SB0394 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0394

Introduced 2/15/2005, by Sen. James A. DeLeo

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/4-0.5

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section describing the termination of the AFDC program and the beginning of the TANF program.

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 4-0.5 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/4-0.5)

Sec. 4-0.5. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program inoperative after June 30, 1997. The The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program shall be inoperative after June 30, 1997. Under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Children Program the Illinois Department shall develop an alternative program of mutual responsibility between the Illinois Department and the client to allow the family to become self-sufficient or employed as quickly as possible through (i) the provision of transitional assistance to families in the form of emergency one-time payments to prevent job loss, temporary assistance while searching for or being trained for work, or paternity establishment and child support enforcement or (ii) the provision for continued work.

(Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)