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20 ILCS 2225/ - Free Healthcare Benefits Application Assistance Act.

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(20 ILCS 2225/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Free Healthcare Benefits Application Assistance Act. (Source: P.A. 96-326, eff. 8-11-09.)

(20 ILCS 2225/5) Sec. 5. Healthcare program application assistance. It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person, including an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or any employee or agent thereof, to charge another person for assisting in completing and submitting an application for enrollment in any means-tested healthcare program administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting a person or other entity from receiving payment from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or other State agency for assisting persons in applying for healthcare benefits. (Source: P.A. 96-326, eff. 8-11-09.)

(20 ILCS 2225/10) Sec. 10. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-326, eff. 8-11-09; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 2225/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 96-326, eff. 8-11-09.)

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