MEDICAID-NOTICE-RECIPIENTS

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In regards to medical assistance for institutionalized persons, requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to notify the applicant or recipient, or the spouse of the applicant or recipient, or a person for whom the applicant or recipient is the primary caretaker, of his or her obligation to make application for benefits within 7 days of the applicant or recipient entering an institution and that this requirement may be satisfied by providing the facility with the necessary documentation required to prove eligibility as part of seeking the institution's assistance in making application.