Public Act 101-0115
 
HB2941 EnrolledLRB101 08933 KTG 54023 b


  
    AN ACT concerning public aid.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
changing Section 12-4.7b as follows:
 



    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b)



    Sec. 12-4.7b. Exchanges of information; inmates. The 
Department shall enter
into intergovernmental agreements
to 
conduct monthly exchanges of information with
the
Illinois 
Department of Corrections, the Cook County Department of

Corrections, and the office of the sheriff of every other

county to determine whether any individual included in an 
assistance unit
receiving public aid
under any Article of this 
Code is an
inmate in a facility operated by the Illinois 
Department of Corrections, the
Cook County Department of

Corrections, or a county sheriff. The Illinois Department of 
Corrections, the Cook County Department of Corrections, and the 
office of the sheriff of every other county shall honor all 
intergovernmental agreements with the Department under this 
Section and shall  provide all required information in a timely 
manner. The Department shall review each month
the entire list 
of individuals generated by the
monthly exchange and shall 
verify the eligibility for benefits under this
Code for each 
individual on the list. The Department shall terminate benefits

under this Code
for any individual determined to be ineligible 
by this monthly review.
The Department shall use any legal 
means available to recoup as an overpayment
any assistance

provided to an individual for any period during which he or she 
was ineligible
to receive the
assistance.

(Source: P.A. 89-659, eff. 8-14-96.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.