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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0586
Introduced 01/27/05, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz 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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A BILL FOR
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HB0586 |
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LRB094 05542 DRJ 35591 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 4-21 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/4-21)
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| Sec. 4-21. Sanctions.
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| (a) The
The Illinois Department shall, by rule, establish a |
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| system of sanctions
for persons who fail to cooperate, without |
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| good cause, with employment and
training programs or other |
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| programs under this Article or Article IXA or who
fail to |
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| cooperate
with child support programs under this Article, |
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| Article X, or Title IV of the
federal Social Security Act. The |
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| sanctions may discontinue all or part of the
cash grant |
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| provided under this Article. The sanctions may be time limited |
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| or
continue until the person cooperates in the program. The |
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| sanctions may be
progressive in that a second, third, or |
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| further sanction may be progressively
more severe or last |
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| longer. |
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| (b) The Illinois Department shall, by rule, define what |
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| constitutes failure
to cooperate and what constitutes good |
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| cause which would excuse that failure.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
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