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90_HB1809
305 ILCS 5/4-1.10a new
Amends the AFDC Article of the Public Aid Code. Requires
that in implementing the Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families program under P. L. 104-193, pregnant women and
women caring for children under 12 months of age at home be
exempt from participation in work activities. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by adding
2 Section 4-1.10a.
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 4-1.10a as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/4-1.10a new)
8 Sec. 4-1.10a. TANF; pregnant women and women with young
9 children exempt from work activities. The State plan
10 implementing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
11 program as required under the Personal Responsibility and
12 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, P. L. 104-193,
13 shall provide that pregnant women and women caring for a
14 child less than 12 months of age at home are exempt from
15 participating in work activities otherwise required under
16 that Act. The State plan shall further provide that in
17 determining the number of months for which an individual has
18 received financial aid (for purposes of determining whether
19 the individual has received aid for the maximum number of
20 months allowed under State or federal law), the Illinois
21 Department shall disregard any month during which the
22 individual was pregnant or was caring for a child less than
23 12 months of age at home.
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.