093_HB3588

 
                                     LRB093 09989 DRJ 12172 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Sections 4-1.2c and 4-1.9 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/4-1.2c)
 7        Sec.  4-1.2c.  Residence  of  child  who is pregnant or a
 8    parent.
 9        (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, no
10    aid shall be paid under this Article on behalf  of  a  person
11    under  age 18 who has never married and who has a child or is
12    pregnant must, within 3 months after   beginning  to  receive
13    aid  under  this  Article, reside, unless that person resides
14    with a parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative or  in
15    a  foster  home,  maternity  home,  or other adult-supervised
16    living arrangement.
17        (b)  The Illinois Department may make an exception to the
18    requirement  of  subsection  (a)  in  any  of  the  following
19    circumstances:
20             (1)  The  person  has  no  living  parent  or  legal
21        guardian, or the parent's or legal guardian's whereabouts
22        are unknown.
23             (2)  The Illinois  Department  determines  that  the
24        physical  health  or safety of the person or the person's
25        child would be jeopardized.
26             (3)  The person has lived apart from the  parent  or
27        legal  guardian  for a period of at least one year before
28        the child's birth or before applying for aid  under  this
29        Article.
30        (c)  (Blank).
31    (Source: P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
                            -2-      LRB093 09989 DRJ 12172 b
 1        (305 ILCS 5/4-1.9) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.9)
 2        Sec.  4-1.9.  Participation in Educational and Vocational
 3    Training Programs.
 4        (a)  A parent or parents and a child age 16 or  over  not
 5    in  regular attendance in school, as defined in Section 4-1.1
 6    as that Section existed on August  26,  1969  (the  effective
 7    date  of Public Act 76-1047), for whom education and training
 8    is  suitable,  must  participate  in  the   educational   and
 9    vocational  training  programs  provided  pursuant to Article
10    IXA.
11        (b)  Within 3 months after a parent who is less  than  20
12    years  of  age and who has not received a high school diploma
13    or high school equivalency certificate begins to receive  aid
14    under  this Article, the parent is required to be enrolled in
15    school or in an  educational  program  that  is  expected  to
16    result in the receipt of a high school diploma or high school
17    equivalency  certificate,  except  18 and 19 year old parents
18    may be assigned to work  activities  or  training  if  it  is
19    determined   based   on  an  individualized  assessment  that
20    secondary school is inappropriate.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)

22        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
23    becoming law.