HB2744 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2744

Introduced 2/21/2013, by Rep. Jim Sacia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/12-4.45 new

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in an effort to promote self-support and reduce the likelihood of long-term economic dependency, when a recipient of financial aid provided under the Code experiences a reduction in financial aid upon obtaining employment, the Department of Human Services shall for one year pay the recipient monthly amounts equal to the difference between the monthly amount in reduced financial aid the recipient receives plus monthly earnings and the monthly amount in financial aid the recipient would have received had he or she not obtained employment. Provides that this provision shall apply only if the recipient's monthly amount in reduced financial aid plus monthly earnings is less than the monthly amount in financial aid the recipient would have received had he or she not obtained employment. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 12-4.45 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/12-4.45 new)

Sec. 12-4.45. Employment; reduced benefits. In an effort to promote self-support and reduce the likelihood of long-term economic dependency, when a recipient of financial aid provided under this Code experiences a reduction in financial aid upon obtaining employment, the Department shall for one year pay the recipient monthly amounts equal to the difference between the monthly amount in reduced financial aid the recipient receives plus monthly earnings and the monthly amount in financial aid the recipient would have received had he or she not obtained employment. This provision shall apply only if the recipient's monthly amount in reduced financial aid plus monthly earnings is less than the monthly amount in financial aid the recipient would have received had he or she not obtained employment.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.