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      305 ILCS 5/4-0.5
          Amends  the  Aid  to  Families  with  Dependent  Children
      Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code.  Makes  a  technical
      change  in  provisions  regarding the termination of the AFDC
      program on December 31, 1998.
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SB317 Engrossed                                LRB9001503SMdv
 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by  changing
 2    Section 4-19.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 4-19 as follows:
 7        (305 ILCS 5/4-19)
 8        Sec.  4-19.  Demonstration project; treatment; AFDC.  The
 9    Department, in cooperation with the Department of  Alcoholism
10    and Substance Abuse, is authorized to conduct a demonstration
11    project  in  which  clients  who  are identified as having an
12    alcohol or substance abuse problem must, as  a  condition  of
13    eligibility for assistance under this Article, participate in
14    an   alcohol  or  substance  abuse  treatment  program.   The
15    Department shall, by rule, establish (i) the  sites  for  the
16    demonstration  program,  (ii)  the  methods  for  determining
17    whether  a  client has an alcohol or substance abuse problem,
18    and (iii)  the  sanctions  for  failure  to  cooperate.   The
19    demonstration program shall terminate on January 1, 2000.  At
20    the  end  of  the  demonstration  program, the program may be
21    extended expended, by rule, to other areas of  the  State  or
22    the  entire  State.   The  Department  shall  apply  for  all
23    appropriate  waivers  of  federal  requirements  necessary to
24    implement this Section.
25        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
26    becoming law.

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