Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 5/16/2023
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1291
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1291 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 12-12 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/12-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-12)
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7 | Sec. 12-12. Collection of claims; enforcement of penalty | ||||||
8 | provisions. | ||||||
9 | (a) The Illinois Department shall pursue the legal | ||||||
10 | procedure necessary to
collect the claims and enforce the | ||||||
11 | penalty provisions provided in any
Section or Article of this | ||||||
12 | Code relative to applicants and recipients of
public aid. The | ||||||
13 | Attorney General, at the request of the Illinois
Department, | ||||||
14 | shall take the necessary proceedings and represent the
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15 | Illinois Department in any matter arising in connection with | ||||||
16 | such claims
or enforcement of penalty provisions. |
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1 | (b) In matters concerning the recovery of overpayments for | ||||||
2 | benefits provided by the Department of Human Services, the | ||||||
3 | Department shall send a recipient written notice and a demand | ||||||
4 | for payment of any amount in overpaid benefits owed within 5 | ||||||
5 | years after the Department's right to collect the overpayment | ||||||
6 | first accrued. The Department of Human Services shall issue | ||||||
7 | such notice by certified mail to the recipient's last known | ||||||
8 | mailing address. Actions brought under this subsection by the | ||||||
9 | Attorney General for the recovery of overpayments shall be | ||||||
10 | commenced within 10 years after the date upon which such | ||||||
11 | notice was sent.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 81-1085.)".
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