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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5202
Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
320 ILCS 25/4	  from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404
Amends the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act. Requires the income eligibility levels used to determine eligibility for reduced vehicle registration fees for seniors and persons with disabilities to be adjusted every 3 years by an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index-u during the preceding 12-month calendar year. Provides that the new amount resulting from each 3-year adjustment shall be determined by the Comptroller and provided by the Comptroller to the Department on Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to determine the dates upon which the new adjusted amounts take effect and to publish the adjusted amounts.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning aging.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Senior Citizens and Persons with
5Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act is amended by changing
6Section 4 as follows:
7    (320 ILCS 25/4)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404)
8    Sec. 4. Amount of Grant.
9    (a) In general. Any individual 65 years or older or any
10individual who will become 65 years old during the calendar
11year in which a claim is filed, and any surviving spouse of
12such a claimant, who at the time of death received or was
13entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, which
14surviving spouse will become 65 years of age within the 24
15months immediately following the death of such claimant and
16which surviving spouse but for his or her age is otherwise
17qualified to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, and any
18person with a disability whose annual household income is less
19than the income eligibility limitation, as defined in
20subsection (a-5) and whose household is liable for payment of
21property taxes accrued or has paid rent constituting property
22taxes accrued and is domiciled in this State at the time he or
23she files his or her claim is entitled to claim a grant under
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1this Act. With respect to claims filed by individuals who will
2become 65 years old during the calendar year in which a claim
3is filed, the amount of any grant to which that household is
4entitled shall be an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount to
5which the claimant would otherwise be entitled as provided in
6this Section, multiplied by the number of months in which the
7claimant was 65 in the calendar year in which the claim is
8filed.
9    (a-5) Income eligibility limitation.
10        (1) For purposes of determining an applicant's 
11    eligibility for free transit services administered by a 
12    municipality or public transit authority under Sections 51 
13    and 52 of the Chicago Transit Authority Act, Sections 8.6 
14    and 8.7 of the Local Mass Transit District Act, and 
15    Section 2.04 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority 
16    Act, [this Section,] "income eligibility limitation" means
17    an amount [for grant years 2008 through 2019]:
18        [(1) less than $22,218 for a household containing one ]
19    [person;]
20        [(2) less than $29,480 for a household containing 2 ]
21    [persons; or]
22        [(3) less than $36,740 for a household containing 3 or ]
23    [more persons.]
24    [For grant years 2020 and thereafter:]
25            (A) [(1)] less than $33,562 for a household
26        containing one person;
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1            (B) [(2)] less than $44,533 for a household
2        containing 2 persons; or
3            (C) [(3)] less than $55,500 for a household
4        containing 3 or more persons.
5        (2) For purposes of determining an applicant's 
6    eligibility for reduced vehicle registration fees provided 
7    under Section 3-806.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 
8    "income eligibility limitation" means an amount:
9            (A) less than $33,562 for a household containing 
10        one person;
11            (B) less than $44,533 for a household containing 2 
12        persons; or
13            (C) less than $55,500 for a household containing 3 
14        or more persons.
15    The income eligibility limitation amounts listed in 
16paragraph (2) shall be adjusted every 3 years by an amount 
17equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer 
18price index-u during the preceding 12-month calendar year. As 
19used in this subsection, "consumer price index-u" means the 
20index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
21United States Department of Labor that measures the average 
22change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban 
23consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 = 
24100. The new amount resulting from each adjustment shall be 
25determined by the Comptroller and provided by the Comptroller 
26to the Department on Aging. The Department on Aging shall 
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1determine the dates upon which the new adjusted amounts take 
2effect and shall publish the adjusted amounts.
3    [For 2009 claim year applications submitted during calendar ]
4[year 2010, a household must have annual household income of ]
5[less than $27,610 for a household containing one person; less ]
6[than $36,635 for a household containing 2 persons; or less ]
7[than $45,657 for a household containing 3 or more persons.]
8    [The Department on Aging may adopt rules such that on ]
9[January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the foregoing household ]
10[income eligibility limits may be changed to reflect the annual ]
11[cost of living adjustment in Social Security and Supplemental ]
12[Security Income benefits that are applicable to the year for ]
13[which those benefits are being reported as income on an ]
14[application.]
15    If a person files as a surviving spouse, then only his or
16her income shall be counted in determining his or her
17household income.
18    (b) Limitation. Except as otherwise provided in
19subsections (a) and (f) of this Section, the maximum amount of
20grant which a claimant is entitled to claim is the amount by
21which the property taxes accrued which were paid or payable
22during the last preceding tax year or rent constituting
23property taxes accrued upon the claimant's residence for the
24last preceding taxable year exceeds 3 1/2% of the claimant's
25household income for that year but in no event is the grant to
26exceed (i) $700 less 4.5% of household income for that year for
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1those with a household income of $14,000 or less or (ii) $70 if
2household income for that year is more than $14,000.
3    (c) Public aid recipients. If household income in one or
4more months during a year includes cash assistance in excess
5of $55 per month from the Department of Healthcare and Family
6Services or the Department of Human Services (acting as
7successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department
8of Human Services Act) which was determined under regulations
9of that Department on a measure of need that included an
10allowance for actual rent or property taxes paid by the
11recipient of that assistance, the amount of grant to which
12that household is entitled, except as otherwise provided in
13subsection (a), shall be the product of (1) the maximum amount
14computed as specified in subsection (b) of this Section and
15(2) the ratio of the number of months in which household income
16did not include such cash assistance over $55 to the number
17twelve. If household income did not include such cash
18assistance over $55 for any months during the year, the amount
19of the grant to which the household is entitled shall be the
20maximum amount computed as specified in subsection (b) of this
21Section. For purposes of this paragraph (c), "cash assistance"
22does not include any amount received under the federal
23Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.
24    (d) Joint ownership. If title to the residence is held
25jointly by the claimant with a person who is not a member of
26his or her household, the amount of property taxes accrued
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1used in computing the amount of grant to which he or she is
2entitled shall be the same percentage of property taxes
3accrued as is the percentage of ownership held by the claimant
4in the residence.
5    (e) More than one residence. If a claimant has occupied
6more than one residence in the taxable year, he or she may
7claim only one residence for any part of a month. In the case
8of property taxes accrued, he or she shall prorate 1/12 of the
9total property taxes accrued on his or her residence to each
10month that he or she owned and occupied that residence; and, in
11the case of rent constituting property taxes accrued, shall
12prorate each month's rent payments to the residence actually
13occupied during that month.
14    (f) (Blank).
15    (g) Effective January 1, 2006, there is hereby established
16a program of pharmaceutical assistance to the aged and to
17persons with disabilities, entitled the Illinois Seniors and
18Disabled Drug Coverage Program, which shall be administered by
19the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the
20Department on Aging in accordance with this subsection, to
21consist of coverage of specified prescription drugs on behalf
22of beneficiaries of the program as set forth in this
23subsection. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act to the
24contrary, on and after July 1, 2012, pharmaceutical assistance
25under this Act shall no longer be provided, and on July 1, 2012
26the Illinois Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
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1Pharmaceutical Assistance Program shall terminate. The
2following provisions that concern the Illinois Senior Citizens
3and Disabled Persons Pharmaceutical Assistance Program shall
4continue to apply on and after July 1, 2012 to the extent
5necessary to pursue any actions authorized by subsection (d)
6of Section 9 of this Act with respect to acts which took place
7prior to July 1, 2012.
8    To become a beneficiary under the program established
9under this subsection, a person must:
10        (1) be (i) 65 years of age or older or (ii) a person
11    with a disability; and
12        (2) be domiciled in this State; and
13        (3) enroll with a qualified Medicare Part D
14    Prescription Drug Plan if eligible and apply for all
15    available subsidies under Medicare Part D; and
16        (4) for the 2006 and 2007 claim years, have a maximum
17    household income of (i) less than $21,218 for a household
18    containing one person, (ii) less than $28,480 for a
19    household containing 2 persons, or (iii) less than $35,740
20    for a household containing 3 or more persons; and
21        (5) for the 2008 claim year, have a maximum household
22    income of (i) less than $22,218 for a household containing
23    one person, (ii) $29,480 for a household containing 2
24    persons, or (iii) $36,740 for a household containing 3 or
25    more persons; and
26        (6) for 2009 claim year applications submitted during
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1    calendar year 2010, have annual household income of less
2    than (i) $27,610 for a household containing one person;
3    (ii) less than $36,635 for a household containing 2
4    persons; or (iii) less than $45,657 for a household
5    containing 3 or more persons; and
6        (7) as of September 1, 2011, have a maximum household
7    income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
8    All individuals enrolled as of December 31, 2005, in the
9pharmaceutical assistance program operated pursuant to
10subsection (f) of this Section and all individuals enrolled as
11of December 31, 2005, in the SeniorCare Medicaid waiver
12program operated pursuant to Section 5-5.12a of the Illinois
13Public Aid Code shall be automatically enrolled in the program
14established by this subsection for the first year of operation
15without the need for further application, except that they
16must apply for Medicare Part D and the Low Income Subsidy under
17Medicare Part D. A person enrolled in the pharmaceutical
18assistance program operated pursuant to subsection (f) of this
19Section as of December 31, 2005, shall not lose eligibility in
20future years due only to the fact that they have not reached
21the age of 65.
22    To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department may
23act as an authorized representative of a beneficiary in order
24to enroll the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D Prescription
25Drug Plan if the beneficiary has failed to choose a plan and,
26where possible, to enroll beneficiaries in the low-income
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1subsidy program under Medicare Part D or assist them in
2enrolling in that program.
3    Beneficiaries under the program established under this
4subsection shall be divided into the following 4 eligibility
5groups:
6        (A) Eligibility Group 1 shall consist of beneficiaries
7    who are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage and who
8    are:
9            (i) a person with a disability and under age 65; or
10            (ii) age 65 or older, with incomes over 200% of the
11        Federal Poverty Level; or
12            (iii) age 65 or older, with incomes at or below
13        200% of the Federal Poverty Level and not eligible for
14        federally funded means-tested benefits due to
15        immigration status.
16        (B) Eligibility Group 2 shall consist of beneficiaries
17    who are eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.
18        (C) Eligibility Group 3 shall consist of beneficiaries
19    age 65 or older, with incomes at or below 200% of the
20    Federal Poverty Level, who are not barred from receiving
21    federally funded means-tested benefits due to immigration
22    status and are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.
23        If the State applies and receives federal approval for
24    a waiver under Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
25    persons in Eligibility Group 3 shall continue to receive
26    benefits through the approved waiver, and Eligibility
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1    Group 3 may be expanded to include persons with
2    disabilities who are under age 65 with incomes under 200%
3    of the Federal Poverty Level who are not eligible for
4    Medicare and who are not barred from receiving federally
5    funded means-tested benefits due to immigration status.
6        (D) Eligibility Group 4 shall consist of beneficiaries
7    who are otherwise described in Eligibility Group 2 who
8    have a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS.
9    The program established under this subsection shall cover
10the cost of covered prescription drugs in excess of the
11beneficiary cost-sharing amounts set forth in this paragraph
12that are not covered by Medicare. The Department of Healthcare
13and Family Services may establish by emergency rule changes in
14cost-sharing necessary to conform the cost of the program to
15the amounts appropriated for State fiscal year 2012 and future
16fiscal years except that the 24-month limitation on the
17adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
185-115 and 5-125 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
19shall not apply to rules adopted under this subsection (g).
20The adoption of emergency rules authorized by this subsection
21(g) shall be deemed to be necessary for the public interest,
22safety, and welfare.
23    For purposes of the program established under this
24subsection, the term "covered prescription drug" has the
25following meanings:
26        For Eligibility Group 1, "covered prescription drug"
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1    means: (1) any cardiovascular agent or drug; (2) any
2    insulin or other prescription drug used in the treatment
3    of diabetes, including syringe and needles used to
4    administer the insulin; (3) any prescription drug used in
5    the treatment of arthritis; (4) any prescription drug used
6    in the treatment of cancer; (5) any prescription drug used
7    in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; (6) any
8    prescription drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's
9    disease; (7) any prescription drug used in the treatment
10    of glaucoma; (8) any prescription drug used in the
11    treatment of lung disease and smoking-related illnesses;
12    (9) any prescription drug used in the treatment of
13    osteoporosis; and (10) any prescription drug used in the
14    treatment of multiple sclerosis. The Department may add
15    additional therapeutic classes by rule. The Department may
16    adopt a preferred drug list within any of the classes of
17    drugs described in items (1) through (10) of this
18    paragraph. The specific drugs or therapeutic classes of
19    covered prescription drugs shall be indicated by rule.
20        For Eligibility Group 2, "covered prescription drug"
21    means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D
22    Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is
23    enrolled.
24        For Eligibility Group 3, "covered prescription drug"
25    means those drugs covered by the Medical Assistance
26    Program under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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1        For Eligibility Group 4, "covered prescription drug"
2    means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D
3    Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is
4    enrolled.
5    Any person otherwise eligible for pharmaceutical
6assistance under this subsection whose covered drugs are
7covered by any public program is ineligible for assistance
8under this subsection to the extent that the cost of those
9drugs is covered by the other program.
10    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
11establish by rule the methods by which it will provide for the
12coverage called for in this subsection. Those methods may
13include direct reimbursement to pharmacies or the payment of a
14capitated amount to Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.
15    For a pharmacy to be reimbursed under the program
16established under this subsection, it must comply with rules
17adopted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
18regarding coordination of benefits with Medicare Part D
19Prescription Drug Plans. A pharmacy may not charge a
20Medicare-enrolled beneficiary of the program established under
21this subsection more for a covered prescription drug than the
22appropriate Medicare cost-sharing less any payment from or on
23behalf of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
24    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the
25Department on Aging, as appropriate, may adopt rules regarding
26applications, counting of income, proof of Medicare status,
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1mandatory generic policies, and pharmacy reimbursement rates
2and any other rules necessary for the cost-efficient operation
3of the program established under this subsection.
4    (h) A qualified individual is not entitled to duplicate
5benefits in a coverage period as a result of the changes made
6by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
7(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19.)