093_HB3588
LRB093 09989 DRJ 12172 b
1 AN ACT in relation to 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 Sections 4-1.2c and 4-1.9 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/4-1.2c)
7 Sec. 4-1.2c. Residence of child who is pregnant or a
8 parent.
9 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, no
10 aid shall be paid under this Article on behalf of a person
11 under age 18 who has never married and who has a child or is
12 pregnant must, within 3 months after beginning to receive
13 aid under this Article, reside, unless that person resides
14 with a parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative or in
15 a foster home, maternity home, or other adult-supervised
16 living arrangement.
17 (b) The Illinois Department may make an exception to the
18 requirement of subsection (a) in any of the following
19 circumstances:
20 (1) The person has no living parent or legal
21 guardian, or the parent's or legal guardian's whereabouts
22 are unknown.
23 (2) The Illinois Department determines that the
24 physical health or safety of the person or the person's
25 child would be jeopardized.
26 (3) The person has lived apart from the parent or
27 legal guardian for a period of at least one year before
28 the child's birth or before applying for aid under this
29 Article.
30 (c) (Blank).
31 (Source: P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)
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1 (305 ILCS 5/4-1.9) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.9)
2 Sec. 4-1.9. Participation in Educational and Vocational
3 Training Programs.
4 (a) A parent or parents and a child age 16 or over not
5 in regular attendance in school, as defined in Section 4-1.1
6 as that Section existed on August 26, 1969 (the effective
7 date of Public Act 76-1047), for whom education and training
8 is suitable, must participate in the educational and
9 vocational training programs provided pursuant to Article
10 IXA.
11 (b) Within 3 months after a parent who is less than 20
12 years of age and who has not received a high school diploma
13 or high school equivalency certificate begins to receive aid
14 under this Article, the parent is required to be enrolled in
15 school or in an educational program that is expected to
16 result in the receipt of a high school diploma or high school
17 equivalency certificate, except 18 and 19 year old parents
18 may be assigned to work activities or training if it is
19 determined based on an individualized assessment that
20 secondary school is inappropriate.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.