91st General Assembly
Summary of HB4160
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House Sponsors:
LINDNER-STEPHENS-FLOWERS-CROTTY-DAVIS,MONIQUE, SCULLY, 
   KLINGLER, BELLOCK, GASH AND SCHOENBERG.

Senate Sponsors:
SULLIVAN-DEL VALLE-OBAMA

Short description: 
PUB AID-FAMILY VIOLENCE OPTION                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        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.                            
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Provides that in waiving program requirements because of the risk      
   of domestic violence, the Department of Human Services shall determine      
   a specific relationship between the domestic violence suffered by the       
   client and the need to waive a requirement because domestic violence        
   makes it more difficult or impossible for the client to meet the            
   requirement. Deletes language requiring all State agencies that serve       
   applicants and recipients of assistance to develop policies to make it      
   easier for those persons to avoid domestic violence. Provides that the      
   Department of Human Services, or any successor agency resonsible for        
   the operation of the TANF program, shall be responsible for coordinat-      
   ing policies and procedures to comply with the Code's requirements          
   regarding prevention of domestic violence, in consultation with State       
   and local domestic violence experts.                                        
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 01-01-09

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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