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91_HB3332

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by  changing
 2    Section 12-4.11.

 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 12-4.11 as follows:

 7        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
 8        Sec.  12-4.11.  Grant amounts.   The Department, with due
 9    regard  for  and  subject  to  budgetary  limitations,  shall
10    establish  grant  amounts  for  each  of  the  programs,   by
11    regulation.   The  grant amounts may vary by program, size of
12    assistance unit and geographic  area.  For  the  fiscal  year
13    beginning  July  1,  2000,  the  Department  shall promulgate
14    regulations that increase  grant  amounts  by  10%  over  the
15    amounts being paid on June 30, 2000.
16        Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes
17    in  the  cost  of items included in the grant amounts, or (2)
18    for changes in the expenses of  the  recipient,  or  (3)  for
19    changes   in   the  income  or  resources  available  to  the
20    recipient, or  (4)  for  changes  in  grants  resulting  from
21    adoption of a consolidated grant amount.
22        In  fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements
23    for funeral and burial expenses, the  Department  shall  take
24    into  account the services essential to a dignified, low-cost
25    funeral and burial, including reasonable amounts that may  be
26    necessary  for  burial  space  and  cemetery charges, and any
27    applicable taxes  or  other  required  governmental  fees  or
28    charges.
29        Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section
30    of  this  Code  shall  be  construed to prohibit the Illinois
31    Department (1) from consolidating existing standards  on  the
 
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 1    basis  of  any  standards  which are or were in effect on, or
 2    subsequent to  July  1,  1969,  or  (2)  from  employing  any
 3    consolidated standards in determining need for public aid and
 4    the   amount   of  money  payment  or  grant  for  individual
 5    recipients or recipient families.
 6    (Source:  P.A.  90-17,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-326,  eff.  8-8-97;
 7    90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  91-24,  eff.
 8    7-1-99.)

 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
10    becoming law.

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