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91_HB2021
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Section 4-1.12.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 changing Section 4-1.12 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/4-1.12)
8 Sec. 4-1.12. Five year limitation.
9 (a) No assistance unit shall be eligible for a cash
10 grant under this Article if it includes an adult who has
11 received cash assistance as an adult for 60 months, whether
12 or not consecutive, after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of 1997. The Illinois Department may exempt
14 individual assistance units from the 60-month limitation or
15 determine circumstances under which a month or months would
16 not count towards the 60-month limitation even though the
17 assistance unit did receive cash assistance under this
18 Article.
19 (b) In addition to months that the Illinois Department
20 has determined or shall determine by rule not to count toward
21 the 60-month limitation, the Illinois Department shall not
22 count the following months:
23 (1) Months in which the adult receiving assistance
24 under this Article is the primary caregiver for a child
25 under the age of one in the assistance unit.
26 (2) Months in which the adult receiving assistance
27 under this Article is the primary caregiver for a
28 disabled family member, as defined by the Illinois
29 Department in rules, when the demands of caregiving are
30 inconsistent with sustained employment.
31 (3) Months in which the adult receiving assistance
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1 under this Article has a pending application for federal
2 Supplemental Security Income benefits based upon
3 disability as to which (A) the Illinois Department has
4 made a determination that the adult has a reasonable
5 likelihood of success and (B) the Social Security
6 Administration has not issued an unfavorable
7 determination after a hearing.
8 (4) Months in which the adult receiving assistance
9 is determined by the Illinois Department under Section
10 4-22 to need to engage in activities to address a
11 domestic violence situation to an extent inconsistent
12 with sustained employment.
13 (5) Months in which the adult receiving assistance
14 under this Article is employed and earning income, or
15 engaged in self-employment activities, for an average of
16 20 hours per week.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)