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90_SB1671

      305 ILCS 5/12-4.35 new
          Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code.  Provides  that  the
      Department of Public Aid or the Department of Human Services,
      as  appropriate,  may  cooperate  with  any  Illinois private
      industry council, political  subdivision  of  the  State,  or
      private  entity  awarded a competitive grant under provisions
      of the federal Balanced Budget Act of  1997  for  Welfare  to
      Work  activities aimed at moving individuals into and keeping
      individuals in lasting unsubsidized  employment.    Effective
      immediately.
                                                     LRB9011666SMsb
                                               LRB9011666SMsb
 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by adding
 2    Section 12-4.35.
 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    adding Section 12-4.35 as follows:
 7        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.35 new)
 8        Sec. 12-4.35.  Cooperation of Department with  recipients
 9    of  Welfare  to  Work competitive grants.  The Department may
10    cooperate  with  any  Illinois  private   industry   council,
11    political subdivision of the State, or private entity awarded
12    a  competitive  grant  under  Section  5001  of  the  federal
13    Balanced  Budget  Act  of 1997 for Welfare to Work activities
14    aimed at moving individuals into and keeping  individuals  in
15    lasting  unsubsidized  employment.   The  Department  may, by
16    rule, establish procedures for identifying  persons  eligible
17    to  participate  in  programs  operated under Welfare to Work
18    grants and may, by rule, establish requirements and  policies
19    regarding   eligibility,  child  support  enforcement,  child
20    support distribution, and other program matters applicable in
21    geographic areas designated in Welfare to Work grants  or  to
22    individuals  or  assistance   units participating in pilot or
23    demonstration projects under these  Welfare  to  Work  grants
24    which  are  different  from  the  Department's  policies  and
25    requirements  for  other  areas of the State, individuals, or
26    assistance units.
27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.

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