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305 ILCS 5/5-1 (2026)

Declaration of purpose

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(305 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-1)
    Sec. 5-1. Declaration of purpose. It is the purpose of this Article to provide a program of essential medical care and rehabilitative services for persons receiving basic maintenance grants under this Code and for other persons who are unable, because of inadequate resources, to meet their essential medical needs.
    Preservation of health, alleviation of sickness, and correction of disabling conditions for persons requiring maintenance support are essential if they are to have an opportunity to become self-supporting or to attain a greater capacity for self-care. For persons who are medically indigent but otherwise able to provide themselves with a livelihood, it is of special importance to maintain their incentives for continued independence and preserve their limited resources for ordinary maintenance needs to prevent their total or substantial dependency.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2022 · leading case: United States Ex. Rel. Humphrey v. Franklin-Williamson Human Servs., Inc., 189 F. Supp. 2d 862 (S.D. Ill. 2002).
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United States Ex. Rel. Humphrey v. Franklin-Williamson Human Servs., Inc., 189 F. Supp. 2d 862 (S.D. Ill. 2002). “3 State Statutes: Illinois’s medical assistance program, codified in the Illinois Public Aid Code, 305 ILCS 5/5-1 et seq., and administered by the IDPA, implements the federal standards and therefore qualifies to be a part of the Medicaid program.”
Khan v. Dep't of Healthcare & Fam. Servs., 2020 IL App (1st) 191212 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “¶ 53 The Illinois statute governing Medicaid, article V of the Public Aid Code (305 ILCS 5/5-1 et seq. (West 2018)), provides in relevant part: “Applicants and recipients shall be entitled to free choice of those qualified practitioners *** and other dispensers of medical…”
Grady v. Illinois Dep't of Healthcare & Fam. Servs., 2016 IL App (1st) 152402 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “Subsection 3-107(a) of the Administrative Review Law requires that “in any action to review any final decision of an administrative agency, the administrative agency and all persons, other than the plaintiff, who were parties of record to the proceedings before the…”
Grady v. Illinois Dep't of Healthcare & Fam. Servs., 2016 IL App (1st) 152402 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Subsection 3-107(a) of the Administrative Review Law requires that “in any action to review any final decision of an administrative agency, the administrative agency and all persons, other than the plaintiff, who were parties of record to the proceedings before the…”
Oommen v. Glen Health & Home Mgmt. Inc., 2020 IL App (1st) 190854 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 305 ILCS 5/5-1 (West 2014). This is especially important “[f]or persons who are medically indigent but otherwise able to provide themselves with a livelihood” because, for those individuals, the State has an interest in “maintain[ing] incentives for continued independence and…”
Oommen v. Glen Health & Home Mgmt. Inc., 2020 IL App (1st) 190854 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 305 ILCS 5/5-1 (West 2014). This is especially important “[f]or persons who are medically indigent but otherwise able to provide themselves with a livelihood” because, for those individuals, the State has an interest in “maintain[ing] incentives for continued independence and…”
Khan v. Dep't of Healthcare & Fam. Servs., 2020 IL App (1st) 191212 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “¶ 53 The Illinois statute governing Medicaid, article V of the Public Aid Code (305 ILCS 5/5-1 et seq. (West 2018)), provides in relevant part: “Applicants and recipients shall be entitled to free choice of those qualified practitioners *** and other dispensers of medical…”
Campbell v. Hou, 2022 IL App (4th) 210536-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “According to Hou’s order, the Department determined Burnie’s eligibility for benefits pursuant to the provisions of Article V of the Public Aid Code and the applicable requirements of the Illinois Administrative Code.”
Hwang v. Illinois Dep't of Pub. Aid (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “305 ILCS 5/5-1 et seq. (West 2000). The Medical Assistance Program is commonly referred to as Medicaid.”
Caro v. Blagojevich (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “See 305 ILCS 5/5-1, 4-0.5 (West 2006). We find nothing temporary about the FamilyCare Program, which currently seeks to extend Medicaid coverage to people with incomes up to $83,000 a year.”
Midwest Emergency Assocs.-Elgin Ltd. (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “305 ILCS 5/5-1 et seq. (West 2006). The HFS is the state agency responsible for providing healthcare coverage for adults and children who qualify for Medicaid.”
C. G. E. Ford Heights, LLC v. Miller Modification of June 9, 1999 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “In Westshire , plaintiffs sought to enjoin enforcement of certain amendments to the Illinois Administrative Code adopted to conform to the Public Aid Code (Code) (305 ILCS 5/5-1 et seq . (West 1992)). Westshire , 276 Ill.”
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