Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4072 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4072 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-47 new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, in accordance with federal guidance issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall exempt from electronic visit verification requirements all live-in caregivers who provide Medicaid-funded personal care services or home health care services under the Illinois Title XIX State Plan or a waiver of the plan, including personal care services and home health care services provided under various home and community-based services waiver programs authorized under the Social Security Act. Defines "live-in caregiver". Grants the Department rulemaking authority. Effective immediately. LRB103 32247 KTG 61479 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4072 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-47 new 305 ILCS 5/5-47 new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, in accordance with federal guidance issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall exempt from electronic visit verification requirements all live-in caregivers who provide Medicaid-funded personal care services or home health care services under the Illinois Title XIX State Plan or a waiver of the plan, including personal care services and home health care services provided under various home and community-based services waiver programs authorized under the Social Security Act. Defines "live-in caregiver". Grants the Department rulemaking authority. Effective immediately. LRB103 32247 KTG 61479 b LRB103 32247 KTG 61479 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4072 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, in accordance with federal guidance issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall exempt from electronic visit verification requirements all live-in caregivers who provide Medicaid-funded personal care services or home health care services under the Illinois Title XIX State Plan or a waiver of the plan, including personal care services and home health care services provided under various home and community-based services waiver programs authorized under the Social Security Act. Defines "live-in caregiver". Grants the Department rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning public aid.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
15	15	5 adding Section 5-47 as follows:
16	16	6 (305 ILCS 5/5-47 new)
17	17	7 Sec. 5-47. Electronic visit verification system; live-in
18	18	8 caregiver exemption. In accordance with federal guidance
19	19	9 issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
20	20	10 Services in its "CMCS Informational Bulletin" on August 8,
21	21	11 2019 that allows state Medicaid agencies to exempt live-in
22	22	12 caregivers from the electronic visit verification requirements
23	23	13 authorized under Section 12006(a) of the 21st Century Cures
24	24	14 Act (Public Law 114-255), the Department of Healthcare and
25	25	15 Family Services shall exempt from electronic visit
26	26	16 verification requirements all live-in caregivers who provide
27	27	17 Medicaid-funded personal care services or home health care
28	28	18 services under the Illinois Title XIX State Plan or a waiver of
29	29	19 the plan, including personal care services provided under
30	30	20 Section 1905(a)(24), 1915(c), 1915(i), 1915(j), 1915(k), or
31	31	21 1115 of the Social Security Act, and home health care services
32	32	22 provided under Section 1905(a)(7) of the Social Security Act
33	33	23 or under a waiver or demonstration project authorized under
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4072 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	305 ILCS 5/5-47 new 305 ILCS 5/5-47 new
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40	40	Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, in accordance with federal guidance issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall exempt from electronic visit verification requirements all live-in caregivers who provide Medicaid-funded personal care services or home health care services under the Illinois Title XIX State Plan or a waiver of the plan, including personal care services and home health care services provided under various home and community-based services waiver programs authorized under the Social Security Act. Defines "live-in caregiver". Grants the Department rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 the Social Security Act.
69	69	2 As used in this Section, "live-in caregiver" means a
70	70	3 caregiver who permanently or for an extended period of time
71	71	4 resides in the same residence as the individual receiving
72	72	5 Medicaid-funded personal care services or home health care
73	73	6 services. Live-in caregiver status shall be determined by
74	74	7 meeting requirements established by the U.S. Department of
75	75	8 Labor, Internal Revenue Service, or extenuating circumstances
76	76	9 approved by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
77	77	10 The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt
78	78	11 any rules necessary to implement this provision, including
79	79	12 rules on the form and manner in which a caregiver must verify
80	80	13 that he or she meets the definition of "live in caregiver".
81	81	14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
82	82	15 becoming law.
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