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SULLIVAN-GEO-KARIS-RONEN,C-OBAMA AND DEL VALLE.

   305 ILCS 5/1-12 new                                                         
   305 ILCS 5/4-22 rep.                                                        

        Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code.  Defines  domestic  violence      
   according  to  the  terms of the federal Social Security Act. Provides      
   that the State of Illinois adopts the Family Violence  Option  of  the      
   Social Security Act. Provides for the establishment and enforcement of      
   standards  and  procedures  to  identify  applicants and recipients of      
   assistance who are past or present victims of domestic violence or  at      
   risk   of   further   domestic   violence,   while  maintaining  their      
   confidentiality. Provides that program requirements may be waived  for      
   those  persons  if  the  requirements would make it more difficult for      
   those persons to avoid domestic  violence.  Establishes  criteria  for      
   finding  evidence  of  domestic  violence.  Provides  that  all  State      
   departments  and  agencies  that  serve  applicants  and recipients of      
   assistance shall develop policies to make it easier for those  persons      
   to  escape  domestic  violence.  Provides that the Department of Human      
   Services, or any successor department responsible for operation of the      
   Temporary Assistance for  Needy  Families  Program  (TANF),  shall  be      
   responsible  for  coordination  of  those activities. Repeals existing      
   provisions   dealing   with   domestic   violence    assessment    and      
   self-sufficiency plans.   Effective immediately.                            
   00-02-09  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   00-02-09  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   00-02-09  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              RONEN,C               
   00-02-09  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              OBAMA                 
   00-02-09  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DEL VALLE             
   01-01-09  S  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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