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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 | changing Section 4-1.6 as follows:
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| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/4-1.6) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.6)
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| 7 | Sec. 4-1.6. Need. Income available to the family as defined | ||||||
| 8 | by the
Illinois Department by rule, or to the child
in the case | ||||||
| 9 | of a child removed from his or her home, when added to
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| 10 | contributions in money, substance or services from other | ||||||
| 11 | sources,
including income available from parents absent from | ||||||
| 12 | the home or from a
stepparent, contributions made for the | ||||||
| 13 | benefit of the parent or other
persons necessary to provide | ||||||
| 14 | care and supervision to the child, and
contributions from | ||||||
| 15 | legally responsible relatives, must be equal to or less than | ||||||
| 16 | the grant amount established by Department regulation for such
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| 17 | a person. For purposes of eligibility for aid under this | ||||||
| 18 | Article, the Department shall (a) disregard all earned income | ||||||
| 19 | between the grant amount and 50% of the Federal Poverty Level | ||||||
| 20 | and (b) disregard the value of all assets held by the family.
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| 21 | In considering income to be taken into account, | ||||||
| 22 | consideration shall
be given to any expenses reasonably | ||||||
| 23 | attributable to the earning of such
income. Three-fourths of | ||||||
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| 1 | the earned income of a household eligible for aid under this | ||||||
| 2 | Article shall be disregarded when determining the level of | ||||||
| 3 | assistance for which a household is eligible. The first $100 of | ||||||
| 4 | child support collected on behalf of a family in a month for | ||||||
| 5 | one child and the first $200 of child support collected on | ||||||
| 6 | behalf of a family in a month for 2 or more children shall be | ||||||
| 7 | passed through to the family and disregarded in determining the | ||||||
| 8 | amount of the assistance grant provided to the family under | ||||||
| 9 | this Article. Any amount of child support that would be | ||||||
| 10 | disregarded in determining the amount of the assistance grant | ||||||
| 11 | shall be disregarded in determining eligibility for cash | ||||||
| 12 | assistance provided under this Article. The Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Department may also permit all or any
portion of earned or | ||||||
| 14 | other income to be set aside for the future
identifiable needs | ||||||
| 15 | of a child. The Illinois Department
may provide by rule and | ||||||
| 16 | regulation for the exemptions thus permitted or
required. The | ||||||
| 17 | eligibility of any applicant for or recipient of public
aid | ||||||
| 18 | under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant | ||||||
| 19 | under
the "Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities | ||||||
| 20 | Property Tax Relief Act" or any distributions or items of | ||||||
| 21 | income
described under subparagraph (X) of
paragraph (2) of | ||||||
| 22 | subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax
Act.
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| 23 | The Illinois Department may, by rule, set forth criteria | ||||||
| 24 | under which an
assistance unit is ineligible for cash | ||||||
| 25 | assistance under this Article for a
specified number of months | ||||||
| 26 | due to the receipt of a lump sum payment.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 98-114, eff. 7-29-13; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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| 2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 3 | 1, 2017.
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