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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 698
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 698, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
5 Sections 4-1.6 and 11-14.5."; and
6 in Section 5, by replacing the introductory clause and all of
7 Sec. 4-20 with the following:
8 "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
9 changing Sections 4-1.6 and 11-14.5 as follows:
10 (305 ILCS 5/4-1.6) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.6)
11 Sec. 4-1.6. Need). Income available to the family, or to
12 the child in the case of a child removed from his or her
13 home, when added to contributions in money, substance or
14 services from other sources, including income available from
15 parents absent from the home or from a stepparent,
16 contributions made for the benefit of the parent or other
17 persons necessary to provide care and supervision to the
18 child, and contributions from legally responsible relatives,
19 must be insufficient to equal the grant amount established by
20 Department regulation for such a person.
21 In considering income to be taken into account,
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1 consideration shall be given to any expenses reasonably
2 attributable to the earning of such income. The Illinois
3 Department may also, subject to such limitations as may be
4 prescribed by federal law or regulation, permit all or any
5 portion of earned or other income to be set aside for the
6 future identifiable needs of a child. If federal law or
7 regulations permit or require exemption of other income of
8 recipients, the Illinois Department may provide by rule and
9 regulation for the exemptions thus permitted or required.
10 The eligibility of any applicant for or recipient of public
11 aid under this Article is not affected by the payment of any
12 grant under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
13 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act".
14 For families on cash assistance under this Article who
15 have earned income budgeted, any child support actually
16 distributed to the family over the first $50 shall be
17 budgeted in the same manner as earned income is budgeted
18 under this Article.
19 (Source: P.A. 84-832.)"; and
20 by replacing Section 99 with the following:
21 "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law, except that the provisions changing Section
23 4-1.6 of the Illinois Public Aid Code take effect on July 1,
24 1997.".
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