SB1225eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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 12-9.1 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/12-9.1)

Sec. 12-9.1. DHS Recoveries Trust Fund; uses. The DHS Recoveries Trust Fund shall consist of (1) recoveries authorized by this Code in respect to applicants or recipients under Articles III, IV, and VI, including recoveries from the estates of deceased recipients, (2) payments received by the Illinois Department of Human Services under Sections 10-3.1, 10-8, 10-10, 10-16, 10-19, and 12-9 that are required by those Sections to be paid into the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund, (3) federal financial participation revenue related to eligible disbursements made by the Illinois Department of Human Services from appropriations required by this Section, and (4) amounts received by the Illinois Department of Human Services directly from federal or State grants and intended to be used to pay a portion of the Department's administrative expenses associated with those grants. This Fund shall be held as a special fund in the State Treasury.

Disbursements from the Fund shall be only (1) for the reimbursement of claims collected by the Illinois Department of Human Services through error or mistake, (2) for payment to persons or agencies designated as payees or co-payees on any instrument, whether or not negotiable, delivered to the Illinois Department of Human Services as a recovery under this Section, such payment to be in proportion to the respective interests of the payees in the amount so collected, (3) for payments to non-recipients, or to former recipients of financial aid of the collections which are made in their behalf under Article X, (4) for payment to local governmental units of support payments collected by the Illinois Department of Human Services pursuant to an agreement under Section 10-3.1, (5) for payment of administrative expenses incurred in performing the activities authorized by Article X, (6) for payment of administrative expenses associated with the administration of federal or State grants, (7) for payment of fees to person or agencies in the performance of activities pursuant to the collection of moneys owed the State, (8) for payments of any amounts which are reimbursable to the federal government which are required to be paid by State warrant by either the State or federal government, and (9) for disbursements to attorneys or advocates for legal representation in an appeal of any claim for federal Supplemental Security Income benefits before an administrative law judge as provided for in Section 3-13 of this Code. Disbursements from the Fund for purposes of items (5), (6), (7), and (9) of this paragraph shall be subject to appropriations from the Fund to the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Any transfers from the Fund that were required to be made prior to June 19, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-24) shall not be made.

(Source: P.A. 98-24, eff. 6-19-13.)