99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4459
 
Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b-1 new

     Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services (Department) to enter into an agreement with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) to allow the Department's database of public aid recipients to cross-reference with IDOC's database of incarcerated persons. Provides that public aid recipients who are inmates at a State correctional facility operated by IDOC shall be subject to an immediate suspension of their public aid benefits, including the immediate deactivation of their electronic benefits card or LINK card provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, until the date of their scheduled release or discharge from the State correctional facility.
  


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
5adding Section 12-4.7b-1 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b-1 new)
7    Sec. 12-4.7b-1. Incarcerated persons; suspension of 
8benefits. The Department of Human Services (Department) shall 
9enter into an agreement with the Illinois Department of 
10Corrections (IDOC) to allow the Department's database of public 
11aid recipients to cross-reference with IDOC's database of 
12incarcerated persons. Public aid recipients who are inmates at 
13a State correctional facility operated by IDOC shall be subject 
14to an immediate suspension of their public aid benefits, 
15including the immediate deactivation of their electronic 
16benefits card or LINK card provided under the federal 
17Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, until the date of 
18their scheduled release or discharge from the State 
19correctional facility.