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Sen. Carol Ronen
Filed: 5/11/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 760
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 760 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 12-4.11 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
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| Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts. The Department,
with due |
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| regard for and subject to budgetary limitations, shall |
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| establish
grant amounts for each of the programs, by |
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| regulation. The grant amounts may
vary by program, size of |
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| assistance unit and geographic area.
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| Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes |
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| in the cost of
items included in the grant amounts, or (2) for |
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| changes in the expenses of the
recipient, or (3) for changes in |
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| the income or resources available to the
recipient, or (4) for |
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| changes in grants resulting from adoption of a
consolidated |
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| grant amount.
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| In fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements |
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| for funeral
and burial expenses, the Department shall establish |
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| a minimum allowable
amount of
not less than
$1,000 for |
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| Department payment of funeral services and not less than $500 |
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| for
Department payment of burial or cremation services. On |
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| January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the Department |
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| shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for funeral and |
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| burial expenses under this Section by a percentage equal to the |
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| percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban |
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| Consumers, if any, during the 12 months immediately preceding |
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| that January 1 or July 1. In establishing the minimum
allowable
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| amount, the Department shall take into account the services
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| essential to a dignified, low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial |
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| or
cremation, including reasonable
amounts that may be |
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| necessary for
burial space and cemetery charges, and any |
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| applicable taxes or other
required governmental fees or |
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| charges. If no
person has agreed to pay the total cost of the |
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| (i) funeral and
(ii) burial or cremation
charges, the |
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| Department shall pay the vendor the actual costs of the (i)
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| funeral
and
(ii) burial or cremation, or the minimum allowable |
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| amount for each service as
established by
the Department, |
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| whichever is less, provided that the Department reduces its
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| payments by
the amount available from the following sources: |
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| the decedent's assets
and
available resources and the |
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| anticipated amounts of any death benefits available
to the
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| decedent's estate, and amounts paid and arranged to be paid by |
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| the
decedent's legally
responsible relatives. A legally |
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| responsible relative is expected to pay
(i) funeral and (ii) |
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| burial
or cremation expenses unless financially unable to do |
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| so.
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| Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section |
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| of this
Code shall be construed to prohibit the Illinois |
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| Department (1) from
consolidating existing standards on the |
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| basis of any standards which are
or were in effect on, or |
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| subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from
employing any |
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| consolidated standards in determining need for public
aid and |
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| the amount of money payment or grant for individual recipients
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| or recipient families.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 92-419, eff. 1-1-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |