101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4967

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/4-7  from Ch. 23, par. 4-7

    Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires each family receiving benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to be interviewed in person or communicated with at least once in each subsequent 6-month period (rather than once in each 12-month period) to ascertain that the family still lives in the State and other matters. Provides that a family shall no longer be eligible for TANF benefits if the Department of Human Services determines during a home visit or interview that the family no longer resides in the State.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 4-7 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/4-7)  (from Ch. 23, par. 4-7)
7    Sec. 4-7. Home Visits, Interviews or Communications. Each
8family receiving aid shall be interviewed in person or
9communicated with in investigations of applications for aid and
10at least once in each subsequent 6-month 12 month period to
11ascertain that the family still resides in the State, that
12there is a continuing need for such aid, and to provide the
13child and his parents or relatives with such service and
14guidance as will strengthen family life and aid them in
15utilizing to the maximum their capacities for self-care,
16self-support, and responsible citizenship. However, the
17Department shall determine those assistance units where the
18possibility for public assistance fraud or abuse is greatest,
19or where there is the possibility of frequent changes in need
20or circumstances, or where any child in the home may be an
21abused or neglected child as determined by the Department of
22Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected
23Child Reporting Act, as now or hereafter amended, and shall by

 

 

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1rule provide for more frequent interviews of or communications
2with those assistance units and for the implementation of
3necessary remedies under Sections 4-8 and 4-9 for those
4assistance units. Written reports of such interviews or
5communications and any related remedies shall become a part of
6the record in every case. If the Department determines during a
7home visit or interview that a family no longer resides in the
8State, the family shall no longer be eligible for aid under
9this Article.
10(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)