Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Filed: 4/20/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2791 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2791 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic 
5Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  by adding Section 605-1020 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new)
8    Sec. 605-1020. Barriers to paying child support; study.
9    (a)  Subject to appropriation, the Department shall conduct 
10a study regarding the barriers individuals face to paying child 
11support.  The purpose of the study shall be to identify and 
12minimize barriers to paying child support so as to decrease the 
13total amount of unpaid child support in Illinois.  The study 
14shall focus on the following: 
15        (1)  demographics of those who fail to pay child 
16    support, including: income, education level, age at first 
 
 
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1    becoming a parent, ratio of monthly child support to 
2    monthly income, criminal history, child visits per month, 
3    number of children, substance abuse history, whether the 
4    individual is on probation or parole, and primary language 
5    spoken; 
6        (2)  institutional barriers to paying child support, 
7    including how and when it is collected; 
8        (3)  the impact, if any, that unpaid child support 
9    information has on an individual's ability to be 
10    considered, interviewed, and hired by an employer, 
11    including: (i) whether credit and background checks reveal 
12    unpaid child support obligations, including, but not 
13    limited to, amounts in arrears, civil judgments, and 
14    criminal convictions for failure to pay child support, and 
15    (ii) whether the information revealed in a credit or 
16    background check regarding unpaid child support prevents 
17    applicants from gaining employment. 
18    (b)  The Department shall report the results of its study 
19and any recommendations to the Governor and the General 
20Assembly on or before May 1, 2017. 
21    (c)  The Department shall, in consultation with the 
22Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Child Support 
23Division, adopt rules addressing the results and 
24recommendations of the study. 
25    (d)   This Section is repealed on January 1, 2018. 
 

 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
22015.".