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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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AN ACT concerning aging.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The Senior Citizens and Persons with
5
Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act is amended by changing
6
Section 4 as follows:

7

(320 ILCS 25/4)

(from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404)
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Sec. 4.
Amount of Grant.
9

(a) In general. Any individual 65 years or older or any
10
individual who will become 65 years old during the calendar
11
year in which a claim is filed, and any surviving spouse of
12
such a claimant, who at the time of death received or was
13
entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, which
14
surviving spouse will become 65 years of age within the 24
15
months immediately following the death of such claimant and
16
which surviving spouse but for his or her age is otherwise
17
qualified to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, and any
18
person with a disability whose annual household income is less
19
than the income eligibility limitation, as defined in
20
subsection (a-5) and whose household is liable for payment of
21
property taxes accrued or has paid rent constituting property
22
taxes accrued and is domiciled in this State at the time he or
23
she files his or her claim is entitled to claim a grant under

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this Act. With respect to claims filed by individuals who will
2
become 65 years old during the calendar year in which a claim
3
is filed, the amount of any grant to which that household is
4
entitled shall be an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount to
5
which the claimant would otherwise be entitled as provided in
6
this Section, multiplied by the number of months in which the
7
claimant was 65 in the calendar year in which the claim is
8
filed.
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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(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
16
paragraph (2) shall be adjusted every 3 years by an amount
17
equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer
18
price index-u during the preceding 12-month calendar year. As
19
used in this subsection, "consumer price index-u" means the
20
index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
21
United States Department of Labor that measures the average
22
change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
23
consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
24
100. The new amount resulting from each adjustment shall be
25
determined by the Comptroller and provided by the Comptroller
26
to the Department on Aging. The Department on Aging shall

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determine the dates upon which the new adjusted amounts take
2
effect 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
16
her income shall be counted in determining his or her
17
household income.
18

(b) Limitation. Except as otherwise provided in
19
subsections (a) and (f) of this Section, the maximum amount of
20
grant which a claimant is entitled to claim is the amount by
21
which the property taxes accrued which were paid or payable
22
during the last preceding tax year or rent constituting
23
property taxes accrued upon the claimant's residence for the
24
last preceding taxable year exceeds 3 1/2% of the claimant's
25
household income for that year but in no event is the grant to
26
exceed (i) $700 less 4.5% of household income for that year for

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those with a household income of $14,000 or less or (ii) $70 if
2
household income for that year is more than $14,000.
3

(c) Public aid recipients. If household income in one or
4
more months during a year includes cash assistance in excess
5
of $55 per month from the Department of Healthcare and Family
6
Services or the Department of Human Services (acting as
7
successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department
8
of Human Services Act) which was determined under regulations
9
of that Department on a measure of need that included an
10
allowance for actual rent or property taxes paid by the
11
recipient of that assistance, the amount of grant to which
12
that household is entitled, except as otherwise provided in
13
subsection (a), shall be the product of (1) the maximum amount
14
computed as specified in subsection (b) of this Section and
15
(2) the ratio of the number of months in which household income
16
did not include such cash assistance over $55 to the number
17
twelve. If household income did not include such cash
18
assistance over $55 for any months during the year, the amount
19
of the grant to which the household is entitled shall be the
20
maximum amount computed as specified in subsection (b) of this
21
Section. For purposes of this paragraph (c), "cash assistance"
22
does not include any amount received under the federal
23
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.
24

(d) Joint ownership. If title to the residence is held
25
jointly by the claimant with a person who is not a member of
26
his or her household, the amount of property taxes accrued

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used in computing the amount of grant to which he or she is
2
entitled shall be the same percentage of property taxes
3
accrued as is the percentage of ownership held by the claimant
4
in the residence.
5

(e) More than one residence. If a claimant has occupied
6
more than one residence in the taxable year, he or she may
7
claim only one residence for any part of a month. In the case
8
of property taxes accrued, he or she shall prorate 1/12 of the
9
total property taxes accrued on his or her residence to each
10
month that he or she owned and occupied that residence; and, in
11
the case of rent constituting property taxes accrued, shall
12
prorate each month's rent payments to the residence actually
13
occupied during that month.
14

(f) (Blank).
15

(g) Effective January 1, 2006, there is hereby established
16
a program of pharmaceutical assistance to the aged and to
17
persons with disabilities, entitled the Illinois Seniors and
18
Disabled Drug Coverage Program, which shall be administered by
19
the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the
20
Department on Aging in accordance with this subsection, to
21
consist of coverage of specified prescription drugs on behalf
22
of beneficiaries of the program as set forth in this
23
subsection. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act to the
24
contrary, on and after July 1, 2012, pharmaceutical assistance
25
under this Act shall no longer be provided, and on July 1, 2012
26
the Illinois Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons

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Pharmaceutical Assistance Program shall terminate. The
2
following provisions that concern the Illinois Senior Citizens
3
and Disabled Persons Pharmaceutical Assistance Program shall
4
continue to apply on and after July 1, 2012 to the extent
5
necessary to pursue any actions authorized by subsection (d)
6
of Section 9 of this Act with respect to acts which took place
7
prior to July 1, 2012.
8

To become a beneficiary under the program established
9
under 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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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
9
pharmaceutical assistance program operated pursuant to
10
subsection (f) of this Section and all individuals enrolled as
11
of December 31, 2005, in the SeniorCare Medicaid waiver
12
program operated pursuant to Section 5-5.12a of the Illinois
13
Public Aid Code shall be automatically enrolled in the program
14
established by this subsection for the first year of operation
15
without the need for further application, except that they
16
must apply for Medicare Part D and the Low Income Subsidy under
17
Medicare Part D. A person enrolled in the pharmaceutical
18
assistance program operated pursuant to subsection (f) of this
19
Section as of December 31, 2005, shall not lose eligibility in
20
future years due only to the fact that they have not reached
21
the age of 65.
22

To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department may
23
act as an authorized representative of a beneficiary in order
24
to enroll the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D Prescription
25
Drug Plan if the beneficiary has failed to choose a plan and,
26
where possible, to enroll beneficiaries in the low-income

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subsidy program under Medicare Part D or assist them in
2
enrolling in that program.
3

Beneficiaries under the program established under this
4
subsection shall be divided into the following 4 eligibility
5
groups:
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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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
10
the cost of covered prescription drugs in excess of the
11
beneficiary cost-sharing amounts set forth in this paragraph
12
that are not covered by Medicare. The Department of Healthcare
13
and Family Services may establish by emergency rule changes in
14
cost-sharing necessary to conform the cost of the program to
15
the amounts appropriated for State fiscal year 2012 and future
16
fiscal years except that the 24-month limitation on the
17
adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
18
5-115 and 5-125 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
19
shall not apply to rules adopted under this subsection (g).
20
The adoption of emergency rules authorized by this subsection
21
(g) shall be deemed to be necessary for the public interest,
22
safety, and welfare.
23

For purposes of the program established under this
24
subsection, the term "covered prescription drug" has the
25
following meanings:
26

For Eligibility Group 1, "covered prescription drug"

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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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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
6
assistance under this subsection whose covered drugs are
7
covered by any public program is ineligible for assistance
8
under this subsection to the extent that the cost of those
9
drugs is covered by the other program.
10

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
11
establish by rule the methods by which it will provide for the
12
coverage called for in this subsection. Those methods may
13
include direct reimbursement to pharmacies or the payment of a
14
capitated amount to Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.
15

For a pharmacy to be reimbursed under the program
16
established under this subsection, it must comply with rules
17
adopted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
18
regarding coordination of benefits with Medicare Part D
19
Prescription Drug Plans. A pharmacy may not charge a
20
Medicare-enrolled beneficiary of the program established under
21
this subsection more for a covered prescription drug than the
22
appropriate Medicare cost-sharing less any payment from or on
23
behalf of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
24

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the
25
Department on Aging, as appropriate, may adopt rules regarding
26
applications, counting of income, proof of Medicare status,

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mandatory generic policies, and pharmacy reimbursement rates
2
and any other rules necessary for the cost-efficient operation
3
of the program established under this subsection.
4

(h) A qualified individual is not entitled to duplicate
5
benefits in a coverage period as a result of the changes made
6
by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
7
(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19.)

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