HB4967 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4967

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/4-7

from Ch. 23, par. 4-7

Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires each family receiving benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to be interviewed in person or communicated with at least once in each subsequent 6-month period (rather than once in each 12-month period) to ascertain that the family still lives in the State and other matters. Provides that a family shall no longer be eligible for TANF benefits if the Department of Human Services determines during a home visit or interview that the family no longer resides in the State.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 4-7 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-7)

Sec. 4-7. Home Visits, Interviews or Communications. Each family receiving aid shall be interviewed in person or communicated with in investigations of applications for aid and at least once in each subsequent 6-month 12 month period to ascertain that the family still resides in the State, that there is a continuing need for such aid, and to provide the child and his parents or relatives with such service and guidance as will strengthen family life and aid them in utilizing to the maximum their capacities for self-care, self-support, and responsible citizenship. However, the Department shall determine those assistance units where the possibility for public assistance fraud or abuse is greatest, or where there is the possibility of frequent changes in need or circumstances, or where any child in the home may be an abused or neglected child as determined by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, as now or hereafter amended, and shall by rule provide for more frequent interviews of or communications with those assistance units and for the implementation of necessary remedies under Sections 4-8 and 4-9 for those assistance units. Written reports of such interviews or communications and any related remedies shall become a part of the record in every case. If the Department determines during a home visit or interview that a family no longer resides in the State, the family shall no longer be eligible for aid under this Article.

(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)