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305 ILCS 5/9A-4

(305 ILCS 5/9A-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 9A-4)

Sec. 9A-4. Participation.

(a) Except for those exempted under subsection (b) below, and to the
extent resources permit, the Illinois Department as a condition of
eligibility for public aid, may, as provided by rule, require all
recipients to participate in an education, training, and employment
program, which shall include accepting suitable employment and refraining
from terminating employment or reducing earnings without good cause.

(b) Recipients shall be exempt from the requirement of
participation in the education, training, and employment program
in the following circumstances:

(1)
The recipient is a person over age 60; or

(2) The recipient is a person with a child under age

one.

Recipients are entitled  to request a reasonable modification to the requirement of participation in the education, training and employment program in order to accommodate a qualified individual with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Requests for a reasonable modification shall be evaluated on a case-by-case functional basis by designated staff based on Department rule. All such requests shall be monitored as part of the agency's quality assurance process or processes to attest to the expediency with which such requests are addressed. Implementation of the changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly is subject to appropriation.

(Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06.)