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92_HB1548 LRB9203541DJmb 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-limitedtime limitedor 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.)