(20 ILCS 2310/2310-445) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.71)
Sec. 2310-445. Interagency council on health care for pregnant women and infants.
(a) On or before January 1, 1994, the Director, in cooperation with the Director of Public Aid (now Director of Healthcare and Family Services), the Director of Children and Family Services, the Director of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, and the Director of Insurance, shall develop and submit to the Governor a proposal for consolidating all existing health programs required by law for pregnant women and infants into one comprehensive plan to be implemented by one or several agencies. The proposal shall:
(1) include a time schedule for implementing the plan;
(2) provide a cost estimate of the plan;
(3) identify federal waivers necessary to implement
the plan;
(4) examine innovative programs; and
(5) identify sources of funding for the plan.
(b) The plan developed under subsection (a) shall provide the following services statewide:
(1) Comprehensive prenatal services for all pregnant
women who qualify for existing programs through the Department of Public Aid (now Department of Healthcare and Family Services) or the Department of Public Health or any other government-funded programs.
(2) Comprehensive medical care for all infants under
1 year of age.
(3) A case management system under which each family
with a child under the plan is assigned a case manager and under which every reasonable effort is made to assure continuity of case management and access to other appropriate social services.
(4) Services regardless of and fees for services
based on clients' ability to pay.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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