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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3298 Introduced , by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 320 ILCS 25/4 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404 Amends the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act. Changes the income eligibility levels for programs that use the income limits in the Act for eligibility determinations. LRB104 11347 KTG 21435 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3298 Introduced , by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 320 ILCS 25/4 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404 320 ILCS 25/4 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404 Amends the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act. Changes the income eligibility levels for programs that use the income limits in the Act for eligibility determinations. LRB104 11347 KTG 21435 b LRB104 11347 KTG 21435 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3298 Introduced , by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act. Changes the income eligibility levels for programs that use the income limits in the Act for eligibility determinations.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning aging.
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 Senior Citizens and Persons with
15	15	5 Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act is amended by changing
16	16	6 Section 4 as follows:
17	17	7 (320 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404)
18	18	8 Sec. 4. Amount of Grant.
19	19	9 (a) In general. Any individual 65 years or older or any
20	20	10 individual who will become 65 years old during the calendar
21	21	11 year in which a claim is filed, and any surviving spouse of
22	22	12 such a claimant, who at the time of death received or was
23	23	13 entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, which
24	24	14 surviving spouse will become 65 years of age within the 24
25	25	15 months immediately following the death of such claimant and
26	26	16 which surviving spouse but for his or her age is otherwise
27	27	17 qualified to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, and any
28	28	18 person with a disability whose annual household income is less
29	29	19 than the income eligibility limitation, as defined in
30	30	20 subsection (a-5) and whose household is liable for payment of
31	31	21 property taxes accrued or has paid rent constituting property
32	32	22 taxes accrued and is domiciled in this State at the time he or
33	33	23 she files his or her claim is entitled to claim a grant under
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3298 Introduced , by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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68	68	1 this Act. With respect to claims filed by individuals who will
69	69	2 become 65 years old during the calendar year in which a claim
70	70	3 is filed, the amount of any grant to which that household is
71	71	4 entitled shall be an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount to
72	72	5 which the claimant would otherwise be entitled as provided in
73	73	6 this Section, multiplied by the number of months in which the
74	74	7 claimant was 65 in the calendar year in which the claim is
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76	76	9 (a-5) Income eligibility limitation. For purposes of this
77	77	10 Section, "income eligibility limitation" means:
78	78	11 (1) for applications that are based on the applicant's
79	79	12 household income in an amount for grant years 2008 through
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81	81	14 (A) (1) less than $22,218 for a household
82	82	15 containing one person;
83	83	16 (B) (2) less than $29,480 for a household
84	84	17 containing 2 persons; or
85	85	18 (C) (3) less than $36,740 for a household
86	86	19 containing 3 or more persons.
87	87	20 (2) for applications that are based on the applicant's
88	88	21 household income in years 2020 through 2025 For grant
89	89	22 years 2020 and thereafter:
90	90	23 (A) (1) less than $33,562 for a household
91	91	24 containing one person;
92	92	25 (B) (2) less than $44,533 for a household
93	93	26 containing 2 persons; or
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104	104	1 (C) (3) less than $55,500 for a household
105	105	2 containing 3 or more persons.
106	106	3 (3) for applications that are based on the applicant's
107	107	4 household income in years 2026 and thereafter:
108	108	5 (A) less than $37,650 for a household containing
109	109	6 one person;
110	110	7 (B) less than $51,100 for a household containing 2
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112	112	9 (C) less than $64,550 for a household containing 3
113	113	10 or more persons.
114	114	11 For 2009 claim year applications submitted during calendar
115	115	12 year 2010, a household must have annual household income of
116	116	13 less than $27,610 for a household containing one person; less
117	117	14 than $36,635 for a household containing 2 persons; or less
118	118	15 than $45,657 for a household containing 3 or more persons.
119	119	16 The Department on Aging may adopt rules such that on
120	120	17 January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the foregoing household
121	121	18 income eligibility limits may be changed to reflect the annual
122	122	19 cost of living adjustment in Social Security and Supplemental
123	123	20 Security Income benefits that are applicable to the year for
124	124	21 which those benefits are being reported as income on an
125	125	22 application.
126	126	23 If a person files as a surviving spouse, then only his or
127	127	24 her income shall be counted in determining his or her
128	128	25 household income.
129	129	26 (b) Limitation. Except as otherwise provided in
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140	140	1 subsections (a) and (f) of this Section, the maximum amount of
141	141	2 grant which a claimant is entitled to claim is the amount by
142	142	3 which the property taxes accrued which were paid or payable
143	143	4 during the last preceding tax year or rent constituting
144	144	5 property taxes accrued upon the claimant's residence for the
145	145	6 last preceding taxable year exceeds 3 1/2% of the claimant's
146	146	7 household income for that year but in no event is the grant to
147	147	8 exceed (i) $700 less 4.5% of household income for that year for
148	148	9 those with a household income of $14,000 or less or (ii) $70 if
149	149	10 household income for that year is more than $14,000.
150	150	11 (c) Public aid recipients. If household income in one or
151	151	12 more months during a year includes cash assistance in excess
152	152	13 of $55 per month from the Department of Healthcare and Family
153	153	14 Services or the Department of Human Services (acting as
154	154	15 successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department
155	155	16 of Human Services Act) which was determined under regulations
156	156	17 of that Department on a measure of need that included an
157	157	18 allowance for actual rent or property taxes paid by the
158	158	19 recipient of that assistance, the amount of grant to which
159	159	20 that household is entitled, except as otherwise provided in
160	160	21 subsection (a), shall be the product of (1) the maximum amount
161	161	22 computed as specified in subsection (b) of this Section and
162	162	23 (2) the ratio of the number of months in which household income
163	163	24 did not include such cash assistance over $55 to the number
164	164	25 twelve. If household income did not include such cash
165	165	26 assistance over $55 for any months during the year, the amount
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176	176	1 of the grant to which the household is entitled shall be the
177	177	2 maximum amount computed as specified in subsection (b) of this
178	178	3 Section. For purposes of this paragraph (c), "cash assistance"
179	179	4 does not include any amount received under the federal
180	180	5 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.
181	181	6 (d) Joint ownership. If title to the residence is held
182	182	7 jointly by the claimant with a person who is not a member of
183	183	8 his or her household, the amount of property taxes accrued
184	184	9 used in computing the amount of grant to which he or she is
185	185	10 entitled shall be the same percentage of property taxes
186	186	11 accrued as is the percentage of ownership held by the claimant
187	187	12 in the residence.
188	188	13 (e) More than one residence. If a claimant has occupied
189	189	14 more than one residence in the taxable year, he or she may
190	190	15 claim only one residence for any part of a month. In the case
191	191	16 of property taxes accrued, he or she shall prorate 1/12 of the
192	192	17 total property taxes accrued on his or her residence to each
193	193	18 month that he or she owned and occupied that residence; and, in
194	194	19 the case of rent constituting property taxes accrued, shall
195	195	20 prorate each month's rent payments to the residence actually
196	196	21 occupied during that month.
197	197	22 (f) (Blank).
198	198	23 (g) Effective January 1, 2006, there is hereby established
199	199	24 a program of pharmaceutical assistance to the aged and to
200	200	25 persons with disabilities, entitled the Illinois Seniors and
201	201	26 Disabled Drug Coverage Program, which shall be administered by
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212	212	1 the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the
213	213	2 Department on Aging in accordance with this subsection, to
214	214	3 consist of coverage of specified prescription drugs on behalf
215	215	4 of beneficiaries of the program as set forth in this
216	216	5 subsection. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act to the
217	217	6 contrary, on and after July 1, 2012, pharmaceutical assistance
218	218	7 under this Act shall no longer be provided, and on July 1, 2012
219	219	8 the Illinois Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
220	220	9 Pharmaceutical Assistance Program shall terminate. The
221	221	10 following provisions that concern the Illinois Senior Citizens
222	222	11 and Disabled Persons Pharmaceutical Assistance Program shall
223	223	12 continue to apply on and after July 1, 2012 to the extent
224	224	13 necessary to pursue any actions authorized by subsection (d)
225	225	14 of Section 9 of this Act with respect to acts which took place
226	226	15 prior to July 1, 2012.
227	227	16 To become a beneficiary under the program established
228	228	17 under this subsection, a person must:
229	229	18 (1) be (i) 65 years of age or older or (ii) a person
230	230	19 with a disability; and
231	231	20 (2) be domiciled in this State; and
232	232	21 (3) enroll with a qualified Medicare Part D
233	233	22 Prescription Drug Plan if eligible and apply for all
234	234	23 available subsidies under Medicare Part D; and
235	235	24 (4) for the 2006 and 2007 claim years, have a maximum
236	236	25 household income of (i) less than $21,218 for a household
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248	248	1 household containing 2 persons, or (iii) less than $35,740
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250	250	3 (5) for the 2008 claim year, have a maximum household
251	251	4 income of (i) less than $22,218 for a household containing
252	252	5 one person, (ii) $29,480 for a household containing 2
253	253	6 persons, or (iii) $36,740 for a household containing 3 or
254	254	7 more persons; and
255	255	8 (6) for 2009 claim year applications submitted during
256	256	9 calendar year 2010, have annual household income of less
257	257	10 than (i) $27,610 for a household containing one person;
258	258	11 (ii) less than $36,635 for a household containing 2
259	259	12 persons; or (iii) less than $45,657 for a household
260	260	13 containing 3 or more persons; and
261	261	14 (7) as of September 1, 2011, have a maximum household
262	262	15 income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
263	263	16 All individuals enrolled as of December 31, 2005, in the
264	264	17 pharmaceutical assistance program operated pursuant to
265	265	18 subsection (f) of this Section and all individuals enrolled as
266	266	19 of December 31, 2005, in the SeniorCare Medicaid waiver
267	267	20 program operated pursuant to Section 5-5.12a of the Illinois
268	268	21 Public Aid Code shall be automatically enrolled in the program
269	269	22 established by this subsection for the first year of operation
270	270	23 without the need for further application, except that they
271	271	24 must apply for Medicare Part D and the Low Income Subsidy under
272	272	25 Medicare Part D. A person enrolled in the pharmaceutical
273	273	26 assistance program operated pursuant to subsection (f) of this
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284	284	1 Section as of December 31, 2005, shall not lose eligibility in
285	285	2 future years due only to the fact that they have not reached
286	286	3 the age of 65.
287	287	4 To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department may
288	288	5 act as an authorized representative of a beneficiary in order
289	289	6 to enroll the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D Prescription
290	290	7 Drug Plan if the beneficiary has failed to choose a plan and,
291	291	8 where possible, to enroll beneficiaries in the low-income
292	292	9 subsidy program under Medicare Part D or assist them in
293	293	10 enrolling in that program.
294	294	11 Beneficiaries under the program established under this
295	295	12 subsection shall be divided into the following 4 eligibility
296	296	13 groups:
297	297	14 (A) Eligibility Group 1 shall consist of beneficiaries
298	298	15 who are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage and who
299	299	16 are:
300	300	17 (i) a person with a disability and under age 65; or
301	301	18 (ii) age 65 or older, with incomes over 200% of the
302	302	19 Federal Poverty Level; or
303	303	20 (iii) age 65 or older, with incomes at or below
304	304	21 200% of the Federal Poverty Level and not eligible for
305	305	22 federally funded means-tested benefits due to
306	306	23 immigration status.
307	307	24 (B) Eligibility Group 2 shall consist of beneficiaries
308	308	25 who are eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.
309	309	26 (C) Eligibility Group 3 shall consist of beneficiaries
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320	320	1 age 65 or older, with incomes at or below 200% of the
321	321	2 Federal Poverty Level, who are not barred from receiving
322	322	3 federally funded means-tested benefits due to immigration
323	323	4 status and are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.
324	324	5 If the State applies and receives federal approval for
325	325	6 a waiver under Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
326	326	7 persons in Eligibility Group 3 shall continue to receive
327	327	8 benefits through the approved waiver, and Eligibility
328	328	9 Group 3 may be expanded to include persons with
329	329	10 disabilities who are under age 65 with incomes under 200%
330	330	11 of the Federal Poverty Level who are not eligible for
331	331	12 Medicare and who are not barred from receiving federally
332	332	13 funded means-tested benefits due to immigration status.
333	333	14 (D) Eligibility Group 4 shall consist of beneficiaries
334	334	15 who are otherwise described in Eligibility Group 2 who
335	335	16 have a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS.
336	336	17 The program established under this subsection shall cover
337	337	18 the cost of covered prescription drugs in excess of the
338	338	19 beneficiary cost-sharing amounts set forth in this paragraph
339	339	20 that are not covered by Medicare. The Department of Healthcare
340	340	21 and Family Services may establish by emergency rule changes in
341	341	22 cost-sharing necessary to conform the cost of the program to
342	342	23 the amounts appropriated for State fiscal year 2012 and future
343	343	24 fiscal years except that the 24-month limitation on the
344	344	25 adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
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356	356	1 shall not apply to rules adopted under this subsection (g).
357	357	2 The adoption of emergency rules authorized by this subsection
358	358	3 (g) shall be deemed to be necessary for the public interest,
359	359	4 safety, and welfare.
360	360	5 For purposes of the program established under this
361	361	6 subsection, the term "covered prescription drug" has the
362	362	7 following meanings:
363	363	8 For Eligibility Group 1, "covered prescription drug"
364	364	9 means: (1) any cardiovascular agent or drug; (2) any
365	365	10 insulin or other prescription drug used in the treatment
366	366	11 of diabetes, including syringe and needles used to
367	367	12 administer the insulin; (3) any prescription drug used in
368	368	13 the treatment of arthritis; (4) any prescription drug used
369	369	14 in the treatment of cancer; (5) any prescription drug used
370	370	15 in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; (6) any
371	371	16 prescription drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's
372	372	17 disease; (7) any prescription drug used in the treatment
373	373	18 of glaucoma; (8) any prescription drug used in the
374	374	19 treatment of lung disease and smoking-related illnesses;
375	375	20 (9) any prescription drug used in the treatment of
376	376	21 osteoporosis; and (10) any prescription drug used in the
377	377	22 treatment of multiple sclerosis. The Department may add
378	378	23 additional therapeutic classes by rule. The Department may
379	379	24 adopt a preferred drug list within any of the classes of
380	380	25 drugs described in items (1) through (10) of this
381	381	26 paragraph. The specific drugs or therapeutic classes of
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392	392	1 covered prescription drugs shall be indicated by rule.
393	393	2 For Eligibility Group 2, "covered prescription drug"
394	394	3 means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D
395	395	4 Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is
396	396	5 enrolled.
397	397	6 For Eligibility Group 3, "covered prescription drug"
398	398	7 means those drugs covered by the Medical Assistance
399	399	8 Program under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
400	400	9 For Eligibility Group 4, "covered prescription drug"
401	401	10 means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D
402	402	11 Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is
403	403	12 enrolled.
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405	405	14 assistance under this subsection whose covered drugs are
406	406	15 covered by any public program is ineligible for assistance
407	407	16 under this subsection to the extent that the cost of those
408	408	17 drugs is covered by the other program.
409	409	18 The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
410	410	19 establish by rule the methods by which it will provide for the
411	411	20 coverage called for in this subsection. Those methods may
412	412	21 include direct reimbursement to pharmacies or the payment of a
413	413	22 capitated amount to Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.
414	414	23 For a pharmacy to be reimbursed under the program
415	415	24 established under this subsection, it must comply with rules
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