Who MUST join Illinois Health Connect?

Most people with an HFS or All Kids Medical Card MUST join Illinois Health Connect.

• People who receive Medicare
• Kids under age 21 who get Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Children in foster care and children who get Subsidized Guardianship or Adoption Assistance from DCFS (Department of Children and Family Services)
• Kids under age 21 who are blind or who have a disability
• People who live in nursing facilities
• People with spenddown
• People in Presumptive Eligibility programs
• Refugees and Iraqi and Afghan immigrants
• Some people in Home and Community-Based Waiver programs, like persons with developmental disabilities or children who are medically fragile, technology dependent.
• People enrolled for treatment in the Health Benefits for Persons with Breast or Cervical Cancer Program
• People living in Community Integrated Living Arrangements (CILAs)
• Children under age 21 whose care is managed by the Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) of the University of Illinois at Chicago
• People in the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
• People with private health insurance (also called Third Party Liability or TPL)
• People enrolled in the following programs with no other medical coverage:

  Illinois Healthy Women All Kids Rebate and FamilyCare Rebate Illinois Cares Rx (SeniorCare/Circuit Breaker) Transitional Assistance, age 19 or older

  Emergency Medical Only Hospice Sexual Assault, Renal and Hemophilia programs