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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1048 Introduced 2/25/2021, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning sanctions against TANF recipients.
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| | SB1048 | | LRB102 04850 KTG 14869 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 4-21 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/4-21)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4-21. Sanctions.
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| 8 | | (a) The
The Illinois Department shall, by rule, establish |
| 9 | | a system of sanctions
for persons who fail to cooperate, |
| 10 | | without good cause, with employment and
training programs or |
| 11 | | other programs under this Article or Article IXA or who
fail to |
| 12 | | cooperate
with child support programs under this Article, |
| 13 | | Article X, or Title IV of the
federal Social Security Act. The |
| 14 | | sanctions may be time limited or
continue until the person |
| 15 | | cooperates in the program. The sanctions may be
progressive in |
| 16 | | that a second, third, or further sanction may be progressively
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| 17 | | more severe or last longer. |
| 18 | | (a-1) The Illinois Department shall, by rule, impose a 30% |
| 19 | | reduction of the portion of the grant amount designated for |
| 20 | | the adult member or members of the assistance unit when an |
| 21 | | adult member is found to be in noncompliance without good |
| 22 | | cause. |
| 23 | | (a-2) No sanction shall reduce the portion of the grant |