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91_HB2167
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Sections 4-1.12 and 9A-4.
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 Sections 4-1.12 and 9A-4 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 the months that the Department has
20 determined or will determine by rule not to count toward the
21 60 month limitation, the Department shall not count months in
22 which the adult receiving assistance under this Article is
23 the primary caregiver for a child in the assistance unit
24 under the age of 6 and is employed and earning income, or
25 engaged in self-employment for an average of 20 hours per
26 week.
27 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
28 (305 ILCS 5/9A-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 9A-4)
29 Sec. 9A-4. Participation.
30 (a) Except for those exempted under subsection (b)
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1 below, and to the extent resources permit, the Illinois
2 Department as a condition of eligibility for public aid, may,
3 as provided by rule, require all recipients to participate in
4 an education, training, and employment program, which shall
5 include accepting suitable employment and refraining from
6 terminating employment or reducing earnings without good
7 cause.
8 (b) Recipients shall be exempt from the requirement of
9 participation in the education, training, and employment
10 program in the following circumstances:
11 (1) The recipient is a person over age 60; or
12 (2) The recipient is a person with a child under
13 age one.
14 (c) The Department shall not require recipients who are
15 the primary caregiver for a child in the assistance unit
16 under the age of 6 to participate in the education, training,
17 and employment program more than 20 hours each week.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.