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92_HB1548

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 4-21 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/4-21)
 7        Sec. 4-21.  Sanctions.
 8        (a)  The  Illinois Department shall, by rule, establish a
 9    system of  sanctions  for  persons  who  fail  to  cooperate,
10    without  good cause, with employment and training programs or
11    other programs under this Article or Article IXA or who  fail
12    to  cooperate with child support programs under this Article,
13    Article X, or Title IV of the federal  Social  Security  Act.
14    The  sanctions  may discontinue all or part of the cash grant
15    provided  under  this  Article.    The   sanctions   may   be
16    time-limited  time  limited  or may continue until the person
17    cooperates in the program.  The sanctions may be  progressive
18    in   that  a  second,  third,  or  further  sanction  may  be
19    progressively more severe or last longer.
20        (b)  The Illinois Department shall, by rule, define  what
21    constitutes  failure  to  cooperate and what constitutes good
22    cause which would excuse that failure.
23    (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)

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