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type: "Bill"
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title: "AGING-MEDICAID-SPOUSE ALLOWNCE"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In regard to a nursing home prescreening program administered by the Department on Aging for individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders, provides that case coordination units shall employ pre-screeners to perform all functions assigned to case coordination units under the Act and that in addition to information needed to properly assess an individual's need for services, the pre-screener shall be responsible for soliciting asset, income, and resource information needed to comply with federal spousal impoverishment requirements. Requires the pre-screener to (i) inform the individual and the individual's spouse, if any, of the consequences of failing to comply with full disclosure and (ii) enter asset, income, and resource information into the same database used to enter the Determination of Need score to ensure that the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services have open access to such information. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, the community spouse resource allowance shall be established and maintained, based on asset, income, and resource information collected by a pre-screener, at the higher of $109,560 or the minimum level permitted pursuant to certain federal guidelines, as now or hereafter amended, or an amount set after a fair hearing, whichever is greater (rather than the community spouse resource allowance shall be established and maintained at the higher of $109,560 or the minimum level permitted pursuant to certain federal guidelines, as now or hereafter amended, or an amount set after a fair hearing, whichever is greater). Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "98th"
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identifier: "HB 2765"
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citation: "Illinois HB 2765 (98th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2013-02-21"
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last_action: "2013-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d3ae13-96c9-4a66-b4d7-61db2f710f2b"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2765&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74579&SessionID=85&GA=98"
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source_hash: "f1fa8eae361ffd0e03e0867c28942dd86d6c488ecb6f57d5da7d15998819623f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 2765 (98th) — AGING-MEDICAID-SPOUSE ALLOWNCE
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Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In regard to a nursing home prescreening program administered by the Department on Aging for individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders, provides that case coordination units shall employ pre-screeners to perform all functions assigned to case coordination units under the Act and that in addition to information needed to properly assess an individual's need for services, the pre-screener shall be responsible for soliciting asset, income, and resource information needed to comply with federal spousal impoverishment requirements. Requires the pre-screener to (i) inform the individual and the individual's spouse, if any, of the consequences of failing to comply with full disclosure and (ii) enter asset, income, and resource information into the same database used to enter the Determination of Need score to ensure that the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services have open access to such information. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, the community spouse resource allowance shall be established and maintained, based on asset, income, and resource information collected by a pre-screener, at the higher of $109,560 or the minimum level permitted pursuant to certain federal guidelines, as now or hereafter amended, or an amount set after a fair hearing, whichever is greater (rather than the community spouse resource allowance shall be established and maintained at the higher of $109,560 or the minimum level permitted pursuant to certain federal guidelines, as now or hereafter amended, or an amount set after a fair hearing, whichever is greater). Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2765&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74579&DocNum=2765&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2765eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74579&DocNum=2765&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2765enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74579&DocNum=2765&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jerry F. Costello, II — primary (person)
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- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
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- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II `filing`
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- **2013-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
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- **2013-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
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- **2013-03-04** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
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- **2013-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
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- **2013-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II `amendment-introduction`
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- **2013-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
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- **2013-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2013-03-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2013-04-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2013-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2013-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2013-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2013-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 17, 2013 `reading-1`
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- **2013-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
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- **2013-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2013-04-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
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- **2013-04-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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- **2013-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
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- **2013-04-30** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-08** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
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- **2013-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2013-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
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- **2013-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2013-05-15** Passed Both Houses
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- **2013-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2013-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2013
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- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0255 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89d3ae13-96c9-4a66-b4d7-61db2f710f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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