Supreme Court of Illinois

An Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) administrative decision finding applicant eligible for Medicaid, but imposing a 22-month penalty period because applicant had purchased a so-called "balloon" annuity that the DHS considered an improper transfer of assets pursuant to a state regulation, is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/20/2006
• Published 01/20/2006

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Duane D. Young and Dawn D. Behnke, of LaBarre, Young & Behnke, Springfield, for appellant., Jerry W. Friedman, Elaine M. Ryan and Ryan M. Faden, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Public Human Services Association.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Timothy K. McPike, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellee.