Rep. Robert Rita
Filed: 3/11/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2436
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2436, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Section 12-4.11 as follows:
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7 | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
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8 | Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts. The Department,
with due | ||||||
9 | regard for and subject to budgetary limitations, shall | ||||||
10 | establish
grant amounts for each of the programs, by | ||||||
11 | regulation. The grant amounts may
vary by program, size of | ||||||
12 | assistance unit and geographic area.
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13 | Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes | ||||||
14 | in the cost of
items included in the grant amounts, or (2) for | ||||||
15 | changes in the expenses of the
recipient, or (3) for changes in | ||||||
16 | the income or resources available to the
recipient, or (4) for |
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1 | changes in grants resulting from adoption of a
consolidated | ||||||
2 | grant amount. Beginning July 1, 2008, the Department of Human | ||||||
3 | Services shall increase TANF grant amounts in effect on June | ||||||
4 | 30, 2008 by 9%.
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5 | In fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements | ||||||
6 | for funeral
and burial expenses, the Department shall establish | ||||||
7 | a minimum allowable
amount of
not less than $1,137
$1,000 for | ||||||
8 | Department payment of funeral services and not less than $569 | ||||||
9 | $500 for
Department payment of burial or cremation services. On | ||||||
10 | January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the Department | ||||||
11 | shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for funeral and | ||||||
12 | burial expenses under this Section by a percentage equal to the | ||||||
13 | percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban | ||||||
14 | Consumers, if any, during the 12 months immediately preceding | ||||||
15 | that January 1 or July 1. In establishing the minimum
allowable
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16 | amount, the Department shall take into account the services
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17 | essential to a dignified, low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial | ||||||
18 | or
cremation, including reasonable
amounts that may be | ||||||
19 | necessary for
burial space and cemetery charges, and any | ||||||
20 | applicable taxes or other
required governmental fees or | ||||||
21 | charges. If no
person has agreed to pay the total cost of the | ||||||
22 | (i) funeral and
(ii) burial or cremation
charges, the | ||||||
23 | Department shall pay the vendor the actual costs of the (i)
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24 | funeral
and
(ii) burial or cremation, or the minimum allowable | ||||||
25 | amount for each service as
established by
the Department, | ||||||
26 | whichever is less, provided that the Department reduces its
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1 | payments by
the amount available from the following sources: | ||||||
2 | the decedent's assets
and
available resources and the | ||||||
3 | anticipated amounts of any death benefits available
to the
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4 | decedent's estate, and amounts paid and arranged to be paid by | ||||||
5 | the
decedent's legally
responsible relatives. A legally | ||||||
6 | responsible relative is expected to pay
(i) funeral and (ii) | ||||||
7 | burial
or cremation expenses unless financially unable to do | ||||||
8 | so.
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9 | Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section | ||||||
10 | of this
Code shall be construed to prohibit the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Department (1) from
consolidating existing standards on the | ||||||
12 | basis of any standards which are
or were in effect on, or | ||||||
13 | subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from
employing any | ||||||
14 | consolidated standards in determining need for public
aid and | ||||||
15 | the amount of money payment or grant for individual recipients
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16 | or recipient families.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 94-669, eff. 8-23-05; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
19 | becoming law.".
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