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PUBLIC AID (305 ILCS 5/) Illinois Public Aid Code. 305 ILCS 5/12-4.57 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.57) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-102) Sec. 12-4.57. Prospective Payment System rates; increase for federally qualified health centers. Beginning January 1, 2024, subject to federal approval, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the Prospective Payment System rates for federally qualified health centers to a level calculated to spend an additional $50,000,000 in the first year of application using an alternative payment method acceptable to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and a trade association representing a majority of federally qualified health centers operating in Illinois, including a rate increase that is an equal percentage increase to the rates paid to each federally qualified health center. (Source: P.A. 103-102, eff. 1-1-24.) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-297) Sec. 12-4.57. Stolen SNAP benefits via card skimming; data collection and reports. (a) As the State administrator of benefits provided under the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Department of Human Services shall track and collect data on the scope and frequency of SNAP benefits fraud in this State where a SNAP recipient's benefits are stolen from the recipient's electronic benefits transfer card by means of card skimming, card cloning, or some other similar fraudulent method. The Department shall specifically keep a record of every report made to the Department by a SNAP recipient alleging the theft of benefits due to no fault of the recipient, the benefit amount stolen, and, if practicable, how those stolen benefits were used and the location of those thefts. (b) The Department shall report its findings to the General Assembly on an annual basis beginning on January 1, 2024. The Department shall file an annual report no later than the 60th day of the following year following each reporting period. A SNAP recipient's personally identifiable information shall be excluded from the reports consistent with State and federal privacy protections. Each annual report shall also be posted on the Department's official website. (c) If the Department determines that a SNAP recipient has made a substantiated report of stolen benefits due to card skimming, card cloning, or some other similar fraudulent method, the Department shall refer the matter to the State's Attorney who has jurisdiction over the alleged theft or fraud and shall provide any assistance to that State's Attorney in the prosecution of the alleged theft or fraud. (Source: P.A. 103-297, eff. 1-1-24 .) |
305 ILCS 5/12-4.101
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.101)
Sec. 12-4.101.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98. Repealed by P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)
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305 ILCS 5/12-4.102
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.102)
Sec. 12-4.102.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 88-412. Repealed by P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)
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305 ILCS 5/12-4.103
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.103)
Sec. 12-4.103.
Individual Development Accounts.
Subject to funding availability, the Illinois Department shall
establish a program that allows eligible low-income
individuals to open and maintain Individual Development Accounts for the
purpose of enabling the individual to accumulate funds for a qualified purpose.
A qualified purpose for establishing an Individual Development Account shall
be one or more of the following:
(1) to pay for postsecondary education expenses if the expenses are paid
directly to an eligible educational institution;
(2) to acquire a principal residence if the individual is buying a home for
the first time and if the funds are paid directly to the person to whom the
amounts required for the purchase are due; or
(3) to finance business capitalization expenses if the funds are paid
directly into a business capitalization account at a federally insured
financial institution and are restricted to use solely for qualified business
capitalization expenses.
An individual may make contributions to his or her
Individual Development Account only from earned income as
defined in Section 911(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
An Individual Development Account program shall be established in
accordance with subsection (h) of Section 404 of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. State funds made available
for this program and federal funds, to the extent they may be used for this
purpose, shall be used (i) to match, dollar for dollar, contributions made by
individuals participating in an Individual Development Account program approved
by the Illinois Department, (ii) to fund or supplement other funds available
for the costs of the administration of an Individual Development Account
program by a not-for-profit organization, and (iii) for a grant or grants to
not-for-profit organizations to provide technical assistance and training to
other not-for-profit organizations in the State that wish to establish an
Individual Development Account program consistent with this Section. No
Individual Development Account program shall qualify for State funds under this
Section unless the administering not-for-profit organization verifies that it
has secured at least a dollar for dollar match from
other sources for contributions made by participating individuals.
The Illinois Department shall by rule establish qualifications for a
not-for-profit organization to administer an Individual Development Account
program.
The Illinois Department shall establish eligibility criteria for individuals
seeking to participate in an Individual Development Account program. The
Illinois Department shall promulgate rules regarding the administration of
Individual Development Account programs by approved not-for-profit
organizations administering the programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of State law, funds in an Individual
Development Account, including accrued interest and matching deposits, shall be
disregarded for the purpose of determining the eligibility and benefit levels
under this Code of the individual establishing the Individual Development
Account with respect to any period during which such individual maintains or
makes contributions into such an account.
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a not-for-profit organization which does
not
receive State matching funds from administering an approved Individual
Development Account under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 90-783, eff. 8-14-98.)
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305 ILCS 5/12-4.103a (305 ILCS 5/12-4.103a) Sec. 12-4.103a. Assets for Independence Program. (a) Program established. Subject to available funding and receipt of a federal Assets for Independence grant award, the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer an Assets for Independence Program (Program). The Program shall be established in accordance with the terms of the Assets for Independence Act (AFIA) as now and hereafter amended (Title IV Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational Services Act as amended, Public Law 105-285, 42 U.S.C. 604 note). (b) Assets for Independence Fund. The Assets for Independence Fund is established. The Fund shall be held by the Secretary or his or her designee as ex-officio custodian thereof separate and apart from all other State funds. The Assets for Independence Fund is authorized to receive grants under AFIA, State moneys appropriated for the Program, and moneys from voluntary donations from individuals, foundations, corporations, and other sources. Moneys in the Assets for Independence Fund shall not be commingled with other State funds, but they shall be deposited as required by law and maintained in a separate account on the books of a savings and loan association, bank, or other qualified financial institution. All interest earnings on amounts within the Assets for Independence Fund shall accrue to the Assets for Independence Fund and shall be used in accordance with the terms of the AFIA. Administrative expenses related to the Program, including the provision of financial education to Program participants, shall be paid from the Assets for Independence Fund in accordance with the terms of AFIA Section 707(c)(3). (c) Program purpose. The purpose of the Program is to allow eligible low-income Illinois citizens, subject to the availability of State and federal funds and authorization from the Department, to open and maintain an Individual Development Account (IDA) at a federally insured financial institution. Deposits into an IDA that are used for subsequent qualified purchases shall be matched dollar-for-dollar by moneys from the Assets for Independence Fund. Not more than $2,000 of moneys from the Assets for Independence Fund shall be provided to any one individual. Not more than $4,000 of moneys from the Assets for Independence Fund shall be provided to any one household. Assets for Independence Fund moneys not being used to administer the Program shall be used only for qualified purchases, shall be distributed only directly to the vendor of a qualified purchase, and shall require the authorization by signature of the Department's chief financial officer. (d) Contributions to IDA and use of moneys. An individual may make contributions to his or her IDA only from earned income as defined in Section 911(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The moneys deposited into an IDA shall not be commingled with any Assets for Independence Fund moneys. An IDA holder shall have a 36-month period, beginning on the date the Department authorizes the holder to open the IDA, within which to make a qualified purchase. If a qualified purchase is not made within that 36-month period, Assets for Independence Fund moneys earmarked for that individual shall be released, and the Department shall authorize another eligible person to open an IDA. Under no circumstances, and at no time, shall an IDA holder lose the ability to withdraw moneys from his or her IDA. (e) Qualified purchases. A qualified asset purchase using moneys from an IDA shall be defined in accordance with AFIA Section 404(8) and shall be one or more of the following: (1) Payment of post-secondary education expenses, if | | the expenses are paid directly to an eligible educational institution.
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| (f) Program eligibility. Program eligibility shall be established by the Department in accordance with AFIA Section 408. Persons eligible to open an IDA and to receive Assets for Independence Fund moneys are Illinois citizens currently residing in Illinois who are (i) able to demonstrate that they are currently eligible for assistance under the State's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program or (ii) able to demonstrate that the adjusted gross income of their household in the calendar year preceding the determination of eligibility was equal to or less than 200% of the poverty line, as determined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget. An individual must further demonstrate that the net worth of his or her household, as of the end of the calendar year preceding the determination of eligibility, does not exceed $10,000, as determined by AFIA Section 408(2)(B). Notwithstanding any other provision of State law, moneys in an Individual Development Account, including accrued interest and matching deposits, shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining the eligibility and benefit levels under this Code in the case of the individual establishing the IDA with respect to any period during which the individual maintains or makes contributions into the IDA. The Department shall approve an individual to open an IDA at a federally insured financial institution upon determining, based on the individual's application, that all eligibility criteria are met and subject to the availability of $2,000 in Assets for Independence Fund moneys.
(Source: P.A. 94-1043, eff. 7-24-06.)
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305 ILCS 5/12-4.104
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.104)
Sec. 12-4.104.
Family and Community Development Grant Program.
(a) Subject to funding availability, a family and community development
grant
program shall be administered by the Department
of
Human Services. The program shall be designed to make services
available to families who are at risk of long-term economic
dependency and to work with communities to provide economic opportunities. The
purpose of the program is to fund, evaluate, and provide
recommendations on not less than 8 nor more than 10 projects to
move 100 families at risk of
long-term economic dependency to self-sufficiency through the family and
community development program.
(b) As used in this Section only:
"Applicant" means a public or private organization that makes application
for a grant through the request for proposals process.
"Council" means the Social Services Advisory Council.
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Grant" means an award to fund a project approved by the
Department with the advice of the Council.
"Grantee" means the recipient of a grant approved by the Department.
(c) The Social Services Advisory Council as established within
the Department of Human Services shall,
with
respect to the family and community development
grants
administered by the Department,
involve a representative of the Human Resource
Investment Council in considering proposed projects and monitoring approved
projects.
(d) The Council shall:
(1) Identify the factors and conditions that place | | Illinois families at risk of long-term dependency upon the AFDC program or its successor program. The Council shall seek to use relevant research findings and national and Illinois-specific data on TANF (formerly AFDC).
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(2) Identify the factors and conditions that place
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(3) Report those findings to the Secretary of Human
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(4) Recommend grants to public or private
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(5) In cooperation with the Illinois Community Action
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(6) Seek the support of an Illinois accredited
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(7) Seek additional support for the funding of family
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(8) Make recommendations to the Governor, the General
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(9) Evaluate and make recommendations regarding the
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(e) In cooperation with the Illinois Community Action Association,
the grantees shall identify families that
receive TANF (formerly AFDC)
payments that may place families at
risk of long-term economic
dependency.
(f) The Department shall adopt rules for the operation of this program.
(Source: P.A. 90-783, eff. 8-14-98.)
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305 ILCS 5/12-4.105 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.105) Sec. 12-4.105. Human poison control center; payment program. Subject to funding availability resulting from transfers made from the Hospital Provider Fund to the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund as authorized under this Code, for State fiscal year 2017 and State fiscal year 2018, and for each State fiscal year thereafter in which the assessment under Section 5A-2 is imposed, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall pay to the human poison control center designated under the Poison Control System Act an amount of not less than $3,000,000 for each of State fiscal years 2017 through 2020, and for State fiscal years 2021 through 2023 an amount of not less than $3,750,000 and for State fiscal years 2024 through 2026 an amount of not less than $4,000,000 and for the period July 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 an amount
of not less than $2,000,000, if the human poison control center is in operation.
(Source: P.A. 102-886, eff. 5-17-22; 103-102, eff. 6-16-23.) |
305 ILCS 5/12-4.201
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.201)
Sec. 12-4.201. Data warehouse concerning medical and related
services. (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may purchase services and
materials associated with the costs of developing and implementing a data
warehouse comprised of management and decision making information in
regard to the liability associated with, and utilization of, medical and
related services, out of moneys available for that purpose. (b) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall perform all necessary administrative functions to expand its linearly-scalable data warehouse to encompass other healthcare data sources at both the Department of Human Services and the Department of Public Health. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall leverage the inherent capabilities of the data warehouse to accomplish this expansion with marginal additional technical administration. The purpose of
this expansion is to allow for programmatic review and analysis including the interrelatedness among the various healthcare programs in order to ascertain effectiveness toward, and ultimate impact on, clients. Beginning
July 1, 2005, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) shall supply quarterly reports to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability detailing progress toward this mandate.
(c) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), the Illinois Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Division of Specialized Care for Children, University of Illinois at Chicago, with necessary support from the Department of Central Management Services, shall integrate into the medical data warehouse individual record level data owned by one of these agencies that pertains to maternal and child health, including the following data sets:
(1) Vital Records as they relate to births, birth | | (2) Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Reporting System
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(4) Cornerstone (WIC, FCM, Teen Parents,
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(6) I-CARE.
(7) Children with Special Healthcare Needs Data.
By September 1, 2009, the departments of Healthcare and Family Services, Public Health, and Human Services and the Division of Specialized Care for Children shall jointly prepare a work plan for fully integrating these data sets into the medical data warehouse. The work plan shall provide an overall project design, including defining a mutually acceptable transfer format for each discrete data set, the data update frequency, and a single method of data transfer for each data set. By October 1, 2009, the Department of Public Health shall grant to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services complete access to all vital records data. The Department of Public Health shall prepare a report detailing that this task has been accomplished and submit this report to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability by October 15, 2009. By March 1, 2010, the data sets shall be completely loaded into the medical data warehouse. By July 1, 2010, data from the various sources shall be processed so as to be compatible with other data in the medical data warehouse and available for analysis in an integrated manner.
With the cooperation of the other agencies, HFS shall submit status reports on the progress of these efforts to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2009 and April 1, 2010, with a final report due no later than November 1, 2010.
On an ongoing basis, the 4 agencies shall review the feasibility of adding data from additional sources to the warehouse. Such review may take into account the cost effectiveness of adding the data, the utility of adding data that is not available as identifiable individual record level data, the requirements related to adding data owned by another entity or not available in electronic form, whether sharing of the data is otherwise prohibited by law and the resources required and available for effecting the addition.
The departments shall use analysis of the data in the medical data warehouse to improve maternal and child health outcomes, and in particular improve birth outcomes, and to reduce racial health disparities in this area.
All access and use of the data shall be in compliance with all applicable federal and State laws, regulations, and mandates.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section, data incorporated into the data warehouse shall remain subject to the same provisions of law regarding confidentiality and use restrictions as they are subject to in the control of the contributing agency. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall develop measures to ensure that the interplay of the several data sets contributed to the data warehouse does not lead to the use or release of data from the data warehouse that would not otherwise be subject to use or release under State or federal law.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-799, eff. 10-28-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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305 ILCS 5/12-4.202
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.202)
Sec. 12-4.202. (Repealed).
(P.A. 94-267, eff. 7-19-05. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-06.)
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305 ILCS 5/12-5 (305 ILCS 5/12-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-5)
Sec. 12-5. Appropriations; uses; federal grants; report to
General Assembly. From the sums appropriated by the General Assembly,
the Illinois Department shall order for payment by warrant from the State
Treasury grants for public aid under Articles III, IV, and V,
including
grants for funeral and burial expenses, and all costs of administration of
the Illinois Department and the County Departments relating thereto. Moneys
appropriated to the Illinois Department for public aid under Article VI may
be used, with the consent of the Governor, to co-operate
with federal, State, and local agencies in the development of work
projects designed to provide suitable employment for persons receiving
public aid under Article VI. The Illinois Department, with the consent
of the Governor, may be the agent of the State for the receipt and
disbursement of federal funds or commodities for public aid purposes
under Article VI and for related purposes in which the
co-operation of the Illinois Department is sought by the federal
government, and, in connection therewith, may make necessary
expenditures from moneys appropriated for public aid under any Article
of this Code and for administration. The Illinois Department may make necessary expenditures from monies
appropriated to it for operations, administration, and grants, including
payment to the Health Insurance Reserve Fund for group insurance costs at
the rate certified by the Department of Central Management Services.
All grants received by the Illinois Department for programs funded by the
Federal Social Services Block Grant shall be deposited in the Social Services
Block Grant Fund. All funds received into the Social Services Block Grant Fund
as reimbursement for expenditures from the General Revenue Fund shall be
transferred to the General Revenue Fund. All funds received into the Social
Services Block Grant fund for reimbursement for expenditure out of the Local
Initiative Fund shall be transferred into the Local Initiative Fund. Any other
federal funds received into the Social Services Block Grant Fund shall be
transferred to the DHS Special Purposes Trust Fund. All federal funds received by
the Illinois Department as reimbursement for Employment and Training Programs
for expenditures made by the Illinois Department from grants, gifts, or
legacies as provided in Section 12-4.18 or made by an entity other than the
Illinois Department and all federal funds received from the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall be deposited into the Employment and Training Fund.
During each State fiscal year, an amount not exceeding a total of $68,800,000 of the federal funds received by the
Illinois Department under the provisions of Title IV-A of the federal Social Security Act shall be deposited
into the DCFS Children's Services
Fund.
All federal funds, except those covered by the foregoing 3
paragraphs, received as reimbursement for expenditures from the General Revenue
Fund shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund for administrative and
distributive expenditures properly chargeable by federal law or regulation to
aid programs established under Articles III through XII and Titles IV, XVI, XIX
and XX of the Federal Social Security Act. Any other federal funds received by
the Illinois Department under Sections 12-4.6, 12-4.18 and
12-4.19 that are required by Section 12-10 of this Code to be paid into the
DHS Special Purposes Trust Fund shall be deposited into the DHS Special Purposes Trust
Fund. Any other federal funds received by the Illinois Department pursuant to
the Child Support Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the Social
Security Act shall be deposited in the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund
as required under Section 12-10.2 or in the Child Support Administrative Fund as required under Section 12-10.2a of this Code. Any other federal funds received by the Illinois Department for
expenditures made under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Articles
V and VI of this Code that are required by Section 15-2 of this Code
to be paid into the County Provider Trust Fund shall be deposited
into the County Provider Trust Fund. Any other federal funds received
by the Illinois Department for hospital
inpatient, hospital ambulatory care, and disproportionate share hospital
expenditures made under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Article V of
this Code that are required by Section 5A-8 of this Code to be paid into the
Hospital Provider Fund shall be deposited into the Hospital Provider Fund. Any
other federal funds received by the Illinois Department for medical
assistance program expenditures made under Title XIX of the Social Security
Act and Article V of this Code that are required by Section 5B-8 of this
Code to be paid into the Long-Term Care Provider Fund shall be deposited
into the Long-Term Care Provider Fund. Any other federal funds received by
the Illinois Department for medical assistance program expenditures made
under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Article V of this Code that
are required by Section 5C-7 of this Code to be paid into the
Care Provider Fund for Persons with a Developmental Disability shall be deposited into the
Care Provider Fund for Persons with a Developmental Disability. Any other federal funds received
by the Illinois Department for trauma center
adjustment payments that are required by Section 5-5.03 of this Code and made
under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Article V of this Code shall be
deposited into the Trauma Center Fund. Any other federal funds received by
the Illinois Department as reimbursement for expenses for early intervention
services paid from the Early Intervention Services Revolving Fund shall be
deposited into that Fund.
The Illinois Department shall report to the General Assembly at the
end of each fiscal quarter the amount of all funds received and paid into
the Social Services Block Grant Fund and the Local Initiative Fund and the
expenditures and transfers of such funds for services, programs and other
purposes authorized by law. Such report shall be filed with the Speaker,
Minority Leader and Clerk of the House, with the President, Minority Leader
and Secretary of the Senate, with the Chairmen of the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees, the House Human Resources Committee and the
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Corrections Committee, or the successor
standing Committees of each as provided by the rules of the House and
Senate, respectively, with the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability and with the State
Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is
required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act
shall be deemed sufficient to comply with this Section.
(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18; 101-275, eff. 8-9-19.) |
305 ILCS 5/12-6
(305 ILCS 5/12-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-6)
Sec. 12-6.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)
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305 ILCS 5/12-8 (305 ILCS 5/12-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-8)
Sec. 12-8. Public Assistance Emergency Revolving Fund - Uses. The
Public Assistance Emergency Revolving Fund, established by Act approved
July 8, 1955 shall be held by the Illinois Department and shall be used
for the following purposes:
1. To provide immediate financial aid to applicants | | in acute need who have been determined eligible for aid under Articles III, IV, or V.
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2. To provide emergency aid to recipients under said
| | Articles who have failed to receive their grants because of mail box or other thefts, or who are victims of a burnout, eviction, or other circumstances causing privation, in which cases the delays incident to the issuance of grants from appropriations would cause hardship and suffering.
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3. To provide emergency aid for transportation, meals
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4. To provide emergency transportation expense
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5. To assist public aid applicants in obtaining
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6. To provide immediate payments to current or former
| | recipients of child support enforcement services, or refunds to responsible relatives, for child support made to the Illinois Department under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act when such recipients of services or responsible relatives are legally entitled to all or part of such child support payments under applicable State or federal law.
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7. To provide payments to individuals or providers of
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8. To provide immediate payment of fees, as follows:
(A) To sheriffs and other public officials
| | authorized by law to serve process in judicial and administrative child support actions in the State of Illinois and other states.
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| | other public officials and keepers of real property records in order to perfect and release real property liens.
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shall be made by the Illinois Department.
Expenditures from the Public Assistance Emergency Revolving Fund
shall be for purposes which are properly chargeable to appropriations
made to the Illinois Department, or, in the case of payments under subparagraphs 6 and 8, to the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund or the Child Support Administrative Fund, except that no expenditure, other than payment of the fees provided for under subparagraph 8 of this Section,
shall be made for purposes which are properly chargeable to appropriations
for the following objects: personal services; extra help; state contributions
to retirement system; state contributions to Social Security; state
contributions for employee group insurance; contractual services; travel;
commodities; printing; equipment; electronic data processing; operation of
auto equipment; telecommunications services; library books; and refunds.
The Illinois Department shall reimburse the Public Assistance Emergency
Revolving Fund by warrants drawn by the State Comptroller on the
appropriation or appropriations which are so chargeable, or, in the case of
payments under subparagraphs 6 and 8, by warrants drawn on the Child Support
Enforcement Trust Fund or the Child Support Administrative Fund, payable to the Revolving Fund.
(Source: P.A. 103-102, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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305 ILCS 5/12-8.1
(305 ILCS 5/12-8.1)
Sec. 12-8.1.
State Disbursement Unit Revolving Fund.
(a) There is created a revolving fund to be known as the State Disbursement
Unit Revolving Fund, to be held by the Director of the Illinois Department,
outside the State treasury,
for the following purposes:
(1) the deposit of all support payments received by | | the Illinois Department's State Disbursement Unit;
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(2) the deposit of other funds including, but not
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(3) the deposit of any interest accrued by the
| | revolving fund, which interest shall be available for payment of (i) any amounts considered to be Title IV-D program income that must be paid to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and (ii) any balance remaining after payments made under item (i) of this subsection (3) to the General Revenue Fund; however, the disbursements under this subdivision (3) may not exceed the amount of the interest accrued by the revolving fund;
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(4) the disbursement of such payments to obligees or
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(5) the disbursement of funds to payors or obligors
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(b) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 92-44, eff. 7-1-01; 93-20, eff. 6-20-03.)
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