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90_SB0317eng
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.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Section 4-19.
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 4-19 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/4-19)
8 Sec. 4-19. Demonstration project; treatment; AFDC. The
9 Department, in cooperation with the Department of Alcoholism
10 and Substance Abuse, is authorized to conduct a demonstration
11 project in which clients who are identified as having an
12 alcohol or substance abuse problem must, as a condition of
13 eligibility for assistance under this Article, participate in
14 an alcohol or substance abuse treatment program. The
15 Department shall, by rule, establish (i) the sites for the
16 demonstration program, (ii) the methods for determining
17 whether a client has an alcohol or substance abuse problem,
18 and (iii) the sanctions for failure to cooperate. The
19 demonstration program shall terminate on January 1, 2000. At
20 the end of the demonstration program, the program may be
21 extended expended, by rule, to other areas of the State or
22 the entire State. The Department shall apply for all
23 appropriate waivers of federal requirements necessary to
24 implement this Section.
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.
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