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90_HB0126
305 ILCS 5/12-13.3 new
Amends the "Administration" Article of the Public Aid
Code. Requires the Department of Public Aid to continue to
provide assistance to persons who (i) were receiving that
assistance on December 31, 1996, (ii) are lawful permanent
resident aliens, and (iii) have lost their eligibility for
that assistance solely because of their status as lawful
permanent resident aliens. Effective immediately.
LRB9000490DJcd
LRB9000490DJcd
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by adding
2 Section 12-13.3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 adding Section 12-13.3 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/12-13.3 new)
8 Sec. 12-13.3. Continued assistance to lawful permanent
9 resident aliens. As used in this Section, "assistance" means
10 State-funded benefits provided directly to public aid
11 recipients by the Illinois Department under this Code and
12 other public aid that is provided or administered by the
13 Illinois Department.
14 The Illinois Department shall continue to provide
15 assistance under this Code to persons who (i) were receiving
16 that assistance on December 31, 1996, (ii) are lawful
17 permanent resident aliens of the United States, and (iii)
18 under federal law have lost their eligibility for that
19 assistance solely because of their status as lawful permanent
20 resident aliens. In accordance with appropriations for the
21 purpose of providing assistance under this Section, the
22 Illinois Department may adjust the amount of assistance
23 provided under this Section or the manner in which that
24 assistance is provided.
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.