104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1460 Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-35 Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are made under the Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $90. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, the personal needs allowance described in the amendatory Act shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year. LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1460 Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-35 305 ILCS 5/5-35 Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are made under the Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $90. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, the personal needs allowance described in the amendatory Act shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year. LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1460 Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-35 305 ILCS 5/5-35 305 ILCS 5/5-35 Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are made under the Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $90. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, the personal needs allowance described in the amendatory Act shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year. LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b A BILL FOR HB1460LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b HB1460 LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b HB1460 LRB104 03262 KTG 13284 b 1 AN ACT concerning public aid. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by 5 changing Section 5-35 as follows: 6 (305 ILCS 5/5-35) 7 Sec. 5-35. Personal needs allowance. 8 (a) For a person who is a resident in a facility licensed 9 under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated 10 Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, the 11 Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or the 12 MC/DD Act for whom payments are made under this Article 13 throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for 14 medical assistance under this Article, the State shall pay an 15 amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs 16 allowance authorized under Section 1902(q) of Title XIX of the 17 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(q)) so that the person's 18 total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and 19 federal sources equals $60. 20 (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, for a person who is a 21 resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care 22 Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure 23 and Certification Act, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1460 Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-35 305 ILCS 5/5-35 305 ILCS 5/5-35 Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are made under the Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $90. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, the personal needs allowance described in the amendatory Act shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year. 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