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91_HB1451

 
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 1        AN  ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
 2    Section 4-1.2.

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

 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
 6    changing Section 4-1.2 as follows:

 7        (305 ILCS 5/4-1.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.2)
 8        Sec. 4-1.2. Living Arrangements - Parents -  Relatives  -
 9    Foster Care.
10        (a)  The child or children must (1) be living with his or
11    their  father,  mother,  grandfather,  grandmother,  brother,
12    sister,   stepfather,  stepmother,  stepbrother,  stepsister,
13    uncle or aunt, or other relative  approved  by  the  Illinois
14    Department, in a place of residence maintained by one or more
15    of  such relatives as his or their own home, or (2) have been
16    (a) removed from the home of the parents or  other  relatives
17    by  judicial  order  under  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  or the
18    Juvenile Court Act of 1987, as amended, (b) placed under  the
19    guardianship   of  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
20    Services, and (c) under such guardianship, placed in a foster
21    family home, group home or child  care  institution  licensed
22    pursuant  to  the  "Child Care Act of 1969", approved May 15,
23    1969, as amended, or approved by that Department  as  meeting
24    standards  established  for licensing under that Act. A child
25    so placed in foster care who was not receiving aid under this
26    Article in or for the month in which  the  court  proceedings
27    leading  to that placement were initiated may qualify only if
28    he lived in the home of his parents or other relatives at the
29    time the proceedings were initiated, or within 6 months prior
30    to the month of initiation, and would have  received  aid  in
31    and for that month if application had been made therefor.
 
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 1        (b)  The  Illinois  Department  may,  by  rule, establish
 2    those persons who are living together who must be included in
 3    the same assistance unit in order to receive cash  assistance
 4    under this Article and the income and assets of those persons
 5    in an assistance unit which must be considered in determining
 6    eligibility.
 7        (c)  The  conditions  of  qualification  herein specified
 8    shall not prejudice aid granted under this  Code  for  foster
 9    care prior to the effective date of this 1969 Amendatory Act.
10    (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)

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