102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1051

 

Introduced 2/25/2021, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/4-0.5

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section describing the termination of the AFDC program and the beginning of the TANF program.


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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
5changing Section 4-0.5 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/4-0.5)
7    Sec. 4-0.5. Aid to Families with Dependent Children
8Program inoperative after June 30, 1997. The The Aid to
9Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program shall be
10inoperative after June 30, 1997. Under the federal Temporary
11Assistance for Needy Children Program the Illinois Department
12shall develop an alternative program of mutual responsibility
13between the Illinois Department and the client to allow the
14family to become self-sufficient or employed as quickly as
15possible through (i) the provision of transitional assistance
16to families in the form of emergency one-time payments to
17prevent job loss, temporary assistance while searching for or
18being trained for work, or paternity establishment and child
19support enforcement or (ii) the provision for continued work.
20(Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)