optional responses for the patient and shall
417	417	19 note that responses or nonresponses by the patient will not
418	418	20 have any impact on the outcome of the application.
419	419	21 (Source: P.A. 102-581, eff. 1-1-22.)
420	420	22 Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
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433	433	1 Sec. 1-7. (a) For purposes of determining eligibility for
434	434	2 assistance under this Code, the Illinois Department, County
435	435	3 Departments, and local governmental units shall exclude from
436	436	4 consideration restitution payments, including all income and
437	437	5 resources derived therefrom, made to persons of Japanese or
438	438	6 Aleutian ancestry pursuant to the federal Civil Liberties Act
439	439	7 of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act,
440	440	8 P.L. 100-383.
441	441	9 (b) For purposes of any program or form of assistance
442	442	10 where a person's income or assets are considered in
443	443	11 determining eligibility or level of assistance, whether under
444	444	12 this Code or another authority, neither the State of Illinois
445	445	13 nor any entity or person administering a program wholly or
446	446	14 partially financed by the State of Illinois or any of its
447	447	15 political subdivisions shall include restitution payments,
448	448	16 including all income and resources derived therefrom, made
449	449	17 pursuant to the federal Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the
450	450	18 Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act, P.L. 100-383, in
451	451	19 the calculation of income or assets for determining
452	452	20 eligibility or level of assistance.
453	453	21 (c) For purposes of determining eligibility for or the
454	454	22 amount of assistance under this Code, except for the
455	455	23 determination of eligibility for payments or programs under
456	456	24 the TANF employment, education, and training programs and the
457	457	25 Food Stamp Employment and Training Program, the Illinois
458	458	26 Department, County Departments, and local governmental units
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469	469	1 shall exclude from consideration any financial assistance
470	470	2 received under any student aid program administered by an
471	471	3 agency of this State or the federal government, by a person who
472	472	4 is enrolled as a full-time or part-time student of any public
473	473	5 or private university, college, or community college in this
474	474	6 State.
475	475	7 (d) For purposes of determining eligibility for or the
476	476	8 amount of assistance under this Code, except for the
477	477	9 determination of eligibility for payments or programs under
478	478	10 the TANF employment, education, and training programs and the
479	479	11 SNAP Employment and Training Program, the Illinois Department,
480	480	12 County Departments, and local governmental units shall exclude
481	481	13 from consideration, for a period of 36 months, any financial
482	482	14 assistance, including wages, that is provided to a person who
483	483	15 is enrolled in a demonstration project that is not funded with
484	484	16 general revenue funds and that is intended as a bridge to
485	485	17 self-sufficiency by offering (i) intensive workforce support
486	486	18 and training and (ii) support services for new and expectant
487	487	19 parents that are intended to foster multi-generational healthy
488	488	20 families as described in Section 12-4.51.
489	489	21 (e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
490	490	22 and to the maximum extent permitted by federal law, for
491	491	23 purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of
492	492	24 assistance under this Code, the Illinois Department and local
493	493	25 governmental units shall exclude from consideration, for a
494	494	26 period of no more than 60 months, any financial assistance,
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505	505	1 including wages, cash transfers, or gifts, that is provided to
506	506	2 a person through a guaranteed income program. As used in this
507	507	3 subsection, "guaranteed income program" means a publicly or
508	508	4 privately funded program that provides one-time or recurring
509	509	5 unconditional cash transfers or payments, or gifts to
510	510	6 individuals or households, for a defined number of months or
511	511	7 years for the purposes of reducing poverty, promoting economic
512	512	8 mobility, or increasing the financial stability of Illinois
513	513	9 residents. who is enrolled in a program or research project
514	514	10 that is not funded with general revenue funds and that is
515	515	11 intended to investigate the impacts of policies or programs
516	516	12 designed to reduce poverty, promote social mobility, or
517	517	13 increase financial stability for Illinois residents if there
518	518	14 is an explicit plan to collect data and evaluate the program or
519	519	15 initiative that is developed prior to participants in the
520	520	16 study being enrolled in the program and if a research team has
521	521	17 been identified to oversee the evaluation.
522	522	18 (2) The Department shall choose State options and seek all
523	523	19 necessary federal approvals or waivers to implement this
524	524	20 subsection.
525	525	21 (Source: P.A. 100-806, eff. 1-1-19; 101-415, eff. 8-16-19.)
526	526	22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
527	527	23 becoming law.
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