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91_HB1846
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Section 12-4.11.
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 12-4.11 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
8 Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts.
9 (a) The Department, with due regard for and subject to
10 budgetary limitations, shall establish grant amounts for each
11 of the programs, by regulation. The grant amounts may vary
12 by program, size of assistance unit and geographic area.
13 (b) Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for
14 changes in the cost of items included in the grant amounts,
15 or (2) for changes in the expenses of the recipient, or (3)
16 for changes in the income or resources available to the
17 recipient, or (4) for changes in grants resulting from
18 adoption of a consolidated grant amount.
19 (c) In fixing standards to govern payments or
20 reimbursements for funeral and burial expenses, the
21 Department shall take into account the services essential to
22 a dignified, low-cost funeral and burial, but no payment
23 shall be authorized from public aid funds for the funeral in
24 excess of $650, exclusive of reasonable amounts as may be
25 necessary for burial space and cemetery charges, and any
26 applicable taxes or other required governmental fees or
27 charges. The Department shall authorize no payment in excess
28 of $325 for a cemetery burial.
29 (d) Nothing contained in this Section or in any other
30 Section of this Code shall be construed to prohibit the
31 Illinois Department (1) from consolidating existing standards
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1 on the basis of any standards which are or were in effect on,
2 or subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from employing any
3 consolidated standards in determining need for public aid and
4 the amount of money payment or grant for individual
5 recipients or recipient families.
6 (e) When a recipient reports that he or she has obtained
7 employment, the Department, subject to the following
8 limitations, may project the recipient's likely earnings and
9 eligibility for assistance and grant level under Article IV:
10 (1) If, based on the recipient's report of his or
11 her projected hours and wage, the Department projects
12 that the recipient will no longer be eligible for
13 assistance under Article IV, it may suspend cash payments
14 to the recipient but may not terminate or cancel the case
15 until the recipient has received his or her first payment
16 from work. If the actual earnings from the recipient's
17 first payment from work along with future earnings
18 projected based on the rate of pay and number of hours or
19 days of work demonstrated by the first payment from work
20 are found not to warrant termination or cancellation, the
21 recipient's cash assistance shall be restored at the
22 appropriate level for his or her actual and future
23 projected earnings.
24 (2) If, based on the recipient's report of his or
25 her projected hours and wage, the Department projects
26 that the recipient will continue to be eligible for cash
27 assistance under Article IV, it shall determine the level
28 of cash assistance according to its projections. If the
29 actual earnings from the recipient's first payment from
30 work along with future projected cash assistance are less
31 than the initial projection by more than $15 per month,
32 the recipient shall receive the appropriate level of cash
33 assistance for his or her earnings projected based on the
34 rate of pay and amount of work demonstrated in the first
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1 payment from work. If the recipient does not provide a
2 copy of his or her first paycheck stub or other proof of
3 his or her actual earnings to the Department within 2
4 weeks of having received his or her first earnings from
5 employment, the initial projections may be presumed
6 valid. When the recipient first reports his or her
7 employment, the Department shall notify him or her in
8 writing of this policy and shall give him or her
9 instructions about how to provide a copy of his or her
10 first paycheck stub or other proof of his or her earnings
11 to the Department.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97;
13 90-326, eff. 8-8-97; 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; 90-655, eff.
14 7-30-98.)
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.