Section 299.1050  Allowances for Unusual Expenses and/or Exceptional Circumstances in Determining Ability to Pay Services Charges

a)         If an examination or re-examination reveals unusual and/or exceptional circumstances indicating that the recipient's income and assets, as reported on schedules B and C of the Financial Questionnaire, are not an adequate measure to determine ability to pay services charges, allowances for the following unusual and/or exceptional circumstances shall be made in the application of the schedule of charges:

1)         Transfer to prison for revocation of probation or subsequent conviction;

2)         Provable reduction in income;

3)         Additional dependents; and

4)         Unforeseen catastrophic expenses.

b)         All service recipients requesting allowance under subsection (a) must furnish proof of the unusual and/or exceptional circumstances.

(Source:  Added at 44 Ill. Reg. 8246, effective April 28, 2020)