Full Text of SB2722 103rd General Assembly
SB2722 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2722 Introduced 1/12/2024, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 305 ILCS 5/12-4.11 | from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11 |
| Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum benefit levels under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program shall be annually adjusted to remain equal to at least 40% (rather than 35%) of the most recent poverty guidelines updated periodically by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 12-4.11 as follows: | 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11) | 7 | | Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts. The Department, with due | 8 | | regard for and subject to budgetary limitations, shall | 9 | | establish grant amounts for each of the programs, by | 10 | | regulation. The grant amounts may vary by program, size of | 11 | | assistance unit and geographic area. Grant amounts under the | 12 | | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program may not | 13 | | vary on the basis of a TANF recipient's county of residence. | 14 | | Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes | 15 | | in the cost of items included in the grant amounts, or (2) for | 16 | | changes in the expenses of the recipient, or (3) for changes in | 17 | | the income or resources available to the recipient, or (4) for | 18 | | changes in grants resulting from adoption of a consolidated | 19 | | grant amount. | 20 | | The maximum benefit levels provided to TANF recipients | 21 | | shall increase as follows: beginning October 1, 2023, the | 22 | | Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts | 23 | | in effect on September 30, 2023 to at least 35% of the most |
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| 1 | | recent United States Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | | Federal Poverty Guidelines for each family size. Beginning | 3 | | October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum | 4 | | benefit levels shall be annually adjusted to remain equal to | 5 | | at least 40% 35% of the most recent poverty guidelines updated | 6 | | periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of | 7 | | Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. | 8 | | 9902(2) for each family size. | 9 | | TANF grants for child-only assistance units shall be at | 10 | | least 75% of TANF grants for assistance units of the same size | 11 | | that consist of a caretaker relative with children. | 12 | | In fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements | 13 | | for funeral and burial expenses, the Department shall | 14 | | establish a minimum allowable amount of not less than $1,000 | 15 | | for Department payment of funeral services and not less than | 16 | | $500 for Department payment of burial or cremation services. | 17 | | On January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the | 18 | | Department shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for | 19 | | funeral and burial expenses under this Section by a percentage | 20 | | equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index | 21 | | for All Urban Consumers, if any, during the 12 months | 22 | | immediately preceding that January 1 or July 1. In | 23 | | establishing the minimum allowable amount, the Department | 24 | | shall take into account the services essential to a dignified, | 25 | | low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation, including | 26 | | reasonable amounts that may be necessary for burial space and |
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| 1 | | cemetery charges, and any applicable taxes or other required | 2 | | governmental fees or charges. If no person has agreed to pay | 3 | | the total cost of the (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation | 4 | | charges, the Department shall pay the vendor the actual costs | 5 | | of the (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation, or the minimum | 6 | | allowable amount for each service as established by the | 7 | | Department, whichever is less, provided that the Department | 8 | | reduces its payments by the amount available from the | 9 | | following sources: the decedent's assets and available | 10 | | resources and the anticipated amounts of any death benefits | 11 | | available to the decedent's estate, and amounts paid and | 12 | | arranged to be paid by the decedent's legally responsible | 13 | | relatives. A legally responsible relative is expected to pay | 14 | | (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation expenses unless | 15 | | financially unable to do so. | 16 | | Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section | 17 | | of this Code shall be construed to prohibit the Illinois | 18 | | Department (1) from consolidating existing standards on the | 19 | | basis of any standards which are or were in effect on, or | 20 | | subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from employing any | 21 | | consolidated standards in determining need for public aid and | 22 | | the amount of money payment or grant for individual recipients | 23 | | or recipient families. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.) |
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