101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0640

 

Introduced 1/31/2019, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/4-1.12

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the 60-month limitation on the receipt of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits.


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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 4-1.12 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/4-1.12)
7    Sec. 4-1.12. Five year limitation. No assistance unit shall
8be eligible for a cash grant under this Article if it includes
9an adult who has received cash assistance as an adult for 60
10months, whether or not consecutive, after the the effective
11date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The Illinois Department
12may exempt individual assistance units from the 60-month
13limitation or determine circumstances under which a month or
14months would not count towards the 60-month limitation even
15though the assistance unit did receive cash assistance under
16this Article.
17(Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)