Full Text of SB3115 100th General Assembly
SB3115ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Mary E. Flowers Filed: 5/25/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3115
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3115 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 12-4.11 as follows:
| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts. The Department,
with due | 8 | | regard for and subject to budgetary limitations, shall | 9 | | establish
grant amounts for each of the programs, by | 10 | | regulation. The grant amounts may
vary by program, size of | 11 | | assistance unit and geographic area. Grant amounts under the | 12 | | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program may not | 13 | | vary on the basis of a TANF recipient's county of residence.
| 14 | | Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes | 15 | | in the cost of
items included in the grant amounts, or (2) for | 16 | | changes in the expenses of the
recipient, or (3) for changes in |
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| 1 | | the income or resources available to the
recipient, or (4) for | 2 | | changes in grants resulting from adoption of a
consolidated | 3 | | grant amount.
| 4 | | The maximum benefit levels provided to TANF recipients | 5 | | shall increase as follows: beginning October 1, 2018, the | 6 | | Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts | 7 | | in effect on September 30, 2018 to at least 30% of the most | 8 | | recent United States Department of Health and Human Services | 9 | | Federal Poverty Guidelines for each family size. | 10 | | TANF grants for child-only assistance units shall be at | 11 | | least 75% of TANF grants for assistance units of the same size | 12 | | that consist of a caretaker relative with children. | 13 | | Subject to appropriation, beginning on July 1, 2008, the | 14 | | Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts | 15 | | in effect on June 30, 2008 by 15%. The Department is authorized | 16 | | to administer this increase but may not otherwise adopt any | 17 | | rule to implement this increase. | 18 | | In fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements | 19 | | for funeral
and burial expenses, the Department shall establish | 20 | | a minimum allowable
amount of
not less than
$1,000 for | 21 | | Department payment of funeral services and not less than $500 | 22 | | for
Department payment of burial or cremation services. On | 23 | | January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the Department | 24 | | shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for funeral and | 25 | | burial expenses under this Section by a percentage equal to the | 26 | | percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban |
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| 1 | | Consumers, if any, during the 12 months immediately preceding | 2 | | that January 1 or July 1. In establishing the minimum
allowable
| 3 | | amount, the Department shall take into account the services
| 4 | | essential to a dignified, low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial | 5 | | or
cremation, including reasonable
amounts that may be | 6 | | necessary for
burial space and cemetery charges, and any | 7 | | applicable taxes or other
required governmental fees or | 8 | | charges. If no
person has agreed to pay the total cost of the | 9 | | (i) funeral and
(ii) burial or cremation
charges, the | 10 | | Department shall pay the vendor the actual costs of the (i)
| 11 | | funeral
and
(ii) burial or cremation, or the minimum allowable | 12 | | amount for each service as
established by
the Department, | 13 | | whichever is less, provided that the Department reduces its
| 14 | | payments by
the amount available from the following sources: | 15 | | the decedent's assets
and
available resources and the | 16 | | anticipated amounts of any death benefits available
to the
| 17 | | decedent's estate, and amounts paid and arranged to be paid by | 18 | | the
decedent's legally
responsible relatives. A legally | 19 | | responsible relative is expected to pay
(i) funeral and (ii) | 20 | | burial
or cremation expenses unless financially unable to do | 21 | | so.
| 22 | | Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section | 23 | | of this
Code shall be construed to prohibit the Illinois | 24 | | Department (1) from
consolidating existing standards on the | 25 | | basis of any standards which are
or were in effect on, or | 26 | | subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from
employing any |
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| 1 | | consolidated standards in determining need for public
aid and | 2 | | the amount of money payment or grant for individual recipients
| 3 | | or recipient families.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-1055, eff. 4-10-09; | 5 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.".
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