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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1373 Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the Illinois State Police (ISP) to allow the Department's database of public aid recipients to cross-reference with ISP's database of outstanding criminal warrants. Further provides that public aid recipients who are found to have an outstanding criminal warrant shall be subject to an immediate suspension of their public aid benefits, including the immediate deactivation of their electronic benefits card or LINK card provided under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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| | SB1373 | | LRB101 06890 KTG 51922 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 12-4.7b-1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b-1 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12-4.7b-1. Criminal warrants database. The |
| 8 | | Department of Human Services shall enter into an agreement with |
| 9 | | the Illinois State Police (ISP) to allow the Department's |
| 10 | | database of public aid recipients to cross-reference with ISP's |
| 11 | | database of outstanding criminal warrants. Public aid |
| 12 | | recipients who are found to have an outstanding criminal |
| 13 | | warrant shall be subject to an immediate suspension of their |
| 14 | | public aid benefits, including the immediate deactivation of |
| 15 | | their electronic benefits card or LINK card provided under the |
| 16 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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