House Sponsors: LYONS,EILEEN-HAMOS-CURRY,JULIE-BRADLEY-MATHIAS, O'BRIEN, HARTKE AND BELLOCK. Senate Sponsors: HALVORSON-RONEN Short description: PUB AID-CHILD SUPPRT-PASS THRU Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Creates the Child Support Pays Program under which the Department of Public Aid shall pay to families receiving cash assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article an amount equal to either 50% of the monthly child support collected or the amount of monthly child support collected and required to be paid to the family pursuant to administrative rule, whichever is greater. Provides that the child support passed through to a family pursuant to these provisions shall not affect the family's eligibility for assistance or decrease any amount otherwise payable as assistance to the family under the TANF program until a family's non-exempt income and child support passed through to the family equal or exceed 3 times the family's TANF payment level, at which point cash assistance to the family may be terminated. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status