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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 680
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 680 on page 1 by
3 replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
5 Sections 4-1.12 and 12-4.11 and by adding Sections 9A-14 and
6 12-4.17a."; and
7 by replacing lines 5 and 6 with the following:
8 "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
9 changing Sections 4-1.12 and 12-4.11 and by adding Sections
10 9A-14 and 12-4.17a as follows:
11 (305 ILCS 5/4-1.12)
12 Sec. 4-1.12. Five year limitation.
13 (a) No assistance unit shall be eligible for a cash
14 grant under this Article if it includes an adult who has
15 received cash assistance as an adult for 60 months, whether
16 or not consecutive, after the effective date of this
17 amendatory Act of 1997. The Illinois Department may exempt
18 individual assistance units from the 60-month limitation or
19 determine circumstances under which a month or months would
20 not count towards the 60-month limitation even though the
21 assistance unit did receive cash assistance under this
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1 Article.
2 (b) In addition to months that the Illinois Department
3 has determined or shall determine by rule not to count toward
4 the 60-month limitation, the Illinois Department shall not
5 count months in which the adult receiving assistance under
6 this Article is the primary caregiver for a disabled child
7 when the demands of caregiving are inconsistent with
8 sustained employment.
9 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)"; and
10 on page 2, after line 32, by inserting the following:
11 "(305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
12 Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts.
13 (a) The Department, with due regard for and subject to
14 budgetary limitations, shall establish grant amounts for each
15 of the programs, by regulation. The grant amounts may vary
16 by program, size of assistance unit and geographic area.
17 (b) Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for
18 changes in the cost of items included in the grant amounts,
19 or (2) for changes in the expenses of the recipient, or (3)
20 for changes in the income or resources available to the
21 recipient, or (4) for changes in grants resulting from
22 adoption of a consolidated grant amount.
23 (c) In fixing standards to govern payments or
24 reimbursements for funeral and burial expenses, the
25 Department shall take into account the services essential to
26 a dignified, low-cost funeral and burial, but no payment
27 shall be authorized from public aid funds for the funeral in
28 excess of $650, exclusive of reasonable amounts as may be
29 necessary for burial space and cemetery charges, and any
30 applicable taxes or other required governmental fees or
31 charges. The Department shall authorize no payment in excess
32 of $325 for a cemetery burial.
33 (d) Nothing contained in this Section or in any other
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1 Section of this Code shall be construed to prohibit the
2 Illinois Department (1) from consolidating existing standards
3 on the basis of any standards which are or were in effect on,
4 or subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from employing any
5 consolidated standards in determining need for public aid and
6 the amount of money payment or grant for individual
7 recipients or recipient families.
8 (e) When a recipient reports that he or she has obtained
9 employment, the Department, subject to the following
10 limitations, may project the recipient's likely earnings and
11 eligibility for assistance and grant level under Article IV:
12 (1) If, based on the recipient's report of his or
13 her projected hours and wage, the Department projects
14 that the recipient will no longer be eligible for
15 assistance under Article IV, it may terminate or cancel
16 the case. However, if, within 30 days after termination
17 or cancellation, the recipient presents evidence that the
18 actual earnings from the recipient's work, or future
19 earnings projected based on the rate of pay and number of
20 hours or days of work demonstrated by the first payment
21 from work, do not warrant termination or cancellation,
22 the recipient's cash assistance shall be restored at the
23 appropriate level for his or her actual and future
24 projected earnings.
25 (2) When the recipient first reports his or her
26 employment, the Department shall notify him or her in
27 writing of this policy and shall give him or her
28 instructions about how to provide a copy of his or her
29 first paycheck stub or other proof of his or her earnings
30 to the Department. The Department shall instruct its
31 workers to obtain income reports from newly-employed
32 recipients that are as accurate and realistic as
33 possible.
34 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97;
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1 90-326, eff. 8-8-97; 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; 90-655, eff.
2 7-30-98.)
3 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.17a new)
4 Sec. 12-4.17a. Customer service enhancement.
5 (a) The Department shall provide in the waiting area of
6 each local office written information regarding applicants'
7 and recipients' rights to appeal action or inaction and to
8 file a grievance, as well as sufficient quantities of appeal
9 and grievance forms.
10 (b) The Department shall establish 2-year pilot projects
11 in at least 2 local offices, at least one of which shall be
12 in a city of over 500,000, under which the local offices will
13 be open at least one weekday evening and Saturday each week
14 to accommodate the schedules of applicants and recipients who
15 cannot visit the office during normal office hours. The
16 Department shall submit a report on the pilot project to the
17 Family Self Sufficiency Advisory Council created by the
18 Department after one year of operation of the pilot and a
19 final report upon completion of the pilot. The report shall
20 describe the pilot, the expenses and savings achieved, the
21 usage of the extended hours by recipients, and the personnel
22 issues that arose.
23 (c) The Department shall charge the Family Self
24 Sufficiency Advisory Council created by the Department with
25 monitoring customer service and annually making customer
26 service recommendations to the Secretary, and support the
27 Council in carrying out that charge. For this purpose, the
28 Council shall include caseworkers, or their collective
29 bargaining representatives, as ex-officio participants in the
30 review and monitoring of customer service and the formulation
31 of recommendations.
32 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.".