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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2021
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2021, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
5 Section 4-1.12."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
9 changing Section 4-1.12 as follows:
10 (305 ILCS 5/4-1.12)
11 Sec. 4-1.12. Five year limitation.
12 (a) No assistance unit shall be eligible for a cash
13 grant under this Article if it includes an adult who has
14 received cash assistance as an adult for 60 months, whether
15 or not consecutive, after the effective date of this
16 amendatory Act of 1997. The Illinois Department may exempt
17 individual assistance units from the 60-month limitation or
18 determine circumstances under which a month or months would
19 not count towards the 60-month limitation even though the
20 assistance unit did receive cash assistance under this
21 Article.
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1 (b) In addition to months that the Illinois Department
2 has determined or shall determine by rule not to count toward
3 the 60-month limitation, the Illinois Department shall not
4 count months in which the adult receiving assistance under
5 this Article is the primary caregiver for a disabled child
6 when the demands of caregiving are inconsistent with
7 sustained employment.
8 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)".