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92_HB3166
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1 AN ACT concerning public aid.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 4-1.12 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/4-1.12)
7 Sec. 4-1.12. Five year limitation.
8 (a) No assistance unit shall be eligible for a cash
9 grant under this Article if it includes an adult who has
10 received cash assistance as an adult for 60 months, whether
11 or not consecutive, after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1997. The Illinois Department may exempt
13 individual assistance units from the 60-month limitation or
14 determine circumstances under which a month or months would
15 not count towards the 60-month limitation even though the
16 assistance unit did receive cash assistance under this
17 Article.
18 (b) In addition to months that the Illinois Department
19 determines by rule not to count toward the 60-month
20 limitation, the Illinois Department may not count months in
21 which the adult receiving assistance under this Article is
22 the primary caregiver for a disabled family member, as
23 defined by the Illinois Department in rules, if the demands
24 of caregiving are inconsistent with sustained employment. In
25 addition, families that meet the definition in the preceding
26 sentence that have exhausted eligibility for cash assistance
27 under the 60-month limitation shall be eligible for cash
28 assistance without regard to the 60-month limitation.
29 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.