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305 ILCS 5/4-23

(305 ILCS 5/4-23)

Sec. 4-23. Civil rights impact statement.

(a) The Department of Human Services
must
submit to the Governor and the General Assembly
on January 1 of each even-numbered year a written report
that details the disparate impact of various
provisions of the TANF program on people of different racial or ethnic
groups
who
identify themselves in an application for benefits as any of the following:

(1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having

origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America, including Central America, and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).

(2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the

original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).

(3) Black or African American (a person having

origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).

(4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,

Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).

(5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a

person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).

(6) White (a person having origins in any of the

original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa).

(b) The report must
at least compare the
number of
persons in each group:

(1) who are receiving TANF assistance;

(2) whose 60-month lifetime limit on receiving

assistance has expired;

(3) who have left TANF due to earned income;

(4) who have left TANF due to non-compliance with

program rules;

(5) whose TANF grants have been reduced by sanctions

for non-compliance with program rules;

(6) who have returned to TANF 6 months after leaving

due to earned income;

(7) who have returned to TANF 12 months after leaving

due to earned income;

(8) who have one or more children excluded from

receiving TANF cash assistance due to the child exclusion rule;

(9) who have been granted an exemption from work

requirements; and

(10) who are participating in post-secondary

education activities.

(Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22.)