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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, but no payment shall be  authorized  from
23    public  aid  funds  for the funeral in excess of $1,000 $650,
24    exclusive of reasonable  amounts  as  may  be  necessary  for
25    burial  space  and cemetery charges, and any applicable taxes
26    or  other  required  governmental  fees   or   charges.   The
27    Department  shall authorize no payment in excess of $500 $325
28    for a cemetery burial.
29        Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section
30    of this Code shall be  construed  to  prohibit  the  Illinois
31    Department  (1)  from consolidating existing standards on the
 
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 1    basis of any standards which are or were  in  effect  on,  or
 2    subsequent  to  July  1,  1969,  or  (2)  from  employing any
 3    consolidated standards in determining need for public aid and
 4    the  amount  of  money  payment  or  grant   for   individual
 5    recipients or recipient families.
 6    (Source:  P.A.  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-17,  eff.  7-1-97;
 7    90-326,  eff.  8-8-97;  90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;  90-655,  eff.
 8    7-30-98.)

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

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