Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
Filed: 3/6/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5641




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5641 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
5adding Section 5-1.2a as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-1.2a new)
7    Sec. 5-1.2a. Program integrity assurance system.
8    (a)   Income eligibility verification system; purpose. It is 
9the intent of the General Assembly that the Department shall 
10establish a computerized income eligibility
verification 
11system in order to verify eligibility, improve efficiency, 
12eliminate
duplication of assistance, and deter fraud.
13    (b) Report. The Department's Inspector General, in 
14collaboration with other appropriate units of State 
15government, shall review and complete a report of data sources 
16to determine their availability and appropriateness to 
 
 
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1fulfilling the purpose of this Section. The data sources that 
2shall be reviewed include the following: 
3        (A)   Unearned income information maintained by the 
4    Internal
Revenue Service.
5        (B)   Employer quarterly reports of income and 
6    unemployment
insurance payment information maintained by 
7    the Department of Employment Security.
8        (C)   Earned income information maintained by the Social

9    Security Administration.
10        (D)   Immigration status information maintained by the

11    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
12        (E)   Death register information maintained by the 
13    Social
Security Administration.
14        (F) Prisoner information maintained by the Social 
15    Security
Administration.
16        (G)   Public housing and Section 8 Housing Assistance 
17    payment information
maintained by the Department of 
18    Housing and Urban Development.
19        (H)   National fleeing felon information maintained by 
20    the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
21        (I)   Wage reporting and similar information maintained 
22    by
states contiguous to this State.
23        (J)   Beneficiary records and earnings information 
24    maintained by the Social Security Administration in its 
25    Beneficiary and Earnings Data Exchange (BENDEX) database.
26        (K)   Earnings and pension information maintained by the 
 
 
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1    Social Security Administration in its Beneficiary Earnings 
2    Exchange Record System (BEERS) database.
3        (L) Employment information maintained by the 
4    Department of Employment Security in its New Hire Directory 
5    database.
6        (M)   Employment information maintained by the U.S. 
7    Department of Health and Human Services in its National 
8    Directory of New Hires database.
9        (N)   Supplemental Security Income information 
10    maintained by the
Social Security Administration in its SSI 
11    State Data Exchange (SDX) database.
12        (O)   Veterans' benefits information maintained by the 
13    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 
14    coordination with the Department of Human Services and the 
15    Department of Veterans' Affairs, in the  federal Public 
16    Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS)
database.
17        (P)   Child care services information maintained by the 
18    Department of Human Services under its Child Care 
19    Assistance Program.
20        (Q)   Utility payments information maintained by the  
21    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the 
22    Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
23        (R)   A database which is substantially similar to or a

24    successor of a database established in this subsection.
25        (S)   The database of all persons who currently hold a

26    license, permit, or certificate from a State agency the

 
 
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1    cost of which exceeds $1,000. 
2    Such report shall be submitted to the Governor and the 
3General Assembly no later than January 2, 2013. 
4    (c) Rules. The Department shall promulgate any rules 
5necessary to implement this Section pursuant to the 
6Administrative Procedure Act. 
 
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
8becoming law.".