Full Text of HB2791 99th General Assembly
HB2791ham003 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Camille Y. Lilly Filed: 4/21/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2791
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2791 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Healthcare and Family | 5 | | Services Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by adding Section 2205-25 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 2205/2205-25 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2205-25. Barriers to paying child support; study. | 9 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, the Division of Child Support | 10 | | Services of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | 11 | | shall conduct a study regarding the barriers individuals face | 12 | | to paying child support. The purpose of the study shall be to | 13 | | identify and minimize barriers to paying child support so as to | 14 | | decrease the total amount of unpaid child support in Illinois. | 15 | | The study shall focus on the following: | 16 | | (1) demographics of those who fail to pay child |
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| 1 | | support, including: income, education level, age at first | 2 | | becoming a parent, ratio of monthly child support to | 3 | | monthly income, criminal history, child visits per month, | 4 | | number of children, substance abuse history, whether the | 5 | | individual is on probation or parole, and primary language | 6 | | spoken; | 7 | | (2) institutional barriers to paying child support, | 8 | | including how and when it is collected; | 9 | | (3) the impact, if any, that unpaid child support | 10 | | information has on an individual's ability to be | 11 | | considered, interviewed, and hired by an employer, | 12 | | including: (i) whether credit and background checks reveal | 13 | | unpaid child support obligations, including, but not | 14 | | limited to, amounts in arrears, civil judgments, and | 15 | | criminal convictions for failure to pay child support, and | 16 | | (ii) whether the information revealed in a credit or | 17 | | background check regarding unpaid child support prevents | 18 | | applicants from gaining employment. | 19 | | (b) The Department shall report the results of the study | 20 | | and any recommendations to the Governor and the General | 21 | | Assembly on or before May 1, 2017. | 22 | | (c) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2018.
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 24 | | 2015.".
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