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91_SB1407

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by adding
 2    Section 4-1.6b.

 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    adding Section 4-1.6b as follows:

 7        (305 ILCS 5/4-1.6b new)
 8        Sec. 4-1.6b.  Child Support Pays Program.
 9        (a)  There is created  the  Child  Support  Pays  Program
10    under  which  the  Department shall pay to families receiving
11    cash assistance under this Article who have earned income  an
12    amount  equal  to  whichever of the following is greater: (1)
13    two-thirds of the current monthly child support collected  on
14    behalf  of  the  members  of  the assistance unit; or (2) the
15    amount of current monthly child support collected  on  behalf
16    of  the members of the assistance unit required to be paid to
17    the  family  pursuant  to  administrative  rule.   The  child
18    support passed through to a family pursuant to  this  Section
19    shall  not  affect the family's eligibility for assistance or
20    decrease any amount otherwise payable as  assistance  to  the
21    family  under  this  Article  until the family's gross income
22    from employment, non-exempt unearned income,  and  the  gross
23    current  monthly  child  support  collected  on  the family's
24    behalf equals or exceeds 3 times the payment  level  for  the
25    assistance unit, at which point cash assistance to the family
26    may be terminated.
27        (b)  In  consultation  with  the  Child  Support Advisory
28    Committee, the Department shall conduct an evaluation of  the
29    Child  Support  Pays  Program  by  December  31,  2003.   The
30    evaluation shall include but not be limited to:
31             (1)  the amount  of  child  support  collections  on
 
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 1        behalf  of  children  of  TANF recipients who have earned
 2        income compared with TANF  recipients  who  do  not  have
 3        earned income;
 4             (2)  the  regularity  of child support payments made
 5        on behalf of children of TANF recipients who have  earned
 6        income,  both  with  respect  to  newly established child
 7        support orders and existing orders; and
 8             (3)  the  number  of  parentage  establishments  for
 9        children of TANF recipients who have earned income.
10    In order to be  able  to  evaluate  the  Child  Support  Pays
11    Program,  the Department shall conduct an outreach program to
12    publicize the availability of the Program to TANF recipients.

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