92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB5140
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House Sponsors:
LYONS,EILEEN-HAMOS-BELLOCK-MCCARTHY-BLACK, COWLISHAW, 
   SOTO, YARBROUGH, CROTTY, LANG, WIRSING, MATHIAS AND HULTGREN.

Senate Sponsors:
RADOGNO-GEO-KARIS

Short description: 
CHILD SUPPORT-TECH                                                         

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Non-Support Punishment Act.  Makes a technical  change      
   in a Section concerning prosecutions by the Attorney General.               
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          750 ILCS 16/7                                                        
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          New Act                                                              
        Deletes everything. Creates the Unified  Child  Support  Services      
   Act.  Provides  that  effective July 1, 2004, the Department of Public      
   Aid shall delegate to the State's Attorney in each county with 900,000      
   or more inhabitants the responsibility for managing a Unified Child         
   Support Services Program to provide services with respect to parentage      
   establishment, support establishment, medical support establishment,        
   support modification, and support enforcement. Requires the State's         
   Attorney of each such county to submit a plan for such a program by         
   July 1, 2003 and each July 1 thereafter. Authorizes State's Attorneys       
   in other counties to request approval for such a program, and               
   authorizes the Department of Public Aid to contract for the management      
   of child support services in counties in which the State's Attorney is      
   not operating such a program. Sets forth the requirements for such a        
   program. Requires an annual report by the Department of Public Aid  to      
   the General Assembly.                                                       
          FISCAL NOTE, S-AM 1                                                  
          (Department of Public Aid)                                           
          While the bill is permissive, DPA estimates that implementation      
          in Cook and DuPage counties would result in one-time startup         
          costs of approximately $5,000,000 ($1.67 million net State           
          impact) and annual costs of approximately $3,500,000 ($1.2           
          million net State impact). The impact for the first year would       
          include both figures. This analysis assumes that staff to            
          client ration do not change and that SAO personnel costs are         
          25% greater than DPA's current costs. The Department cannot          
          determine which counties might participate, however, the bill        
          may limit approval to three plans in any year.                       
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Replaces the provisions concerning submission of  a  plan  for  a      
   unified  child  support  services program, eliminating the distinction      
   between counties with a population of 900,000 or more and those with a      
   population of less than 900,000. Provides that by July 1 of  2003  and      
   by July 1 of any subsequent year, a State's Attorney may submit to the      
   Department  of  Public Aid a plan for a unified child support services      
   program. Provides that a State's Attorney  must  commit  to  manage  a      
   unified   child  support  services  program  for  at  least  3  years.      
   Authorizes the Department to impose a restriction that no more than  3      
   State's Attorneys may begin operating a unified child support services      
   program  in a given year. Provides that in a county in which a unified      
   child support services program is operating,  the  circuit  clerk  may      
   submit  to  the  Department  a  plan  for filing administrative orders      
   concerning parentage or child support.  Requires that  the  Department      
   must  consult with a designated representative of the Illinois State's      
   Attorneys Association in establishing performance standards.  Provides      
   that in all counties (instead of only those counties where the State's      
   Attorney  is  operating a unified child support services program), the      
   Department  must  fulfill  certain  responsibilities.    Makes   other      
   changes.                                                                    
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                
        Requires a State's Attorney's plan for a unified child support         
   services program to be approved by the appropriate county board before      
   submission to the Department of Public Aid. Deletes a provision re-         
   quiring county board approval of an intergovernmental agreement be-         
   tween a State's Attorney and the Department of Public Aid. Requires         
   that a unified child support services program's administrative process      
   for establishing parentage and child support be "separate" as well as       
   impartial and independent.                                                  
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   2


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