Public Act 094-0092
 		





SB0955 Enrolled
LRB094 04633 DRJ 34662 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 10-4 as follows:
 



    (305 ILCS 5/10-4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 10-4)



    Sec. 10-4. Notification of Support Obligation. The 
administrative enforcement unit within the authorized area of 
its
operation shall notify each responsible relative of an 
applicant or recipient,
or responsible relatives of other 
persons given access to the child support
enforcement services

of this Article, of his legal obligation to support and shall 
request such
information concerning his financial status as may 
be necessary to
determine whether he is financially able to 
provide such support, in whole
or in part. In cases involving a 
child born out of wedlock, the notification
shall include a 
statement that the responsible relative has been named as the

biological father of the child identified in the notification.

    In the case of applicants, the notification shall be sent 
as soon as
practical after the filing of the application.  In 
the case of recipients,
the notice shall be sent at such time 
as may be established by rule of the
Illinois Department.

    The notice shall be accompanied by the forms or 
questionnaires provided
in Section 10-5.  It shall inform the 
relative that he may be liable for
reimbursement of any support 
furnished from public aid funds prior to
determination of the 
relative's financial circumstances, as well as for
future 
support.
In the alternative, when support is sought on
behalf 
of applicants for or
recipients of financial aid under Article 
IV of this Code and other persons who
are given access to the 
child support enforcement services
of this Article as
provided 
in Section 10-1, the notice shall inform the relative that the

relative may be required to pay support for a period before the 
date an
administrative support order is entered, as well as 
future support.

    Neither the mailing nor receipt of such notice shall be 
deemed a
jurisdictional requirement for the subsequent 
exercise of the investigative
procedures undertaken by an 
administrative enforcement unit or the entry of
any order or 
determination of paternity or support or reimbursement
by the

administrative enforcement unit; except that notice shall be 
served by
certified mail addressed to the responsible relative 
at his or her last
known address, return receipt requested, or 
by a person who is licensed or registered as a private 
detective under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private 
Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004 or by a registered employee 
of a private detective agency certified under that Act, or in 
counties with a population of less than 2,000,000 by any method 
provided by law
for service of summons, in cases where a 
determination of paternity or
support by default is sought on

behalf of applicants for or recipients of financial aid under 
Article IV
of this Act and other persons who are given access 
to the child
support enforcement services of this Article as 
provided in Section 10-1.

(Source: P.A. 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)

 

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