Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

Filed: 4/1/2022

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5186
2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5186, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment
4No. 2, on page 197, immediately below line 11, by inserting the
5following:
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"ARTICLE 35. COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAM
7 Section 35-5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
8changing Section 4.02 as follows:
9 (20 ILCS 105/4.02) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.02)
10 Sec. 4.02. Community Care Program. The Department shall
11establish a program of services to prevent unnecessary
12institutionalization of persons age 60 and older in need of
13long term care or who are established as persons who suffer
14from Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder under the
15Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act, thereby enabling them to

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1remain in their own homes or in other living arrangements.
2Such preventive services, which may be coordinated with other
3programs for the aged and monitored by area agencies on aging
4in cooperation with the Department, may include, but are not
5limited to, any or all of the following:
6 (a) (blank);
7 (b) (blank);
8 (c) home care aide services;
9 (d) personal assistant services;
10 (e) adult day services;
11 (f) home-delivered meals;
12 (g) education in self-care;
13 (h) personal care services;
14 (i) adult day health services;
15 (j) habilitation services;
16 (k) respite care;
17 (k-5) community reintegration services;
18 (k-6) flexible senior services;
19 (k-7) medication management;
20 (k-8) emergency home response;
21 (l) other nonmedical social services that may enable
22 the person to become self-supporting; or
23 (m) clearinghouse for information provided by senior
24 citizen home owners who want to rent rooms to or share
25 living space with other senior citizens.
26 The Department shall establish eligibility standards for

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1such services. In determining the amount and nature of
2services for which a person may qualify, consideration shall
3not be given to the value of cash, property or other assets
4held in the name of the person's spouse pursuant to a written
5agreement dividing marital property into equal but separate
6shares or pursuant to a transfer of the person's interest in a
7home to his spouse, provided that the spouse's share of the
8marital property is not made available to the person seeking
9such services.
10 Beginning January 1, 2008, the Department shall require as
11a condition of eligibility that all new financially eligible
12applicants apply for and enroll in medical assistance under
13Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code in accordance with
14rules promulgated by the Department.
15 The Department shall, in conjunction with the Department
16of Public Aid (now Department of Healthcare and Family
17Services), seek appropriate amendments under Sections 1915 and
181924 of the Social Security Act. The purpose of the amendments
19shall be to extend eligibility for home and community based
20services under Sections 1915 and 1924 of the Social Security
21Act to persons who transfer to or for the benefit of a spouse
22those amounts of income and resources allowed under Section
231924 of the Social Security Act. Subject to the approval of
24such amendments, the Department shall extend the provisions of
25Section 5-4 of the Illinois Public Aid Code to persons who, but
26for the provision of home or community-based services, would

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1require the level of care provided in an institution, as is
2provided for in federal law. Those persons no longer found to
3be eligible for receiving noninstitutional services due to
4changes in the eligibility criteria shall be given 45 days
5notice prior to actual termination. Those persons receiving
6notice of termination may contact the Department and request
7the determination be appealed at any time during the 45 day
8notice period. The target population identified for the
9purposes of this Section are persons age 60 and older with an
10identified service need. Priority shall be given to those who
11are at imminent risk of institutionalization. The services
12shall be provided to eligible persons age 60 and older to the
13extent that the cost of the services together with the other
14personal maintenance expenses of the persons are reasonably
15related to the standards established for care in a group
16facility appropriate to the person's condition. These
17non-institutional services, pilot projects or experimental
18facilities may be provided as part of or in addition to those
19authorized by federal law or those funded and administered by
20the Department of Human Services. The Departments of Human
21Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Public Health,
22Veterans' Affairs, and Commerce and Economic Opportunity and
23other appropriate agencies of State, federal and local
24governments shall cooperate with the Department on Aging in
25the establishment and development of the non-institutional
26services. The Department shall require an annual audit from

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1all personal assistant and home care aide vendors contracting
2with the Department under this Section. The annual audit shall
3assure that each audited vendor's procedures are in compliance
4with Department's financial reporting guidelines requiring an
5administrative and employee wage and benefits cost split as
6defined in administrative rules. The audit is a public record
7under the Freedom of Information Act. The Department shall
8execute, relative to the nursing home prescreening project,
9written inter-agency agreements with the Department of Human
10Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
11to effect the following: (1) intake procedures and common
12eligibility criteria for those persons who are receiving
13non-institutional services; and (2) the establishment and
14development of non-institutional services in areas of the
15State where they are not currently available or are
16undeveloped. On and after July 1, 1996, all nursing home
17prescreenings for individuals 60 years of age or older shall
18be conducted by the Department.
19 As part of the Department on Aging's routine training of
20case managers and case manager supervisors, the Department may
21include information on family futures planning for persons who
22are age 60 or older and who are caregivers of their adult
23children with developmental disabilities. The content of the
24training shall be at the Department's discretion.
25 The Department is authorized to establish a system of
26recipient copayment for services provided under this Section,

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1such copayment to be based upon the recipient's ability to pay
2but in no case to exceed the actual cost of the services
3provided. Additionally, any portion of a person's income which
4is equal to or less than the federal poverty standard shall not
5be considered by the Department in determining the copayment.
6The level of such copayment shall be adjusted whenever
7necessary to reflect any change in the officially designated
8federal poverty standard.
9 The Department, or the Department's authorized
10representative, may recover the amount of moneys expended for
11services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
12Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
13estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery may
14be had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any,
15and then only at such time when there is no surviving child who
16is under age 21 or blind or who has a permanent and total
17disability. This paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery,
18at the death of the person, of moneys for services provided to
19the person or in behalf of the person under this Section to
20which the person was not entitled; provided that such recovery
21shall not be enforced against any real estate while it is
22occupied as a homestead by the surviving spouse or other
23dependent, if no claims by other creditors have been filed
24against the estate, or, if such claims have been filed, they
25remain dormant for failure of prosecution or failure of the
26claimant to compel administration of the estate for the

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1purpose of payment. This paragraph shall not bar recovery from
2the estate of a spouse, under Sections 1915 and 1924 of the
3Social Security Act and Section 5-4 of the Illinois Public Aid
4Code, who precedes a person receiving services under this
5Section in death. All moneys for services paid to or in behalf
6of the person under this Section shall be claimed for recovery
7from the deceased spouse's estate. "Homestead", as used in
8this paragraph, means the dwelling house and contiguous real
9estate occupied by a surviving spouse or relative, as defined
10by the rules and regulations of the Department of Healthcare
11and Family Services, regardless of the value of the property.
12 The Department shall increase the effectiveness of the
13existing Community Care Program by:
14 (1) ensuring that in-home services included in the
15 care plan are available on evenings and weekends;
16 (2) ensuring that care plans contain the services that
17 eligible participants need based on the number of days in
18 a month, not limited to specific blocks of time, as
19 identified by the comprehensive assessment tool selected
20 by the Department for use statewide, not to exceed the
21 total monthly service cost maximum allowed for each
22 service; the Department shall develop administrative rules
23 to implement this item (2);
24 (3) ensuring that the participants have the right to
25 choose the services contained in their care plan and to
26 direct how those services are provided, based on

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1 administrative rules established by the Department;
2 (4) ensuring that the determination of need tool is
3 accurate in determining the participants' level of need;
4 to achieve this, the Department, in conjunction with the
5 Older Adult Services Advisory Committee, shall institute a
6 study of the relationship between the Determination of
7 Need scores, level of need, service cost maximums, and the
8 development and utilization of service plans no later than
9 May 1, 2008; findings and recommendations shall be
10 presented to the Governor and the General Assembly no
11 later than January 1, 2009; recommendations shall include
12 all needed changes to the service cost maximums schedule
13 and additional covered services;
14 (5) ensuring that homemakers can provide personal care
15 services that may or may not involve contact with clients,
16 including but not limited to:
17 (A) bathing;
18 (B) grooming;
19 (C) toileting;
20 (D) nail care;
21 (E) transferring;
22 (F) respiratory services;
23 (G) exercise; or
24 (H) positioning;
25 (6) ensuring that homemaker program vendors are not
26 restricted from hiring homemakers who are family members

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1 of clients or recommended by clients; the Department may
2 not, by rule or policy, require homemakers who are family
3 members of clients or recommended by clients to accept
4 assignments in homes other than the client;
5 (7) ensuring that the State may access maximum federal
6 matching funds by seeking approval for the Centers for
7 Medicare and Medicaid Services for modifications to the
8 State's home and community based services waiver and
9 additional waiver opportunities, including applying for
10 enrollment in the Balance Incentive Payment Program by May
11 1, 2013, in order to maximize federal matching funds; this
12 shall include, but not be limited to, modification that
13 reflects all changes in the Community Care Program
14 services and all increases in the services cost maximum;
15 (8) ensuring that the determination of need tool
16 accurately reflects the service needs of individuals with
17 Alzheimer's disease and related dementia disorders;
18 (9) ensuring that services are authorized accurately
19 and consistently for the Community Care Program (CCP); the
20 Department shall implement a Service Authorization policy
21 directive; the purpose shall be to ensure that eligibility
22 and services are authorized accurately and consistently in
23 the CCP program; the policy directive shall clarify
24 service authorization guidelines to Care Coordination
25 Units and Community Care Program providers no later than
26 May 1, 2013;

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1 (10) working in conjunction with Care Coordination
2 Units, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
3 the Department of Human Services, Community Care Program
4 providers, and other stakeholders to make improvements to
5 the Medicaid claiming processes and the Medicaid
6 enrollment procedures or requirements as needed,
7 including, but not limited to, specific policy changes or
8 rules to improve the up-front enrollment of participants
9 in the Medicaid program and specific policy changes or
10 rules to insure more prompt submission of bills to the
11 federal government to secure maximum federal matching
12 dollars as promptly as possible; the Department on Aging
13 shall have at least 3 meetings with stakeholders by
14 January 1, 2014 in order to address these improvements;
15 (11) requiring home care service providers to comply
16 with the rounding of hours worked provisions under the
17 federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and as set forth
18 in 29 CFR 785.48(b) by May 1, 2013;
19 (12) implementing any necessary policy changes or
20 promulgating any rules, no later than January 1, 2014, to
21 assist the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in
22 moving as many participants as possible, consistent with
23 federal regulations, into coordinated care plans if a care
24 coordination plan that covers long term care is available
25 in the recipient's area; and
26 (13) maintaining fiscal year 2014 rates at the same

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1 level established on January 1, 2013.
2 By January 1, 2009 or as soon after the end of the Cash and
3Counseling Demonstration Project as is practicable, the
4Department may, based on its evaluation of the demonstration
5project, promulgate rules concerning personal assistant
6services, to include, but need not be limited to,
7qualifications, employment screening, rights under fair labor
8standards, training, fiduciary agent, and supervision
9requirements. All applicants shall be subject to the
10provisions of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act.
11 The Department shall develop procedures to enhance
12availability of services on evenings, weekends, and on an
13emergency basis to meet the respite needs of caregivers.
14Procedures shall be developed to permit the utilization of
15services in successive blocks of 24 hours up to the monthly
16maximum established by the Department. Workers providing these
17services shall be appropriately trained.
18 Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
191991, no person may perform chore/housekeeping and home care
20aide services under a program authorized by this Section
21unless that person has been issued a certificate of
22pre-service to do so by his or her employing agency.
23Information gathered to effect such certification shall
24include (i) the person's name, (ii) the date the person was
25hired by his or her current employer, and (iii) the training,
26including dates and levels. Persons engaged in the program

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1authorized by this Section before the effective date of this
2amendatory Act of 1991 shall be issued a certificate of all
3pre- and in-service training from his or her employer upon
4submitting the necessary information. The employing agency
5shall be required to retain records of all staff pre- and
6in-service training, and shall provide such records to the
7Department upon request and upon termination of the employer's
8contract with the Department. In addition, the employing
9agency is responsible for the issuance of certifications of
10in-service training completed to their employees.
11 The Department is required to develop a system to ensure
12that persons working as home care aides and personal
13assistants receive increases in their wages when the federal
14minimum wage is increased by requiring vendors to certify that
15they are meeting the federal minimum wage statute for home
16care aides and personal assistants. An employer that cannot
17ensure that the minimum wage increase is being given to home
18care aides and personal assistants shall be denied any
19increase in reimbursement costs.
20 The Community Care Program Advisory Committee is created
21in the Department on Aging. The Director shall appoint
22individuals to serve in the Committee, who shall serve at
23their own expense. Members of the Committee must abide by all
24applicable ethics laws. The Committee shall advise the
25Department on issues related to the Department's program of
26services to prevent unnecessary institutionalization. The

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1Committee shall meet on a bi-monthly basis and shall serve to
2identify and advise the Department on present and potential
3issues affecting the service delivery network, the program's
4clients, and the Department and to recommend solution
5strategies. Persons appointed to the Committee shall be
6appointed on, but not limited to, their own and their agency's
7experience with the program, geographic representation, and
8willingness to serve. The Director shall appoint members to
9the Committee to represent provider, advocacy, policy
10research, and other constituencies committed to the delivery
11of high quality home and community-based services to older
12adults. Representatives shall be appointed to ensure
13representation from community care providers including, but
14not limited to, adult day service providers, homemaker
15providers, case coordination and case management units,
16emergency home response providers, statewide trade or labor
17unions that represent home care aides and direct care staff,
18area agencies on aging, adults over age 60, membership
19organizations representing older adults, and other
20organizational entities, providers of care, or individuals
21with demonstrated interest and expertise in the field of home
22and community care as determined by the Director.
23 Nominations may be presented from any agency or State
24association with interest in the program. The Director, or his
25or her designee, shall serve as the permanent co-chair of the
26advisory committee. One other co-chair shall be nominated and

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1approved by the members of the committee on an annual basis.
2Committee members' terms of appointment shall be for 4 years
3with one-quarter of the appointees' terms expiring each year.
4A member shall continue to serve until his or her replacement
5is named. The Department shall fill vacancies that have a
6remaining term of over one year, and this replacement shall
7occur through the annual replacement of expiring terms. The
8Director shall designate Department staff to provide technical
9assistance and staff support to the committee. Department
10representation shall not constitute membership of the
11committee. All Committee papers, issues, recommendations,
12reports, and meeting memoranda are advisory only. The
13Director, or his or her designee, shall make a written report,
14as requested by the Committee, regarding issues before the
15Committee.
16 The Department on Aging and the Department of Human
17Services shall cooperate in the development and submission of
18an annual report on programs and services provided under this
19Section. Such joint report shall be filed with the Governor
20and the General Assembly on or before September 30 each year.
21 The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
22shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
23by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act and
24filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
25Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
26under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.

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1 Those persons previously found eligible for receiving
2non-institutional services whose services were discontinued
3under the Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 1992, and who do
4not meet the eligibility standards in effect on or after July
51, 1992, shall remain ineligible on and after July 1, 1992.
6Those persons previously not required to cost-share and who
7were required to cost-share effective March 1, 1992, shall
8continue to meet cost-share requirements on and after July 1,
91992. Beginning July 1, 1992, all clients will be required to
10meet eligibility, cost-share, and other requirements and will
11have services discontinued or altered when they fail to meet
12these requirements.
13 For the purposes of this Section, "flexible senior
14services" refers to services that require one-time or periodic
15expenditures including, but not limited to, respite care, home
16modification, assistive technology, housing assistance, and
17transportation.
18 The Department shall implement an electronic service
19verification based on global positioning systems or other
20cost-effective technology for the Community Care Program no
21later than January 1, 2014.
22 The Department shall require, as a condition of
23eligibility, enrollment in the medical assistance program
24under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code (i) beginning
25August 1, 2013, if the Auditor General has reported that the
26Department has failed to comply with the reporting

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1requirements of Section 2-27 of the Illinois State Auditing
2Act; or (ii) beginning June 1, 2014, if the Auditor General has
3reported that the Department has not undertaken the required
4actions listed in the report required by subsection (a) of
5Section 2-27 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
6 The Department shall delay Community Care Program services
7until an applicant is determined eligible for medical
8assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code (i)
9beginning August 1, 2013, if the Auditor General has reported
10that the Department has failed to comply with the reporting
11requirements of Section 2-27 of the Illinois State Auditing
12Act; or (ii) beginning June 1, 2014, if the Auditor General has
13reported that the Department has not undertaken the required
14actions listed in the report required by subsection (a) of
15Section 2-27 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
16 The Department shall implement co-payments for the
17Community Care Program at the federally allowable maximum
18level (i) beginning August 1, 2013, if the Auditor General has
19reported that the Department has failed to comply with the
20reporting requirements of Section 2-27 of the Illinois State
21Auditing Act; or (ii) beginning June 1, 2014, if the Auditor
22General has reported that the Department has not undertaken
23the required actions listed in the report required by
24subsection (a) of Section 2-27 of the Illinois State Auditing
25Act.
26 The Department shall continue to provide other Community

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1Care Program reports as required by statute.
2 The Department shall provide a bi-monthly report on the
3progress of the Community Care Program reforms set forth in
4this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly to the
5Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
6Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President
7of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate.
8 The Department shall conduct a quarterly review of Care
9Coordination Unit performance and adherence to service
10guidelines. The quarterly review shall be reported to the
11Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader
12of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate,
13and the Minority Leader of the Senate. The Department shall
14collect and report longitudinal data on the performance of
15each care coordination unit. Nothing in this paragraph shall
16be construed to require the Department to identify specific
17care coordination units.
18 In regard to community care providers, failure to comply
19with Department on Aging policies shall be cause for
20disciplinary action, including, but not limited to,
21disqualification from serving Community Care Program clients.
22Each provider, upon submission of any bill or invoice to the
23Department for payment for services rendered, shall include a
24notarized statement, under penalty of perjury pursuant to
25Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure, that the
26provider has complied with all Department policies.

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1 The Director of the Department on Aging shall make
2information available to the State Board of Elections as may
3be required by an agreement the State Board of Elections has
4entered into with a multi-state voter registration list
5maintenance system.
6 Within 30 days after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of
7Public Act 100-23), rates shall be increased to $18.29 per
8hour, for the purpose of increasing, by at least $.72 per hour,
9the wages paid by those vendors to their employees who provide
10homemaker services. The Department shall pay an enhanced rate
11under the Community Care Program to those in-home service
12provider agencies that offer health insurance coverage as a
13benefit to their direct service worker employees consistent
14with the mandates of Public Act 95-713. For State fiscal years
152018 and 2019, the enhanced rate shall be $1.77 per hour. The
16rate shall be adjusted using actuarial analysis based on the
17cost of care, but shall not be set below $1.77 per hour. The
18Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under
19subsections (y) and (bb) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois
20Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of
21this paragraph.
22 The General Assembly finds it necessary to authorize an
23aggressive Medicaid enrollment initiative designed to maximize
24federal Medicaid funding for the Community Care Program which
25produces significant savings for the State of Illinois. The
26Department on Aging shall establish and implement a Community

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1Care Program Medicaid Initiative. Under the Initiative, the
2Department on Aging shall, at a minimum: (i) provide an
3enhanced rate to adequately compensate care coordination units
4to enroll eligible Community Care Program clients into
5Medicaid; (ii) use recommendations from a stakeholder
6committee on how best to implement the Initiative; and (iii)
7establish requirements for State agencies to make enrollment
8in the State's Medical Assistance program easier for seniors.
9 The Community Care Program Medicaid Enrollment Oversight
10Subcommittee is created as a subcommittee of the Older Adult
11Services Advisory Committee established in Section 35 of the
12Older Adult Services Act to make recommendations on how best
13to increase the number of medical assistance recipients who
14are enrolled in the Community Care Program. The Subcommittee
15shall consist of all of the following persons who must be
16appointed within 30 days after the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly:
18 (1) The Director of Aging, or his or her designee, who
19 shall serve as the chairperson of the Subcommittee.
20 (2) One representative of the Department of Healthcare
21 and Family Services, appointed by the Director of
22 Healthcare and Family Services.
23 (3) One representative of the Department of Human
24 Services, appointed by the Secretary of Human Services.
25 (4) One individual representing a care coordination
26 unit, appointed by the Director of Aging.

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1 (5) One individual from a non-governmental statewide
2 organization that advocates for seniors, appointed by the
3 Director of Aging.
4 (6) One individual representing Area Agencies on
5 Aging, appointed by the Director of Aging.
6 (7) One individual from a statewide association
7 dedicated to Alzheimer's care, support, and research,
8 appointed by the Director of Aging.
9 (8) One individual from an organization that employs
10 persons who provide services under the Community Care
11 Program, appointed by the Director of Aging.
12 (9) One member of a trade or labor union representing
13 persons who provide services under the Community Care
14 Program, appointed by the Director of Aging.
15 (10) One member of the Senate, who shall serve as
16 co-chairperson, appointed by the President of the Senate.
17 (11) One member of the Senate, who shall serve as
18 co-chairperson, appointed by the Minority Leader of the
19 Senate.
20 (12) One member of the House of Representatives, who
21 shall serve as co-chairperson, appointed by the Speaker of
22 the House of Representatives.
23 (13) One member of the House of Representatives, who
24 shall serve as co-chairperson, appointed by the Minority
25 Leader of the House of Representatives.
26 (14) One individual appointed by a labor organization

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1 representing frontline employees at the Department of
2 Human Services.
3 The Subcommittee shall provide oversight to the Community
4Care Program Medicaid Initiative and shall meet quarterly. At
5each Subcommittee meeting the Department on Aging shall
6provide the following data sets to the Subcommittee: (A) the
7number of Illinois residents, categorized by planning and
8service area, who are receiving services under the Community
9Care Program and are enrolled in the State's Medical
10Assistance Program; (B) the number of Illinois residents,
11categorized by planning and service area, who are receiving
12services under the Community Care Program, but are not
13enrolled in the State's Medical Assistance Program; and (C)
14the number of Illinois residents, categorized by planning and
15service area, who are receiving services under the Community
16Care Program and are eligible for benefits under the State's
17Medical Assistance Program, but are not enrolled in the
18State's Medical Assistance Program. In addition to this data,
19the Department on Aging shall provide the Subcommittee with
20plans on how the Department on Aging will reduce the number of
21Illinois residents who are not enrolled in the State's Medical
22Assistance Program but who are eligible for medical assistance
23benefits. The Department on Aging shall enroll in the State's
24Medical Assistance Program those Illinois residents who
25receive services under the Community Care Program and are
26eligible for medical assistance benefits but are not enrolled

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1in the State's Medicaid Assistance Program. The data provided
2to the Subcommittee shall be made available to the public via
3the Department on Aging's website.
4 The Department on Aging, with the involvement of the
5Subcommittee, shall collaborate with the Department of Human
6Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
7on how best to achieve the responsibilities of the Community
8Care Program Medicaid Initiative.
9 The Department on Aging, the Department of Human Services,
10and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
11coordinate and implement a streamlined process for seniors to
12access benefits under the State's Medical Assistance Program.
13 The Subcommittee shall collaborate with the Department of
14Human Services on the adoption of a uniform application
15submission process. The Department of Human Services and any
16other State agency involved with processing the medical
17assistance application of any person enrolled in the Community
18Care Program shall include the appropriate care coordination
19unit in all communications related to the determination or
20status of the application.
21 The Community Care Program Medicaid Initiative shall
22provide targeted funding to care coordination units to help
23seniors complete their applications for medical assistance
24benefits. On and after July 1, 2019, care coordination units
25shall receive no less than $200 per completed application,
26which rate may be included in a bundled rate for initial intake

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1services when Medicaid application assistance is provided in
2conjunction with the initial intake process for new program
3participants.
4 The Community Care Program Medicaid Initiative shall cease
5operation 5 years after the effective date of this amendatory
6Act of the 100th General Assembly, after which the
7Subcommittee shall dissolve.
8(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
9100-1148, eff. 12-10-18; 101-10, eff. 6-5-19.)".