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90_HB2126

      305 ILCS 5/4-0.5
          Amends  the  Aid  to  Families  with  Dependent  Children
      Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code.  Makes  a  technical
      change  in  provisions  regarding the termination of the AFDC
      program on December 31, 1998.
                                                     LRB9005101NTsb
                                               LRB9005101NTsb
 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by  changing
 2    Section 4-0.5.
 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 4-0.5 as follows:
 7        (305 ILCS 5/4-0.5)
 8        Sec. 4-0.5.  Article inoperative after December 31, 1998.
 9    The  provisions  of  this  Article  IV  to provide assistance
10    payments to families meeting the eligibility requirements  of
11    the  Aid  to  Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program
12    shall be inoperative after December 31, 1998.   The  Illinois
13    Department  shall  develop  an  alternative program of mutual
14    responsibility between the Illinois Department and the client
15    to allow the family to become self-sufficient or employed  as
16    soon  quickly  as  possible  through  (i)  the  provision  of
17    transitional  assistance to families in the form of emergency
18    one-time payments to prevent job loss,  temporary  assistance
19    while  searching  for or being trained for work, or paternity
20    establishment and  child  support  enforcement  or  (ii)  the
21    provision for continued work.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95.)

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