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92_SB1629
LRB9214422DJgc
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.)