Sen. Andy Manar
Filed: 3/15/2013
 
 

 

 

 
09800SB1893sam001LRB098 09924 KTG 43143 a



1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1893 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1893 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 4-23 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/4-23)

7    Sec. 4-23. Civil rights impact statement.  
8    (a) The Department of Human Services
must
submit to the 
9Governor and the General Assembly
on January 1 of each 
10even-numbered year a written report
that details the disparate 
11impact of various
provisions of the TANF program on people of 
12different racial or ethnic
groups
who
identify themselves in an 
13application for benefits as any of the following: 
14        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having 
15    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South 
16    America, including Central America, and who maintains 
 
 
09800SB1893sam001- 2 -LRB098 09924 KTG 43143 a

1    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
2        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the 
3    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the 
4    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, 
5    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, 
6    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
7        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins 
8    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as 
9    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or 
10    African American".
11        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, 
12    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish 
13    culture or origin, regardless of race).
14        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a person 
15    having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, 
16    Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
17        (6) White (a person having origins in any of the 
18    original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North 
19    Africa).

20    (b) The report must
at least compare the
number of
persons 
21in each group:


22        (1) who are receiving TANF assistance;


23        (2) whose 60-month lifetime limit on receiving 
24    assistance has expired;


25        (3) who have left TANF due to earned income;


26        (4) who have left TANF due to non-compliance with 
 
 
09800SB1893sam001- 3 -LRB098 09924 KTG 43143 a

1    program rules;


2        (5) whose TANF grants have been reduced by sanctions 
3    for non-compliance
with program rules;

4        (6) who have returned to TANF 6 months after leaving 
5    due to earned
income;


6        (7) who have returned to TANF 12 months after leaving 
7    due to earned
income;

8        (8) who have one or more children excluded from 
9    receiving TANF
cash assistance due to the child exclusion 
10    rule;


11        (9) who have been granted an exemption from work 
12    requirements; and


13        (10) who are participating in post-secondary education

14    activities; and .



15        (11) who have lost or have had TANF benefits reduced 
16    due to              non-compliance with education requirements. 
17(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 

18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
19becoming law.".