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91_HB4042
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Section 12-4.11.
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 12-4.11 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
8 Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts. The Department, with due
9 regard for and subject to budgetary limitations, shall
10 establish grant amounts for each of the programs, by
11 regulation. The grant amounts may vary by program, size of
12 assistance unit and geographic area.
13 Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes
14 in the cost of items included in the grant amounts, or (2)
15 for changes in the expenses of the recipient, or (3) for
16 changes in the income or resources available to the
17 recipient, or (4) for changes in grants resulting from
18 adoption of a consolidated grant amount.
19 In fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements
20 for funeral and burial expenses, the Department shall take
21 into account the services essential to a dignified, low-cost
22 funeral and burial, including reasonable amounts that may be
23 necessary for burial space and cemetery charges, and any
24 applicable taxes or other required governmental fees or
25 charges.
26 Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section
27 of this Code shall be construed to prohibit the Illinois
28 Department (1) from consolidating existing standards on the
29 basis of any standards which are or were in effect on, or
30 subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from employing any
31 consolidated standards in determining need for public aid and
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1 the amount of money payment or grant for individual
2 recipients or recipient families.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97; 90-326, eff. 8-8-97;
4 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-24, eff.
5 7-1-99.)