§ 11-22d — Savings provisions

(a) Notwithstanding any amendments or provisions in this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly which would make the Children's Health Insurance Program Act or the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act inoperative, Sections 11-22a, 11-22b, and 11-22c of this Code shall remain in force for the commencement or continuation of any cause of action that (i) accrued prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly or the date upon which the Department receives federal approval of the changes made to paragraph (6) of Section 5-2 by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, whichever is later, and (ii) concerns the recovery of any amount expended by the State for health care benefits provided under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act or the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act prior to those Acts becoming inoperative. Any timely action brought under Sections 11-22a, 11-22b, and 11-22c shall be decided in accordance with those Sections as they existed when the cause of action accrued. (b) Notwithstanding any amendments or provisions in this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly which would make the Children's Health Insurance Program Act or the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act inoperative, paragraph (2) of Section 12-9 of this Code shall remain in force as to recoveries made by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services from any cause of action commenced or continued in accordance with subsection (a).

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 102-43, eff. 7-6-21.)