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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4729
Introduced 02/04/04, by Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services' and Department of Public Aid's rules concerning failure to cooperate shall apply to all instances of alleged recipient failure to cooperate, including failure to attend meetings, except that the rules need not be applied in the case of a meeting the sole purpose of which is to determine whether the recipient continues to meet eligibility requirements other than compliance with employment, training, or other activities. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4729 |
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LRB093 20136 DRJ 45881 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 4-21 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/4-21)
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| Sec. 4-21. Sanctions.
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| (a) The Illinois Department shall, by rule, establish a |
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| system of sanctions
for persons who fail to cooperate, without |
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| good cause, with employment and
training programs or other |
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| programs under this Article or Article IXA or who
fail to |
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| cooperate
with child support programs under this Article, |
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| Article X, or Title IV of the
federal Social Security Act. The |
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| sanctions may discontinue all or part of the
cash grant |
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| provided under this Article. The sanctions may be time limited |
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| or
continue until the person cooperates in the program. The |
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| sanctions may be
progressive in that a second, third, or |
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| further sanction may be progressively
more severe or last |
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| longer.
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| (b) The Illinois Department shall, by rule, define what |
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| constitutes failure
to cooperate and what constitutes good |
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| cause which would excuse that failure. The rules developed |
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| under this Section shall apply to all instances of alleged |
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| recipient failure to cooperate, including failure to attend |
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| meetings, except that the Illinois Department need not apply |
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| these rules in instances of failure to attend a meeting for |
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| which a notice to the recipient scheduling the meeting has |
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| specified that the sole purpose of the meeting is to determine |
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| whether the recipient continues to meet eligibility |
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| requirements other than compliance with employment, training, |
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| or other activities.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
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