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Jul 6, 2021 | 1:59 PM
(The Center Square) – A measure expanding Medicaid services that passed both chambers of the Illinois legislature unanimously is now law.Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 2294, bringing a variety of changes to the state’s Medicaid program.Stephanie Altman, with Shriver Center on Poverty Law, said the new law ensures more people impacted by the pandemic are covered, despite their income and employment status, with a provision that continues Medicaid eligibility up to a year after the COVID-19 emergency is lifted by the governor.“This legislation will also make health care coverage for children under the All Kids or CHIP program guaranteed under Medicaid without monthly premiums and reduce the harmful turning on and off of health care coverage permanently in Illinois,” Altman said at the signing ceremony in Downers Grove Tuesday.The Illinois Health and Hospital Association praised aspects of the new law, including