HB0071ham002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Maurice A. West, II

Filed: 3/27/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 71

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 71, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 1, on page 5, by replacing lines 5 through 14 with the following:

"The Illinois Department is authorized to lower income eligibility ceilings, raise parent co-payments, create waiting lists, or take such other actions during a fiscal year as are necessary to ensure that child care benefits paid under this Article do not exceed the amounts appropriated for those child care benefits. These changes may be accomplished by emergency rule under Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, except that the limitation on the number of emergency rules that may be adopted in a 24-month period shall not apply.".