94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1516


 
Introduced 2/23/2005, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins - Mattie Hunter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














305 ILCS 5/12-4.11
  from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11







    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in fixing standards that govern payments on behalf of children in any substitute care arrangement in which the person responsible for the care and well-being of the child is the legal guardian and a grandparent of the child, the Department of Human Services shall establish the amount of assistance to be paid on behalf of that child at the same amount paid to foster parents or guardians on behalf of children placed in such substitute care arrangements by the Department of Children and Family Services. Effective immediately.
















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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 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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    In fixing standards that govern payments on behalf of 
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children in any substitute care arrangement in which the person 
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responsible for the care and well-being of the child is the 
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legal guardian and a grandparent of the child, the Department 
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shall establish the amount of assistance to be paid on behalf 
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of that child at the same amount paid to foster parents or 
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guardians on behalf of children placed in such substitute care 
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arrangements by the Department of Children and Family Services.


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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. In 
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establishing the minimum
allowable
amount, the Department 
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shall take into account the services
essential to a dignified, 
 


 






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low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial or
cremation, including 
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reasonable
amounts that may be necessary for
burial space and 
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cemetery charges, and any applicable taxes or other
required 
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governmental fees or charges. If no
person has agreed to pay 
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the total cost of the (i) funeral and
(ii) burial or cremation

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charges, the Department shall pay the vendor the actual costs 
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of the (i)
funeral
and
(ii) burial or cremation, or the minimum 
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allowable amount for each service as
established by
the 
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Department, whichever is less, provided that the Department 
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reduces its
payments by
the amount available from the following 
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sources: 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 
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becoming law.