(305 ILCS 5/11-14.5)
Sec. 11-14.5.
Overpayment; recovery.
If an applicant or recipient receives
any form of public aid from the Illinois Department or a local governmental
unit to which he or she is not
entitled, the Illinois Department or local governmental unit may determine
that the applicant or recipient
has received an overpayment of public aid. The Illinois Department may
determine that an overpayment has been received regardless of any determination
of the cause of the overpayment, including but not limited to a determination
that the overpayment was caused by an error of the Illinois Department or
local governmental unit. The
Illinois Department or local governmental unit may attempt to recover the
overpayment by recoupment from
future assistance payments or food stamps or any other legal means consistent
with State and federal law.
(Source: P.A. 89-673, eff. 8-14-96; 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)
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