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90_HB1587eng
20 ILCS 1305/1-30 new
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Creates
within the Department a Welfare Reform Oversight Committee
to monitor implementation of federal welfare reform
guidelines. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Department of Human Services Act by
2 adding Section 1-30.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is
6 amended by adding Section 1-30 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 1305/1-30 new)
8 Sec. 1-30. Welfare Reform Oversight Task Force.
9 (a) The Welfare Reform Oversight Task Force is created
10 within the Department to provide advice to the Department,
11 the Governor, and the General Assembly regarding welfare
12 reform. The task force shall consist of 16 members appointed
13 by legislative leaders, of whom 4 shall be appointed by the
14 Speaker of the House of Representatives, 4 shall be appointed
15 by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 4
16 shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, and 4
17 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.
18 Each of these appointing authorities may appoint no more than
19 2 members of the General Assembly to serve on the task force.
20 The Secretary shall appoint 2 members from the general public
21 who have expertise and interest in the subject of welfare
22 reform. The Secretary of Human Services and the Director of
23 Public Aid, or their designees, shall serve as ex-officio,
24 non-voting members of the task force. All appointments shall
25 be in writing and filed with the Secretary of State as a
26 public record. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment in
27 the same manner as the original appointment. In the case of
28 an appointment of a member of the General Assembly, a vacancy
29 shall exist when a member no longer holds the elected
30 legislative office held at the time of appointment. Members
31 appointed other than to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for
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1 a 2-year term. The term of all voting members, whether
2 appointed to fill a vacancy or otherwise, shall expire on
3 February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
4 (b) At their first meeting and in February of each
5 odd-numbered year thereafter, the appointed members of the
6 task force shall elect from among the task force members who
7 are members of the General Assembly 2 co-chairpersons and
8 other officers as necessary. The co-chairpersons may not be
9 members appointed by the same legislative leader or by
10 legislative leaders affiliated with the same political party
11 and may not be members of the same house of the General
12 Assembly. The task force shall conduct at least 4 public
13 hearings annually and may conduct meetings more often upon
14 the call of the chair or any 9 members. A quorum of the task
15 force shall be 10 members.
16 (c) Members shall serve without compensation, but shall
17 be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses actually incurred
18 in carrying out their duties. These expenses shall be
19 reimbursed in the same manner as other advisory committees
20 and task forces to the Department. The Department shall
21 provide staff and technical assistance to the task force to
22 enable it to perform its functions.
23 (d) The task force shall monitor implementation of State
24 and federal welfare reform laws, regulations, programs, and
25 funding, including the federal Personal Responsibility and
26 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193)
27 and related measures. The task force shall, as it deems
28 necessary, advise the Department, the Governor, and the
29 General Assembly regarding changes in policies, programs, and
30 laws that may improve the State's implementation and
31 administration of welfare reform measures.
32 (e) This Section is repealed on May 31, 2005.
33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.