Full Text of HB5084 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 10-25 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 1305/10-25) | 7 | | Sec. 10-25. Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition | 8 | | Program. | 9 | | (a) The Department shall participate in the Women, Infants | 10 | | and Children Nutrition program of the federal government to | 11 | | the maximum extent permitted by the federal appropriation and | 12 | | allocation to the State of Illinois. In order to efficiently | 13 | | process electronically issued WIC benefits, the Department may | 14 | | use an account held outside of the state treasury for the | 15 | | deposit and issuance of WIC benefits. The Department shall | 16 | | report quarterly to the Governor and the General Assembly the | 17 | | status of obligations and expenditures of the WIC nutrition | 18 | | program appropriation and make recommendations on actions | 19 | | necessary to expend all available federal funds. Other | 20 | | appropriations and funds from any public or private source in | 21 | | addition to federal funds may be used by the Department for the | 22 | | purpose of maximum participation in the WIC nutrition program. | 23 | | (b) The Department shall maintain a drug abuse education |
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| 1 | | program for participants in the Women, Infants and Children | 2 | | Nutrition Program. The program shall include but need not be | 3 | | limited to (1) the provision of information concerning the | 4 | | dangers of drug abuse and (2) the referral of participants who | 5 | | are suspected drug abusers to drug abuse clinics, treatment | 6 | | programs, counselors or other drug abuse treatment providers. | 7 | | (c) The Department shall cooperate with the Department of | 8 | | Public Health for purposes of the smoking cessation program | 9 | | for participants in the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition | 10 | | Program maintained by the Department of Public Health under | 11 | | Section 2310-435 of the Department of Public Health Powers and | 12 | | Duties Law (20 ILCS 2310/2310-435). | 13 | | (d) The Department may contract with any bank as defined | 14 | | by the Illinois Banking Act to redeem bank drafts issued by the | 15 | | Department under the United States Department of Agriculture | 16 | | Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and | 17 | | Children (WIC). Any bank with which the Department has entered | 18 | | into a contract to redeem bank drafts may receive, pursuant to | 19 | | an appropriation to the Department, an initial advance and | 20 | | periodic payment of funds for the Women, Infants and Children | 21 | | Program in amounts determined by the Secretary. | 22 | | Notwithstanding any other law, such funds shall be retained in | 23 | | a separate account by the bank. Any interest earned by monies | 24 | | in such account shall accrue to the USDA Women, Infants and | 25 | | Children Fund and shall be used exclusively for the redemption | 26 | | of bank drafts issued by the Department. WIC program food |
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| 1 | | funds received by the bank from the Department shall be used | 2 | | exclusively for the redemption of bank drafts. The bank shall | 3 | | not use such food funds, or interest accrued thereon, for any | 4 | | other purpose including, but not limited to, reimbursement of | 5 | | administrative expenses or payments of administrative fees due | 6 | | the bank pursuant to its contract or contracts with the | 7 | | Department. | 8 | | Such initial and periodic payments by the Department to | 9 | | the bank shall be effected, pursuant to an appropriation, in | 10 | | an amount needed for the redemption of bank drafts issued by | 11 | | the Department under the United States Department of | 12 | | Agriculture Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, | 13 | | Infants and Children in any initial or succeeding period. The | 14 | | State Comptroller shall, upon presentation by the Secretary of | 15 | | adequate certification of funds needed for redemption of bank | 16 | | drafts, promptly draw a warrant payable to the bank for | 17 | | deposit to the separate account of the bank. Such | 18 | | certification may be in magnetic tape or computer output form, | 19 | | indicating the amount of the total payment made by the bank for | 20 | | the redemption of bank drafts from funds provided to the bank | 21 | | under this Section. | 22 | | The separate account of the bank established under this | 23 | | Section, any payments to that account, and the use of such | 24 | | account and funds shall be subject to (1) audit by the | 25 | | Department or a private contractor authorized by the | 26 | | Department to conduct audits, including but not limited to |
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| 1 | | such audits as may be required by State law, (2) audit by the | 2 | | federal government or a private contractor authorized by the | 3 | | federal government, and (3) post audit pursuant to the | 4 | | Illinois State Auditing Act. | 5 | | (e) The Department may include a program of lactation | 6 | | support services as part of the benefits and services provided | 7 | | for pregnant and breast feeding participants in the Women, | 8 | | Infants and Children Nutrition Program. The program may | 9 | | include payment for breast pumps, breast shields, or any | 10 | | supply deemed essential for the successful maintenance of | 11 | | lactation, as well as lactation specialists who are registered | 12 | | nurses, licensed dietitians, or persons who have successfully | 13 | | completed a lactation management training program. | 14 | | (f) The Department shall coordinate the operation of the | 15 | | Women, Infants and Children program with the Medicaid program | 16 | | by interagency agreement whereby each program provides | 17 | | information about the services offered by the other to | 18 | | applicants for services. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20.) | 20 | | Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 21 | | changing Section 12-4.7b as follows: | 22 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b) | 23 | | Sec. 12-4.7b. Exchanges of information; inmates. The | 24 | | Department shall enter into intergovernmental agreements to |
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| 1 | | conduct monthly exchanges of information with the Illinois | 2 | | Department of Corrections, the Cook County Department of | 3 | | Corrections, and the office of the sheriff to the extent | 4 | | available of every other county to determine whether any | 5 | | individual included in an assistance unit receiving public aid | 6 | | under any Article of this Code is an inmate in a facility | 7 | | operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections, the Cook | 8 | | County Department of Corrections, or a county sheriff. | 9 | | Alternatively, the Department may utilize the option of | 10 | | purchasing incarceration data through a third-party resource | 11 | | in order to conduct data matches of incarcerated individuals. | 12 | | The Illinois Department of Corrections, the Cook County | 13 | | Department of Corrections, and the office of the sheriff of | 14 | | every other county shall honor all intergovernmental | 15 | | agreements with the Department under this Section and shall | 16 | | provide all required information in a timely manner. The | 17 | | Department shall review each individual prior to authorizing | 18 | | benefits at application and redetermination to verify each | 19 | | month the entire list of individuals generated by the monthly | 20 | | exchange and shall verify the eligibility for benefits under | 21 | | this Code for each individual on the list . The Department | 22 | | shall terminate benefits under this Code for any individual | 23 | | determined to be ineligible by this monthly review. The | 24 | | Department shall use any legal means available to recoup as an | 25 | | overpayment any assistance provided to an individual for any | 26 | | period during which he or she was ineligible to receive the |
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| 1 | | assistance. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 101-115, eff. 7-22-19.) |
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