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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3311 Introduced , by Rep. Dwight Kay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for the purpose of enabling the Department of Human Services to cross-reference its roster of public aid recipients with the Department of Public Health's electronic reporting system for death registrations established under the Vital Records Act, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Public Health shall enter into an agreement granting the Department of Human Services access to the Department of Public Health's electronic reporting system for death registrations. Provides that public aid recipients who are found to have a death record in the Department of Public Health's electronic reporting system for death registrations shall be subject to an immediate suspension of their public aid benefits, including the immediate deactivation of their LINK card provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Effective immediately.
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| | HB3311 | | LRB099 05758 KTG 31502 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 12-4.7f as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7f new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12-4.7f. Access to death records information. For the |
| 8 | | purpose of enabling the Department of Human Services to |
| 9 | | cross-reference its roster of public aid recipients with the |
| 10 | | Department of Public Health's electronic reporting system for |
| 11 | | death registrations established under Section 18.5 of the Vital |
| 12 | | Records Act, the Department of Human Services and the |
| 13 | | Department of Public Health shall enter into an agreement |
| 14 | | granting the Department of Human Services access to the |
| 15 | | Department of Public Health's electronic reporting system for |
| 16 | | death registrations. Public aid recipients who are found to |
| 17 | | have a death record in the Department of Public Health's |
| 18 | | electronic reporting system for death registrations shall be |
| 19 | | subject to an immediate suspension of their public aid |
| 20 | | benefits, including the immediate deactivation of their LINK |
| 21 | | card provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition |
| 22 | | Assistance Program (SNAP).
As used in this Section, "Link card" |
| 23 | | means the electronic benefits transfer card issued by the |