Full Text of SB1580 103rd General Assembly
SB1580 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB1580 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 305 ILCS 5/12-4.11 | from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11 |
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Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning October 1, 2023 (rather than October 1, 2018) the Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts in effect on September 30, 2023 (rather than September 30, 2018) to at least 50% (rather than 30%) of the most recent United States Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for each family size. Provides that beginning October 1, 2024 (rather than October 1, 2019), and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum benefit levels shall be annually adjusted to
remain equal to at least 50% (rather than 30%) of the most recent poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for each family size. Effective October 1, 2023.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 12-4.11 as follows:
| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts. The Department,
with due | 8 | | regard for and subject to budgetary limitations, shall | 9 | | establish
grant amounts for each of the programs, by | 10 | | regulation. The grant amounts may
vary by program, size of | 11 | | assistance unit and geographic area. Grant amounts under the | 12 | | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program may not | 13 | | vary on the basis of a TANF recipient's county of residence.
| 14 | | Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes | 15 | | in the cost of
items included in the grant amounts, or (2) for | 16 | | changes in the expenses of the
recipient, or (3) for changes in | 17 | | the income or resources available to the
recipient, or (4) for | 18 | | changes in grants resulting from adoption of a
consolidated | 19 | | grant amount.
| 20 | | The maximum benefit levels provided to TANF recipients | 21 | | shall increase as follows: beginning October 1, 2023 2018 , the | 22 | | Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts | 23 | | in effect on September 30, 2023 2018 to at least 50% 30% of the |
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| 1 | | most recent United States Department of Health and Human | 2 | | Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for each family size. | 3 | | Beginning October 1, 2024 2019 , and each October 1 thereafter, | 4 | | the maximum benefit levels shall be annually adjusted to | 5 | | remain equal to at least 50% 30% of the most recent poverty | 6 | | guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the | 7 | | U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services under the | 8 | | authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) for each family size. | 9 | | TANF grants for child-only assistance units shall be at | 10 | | least 75% of TANF grants for assistance units of the same size | 11 | | that consist of a caretaker relative with children. | 12 | | In fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements | 13 | | for funeral
and burial expenses, the Department shall | 14 | | establish a minimum allowable
amount of
not less than
$1,000 | 15 | | for Department payment of funeral services and not less than | 16 | | $500 for
Department payment of burial or cremation services. | 17 | | On January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the | 18 | | Department shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for | 19 | | funeral and burial expenses under this Section by a percentage | 20 | | equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index | 21 | | for All Urban Consumers, if any, during the 12 months | 22 | | immediately preceding that January 1 or July 1. In | 23 | | establishing the minimum
allowable
amount, the Department | 24 | | shall take into account the services
essential to a dignified, | 25 | | low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial or
cremation, including | 26 | | reasonable
amounts that may be necessary for
burial space and |
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| 1 | | cemetery charges, and any applicable taxes or other
required | 2 | | governmental fees or charges. If no
person has agreed to pay | 3 | | the total cost of the (i) funeral and
(ii) burial or cremation
| 4 | | charges, the Department shall pay the vendor the actual costs | 5 | | of the (i)
funeral
and
(ii) burial or cremation, or the minimum | 6 | | allowable amount for each service as
established by
the | 7 | | Department, whichever is less, provided that the Department | 8 | | reduces its
payments by
the amount available from the | 9 | | following sources: the decedent's assets
and
available | 10 | | resources and the anticipated amounts of any death benefits | 11 | | available
to the
decedent's estate, and amounts paid and | 12 | | arranged to be paid by the
decedent's legally
responsible | 13 | | relatives. A legally responsible relative is expected to pay
| 14 | | (i) funeral and (ii) burial
or cremation expenses unless | 15 | | financially unable to do so.
| 16 | | Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section | 17 | | of this
Code shall be construed to prohibit the Illinois | 18 | | Department (1) from
consolidating existing standards on the | 19 | | basis of any standards which are
or were in effect on, or | 20 | | subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from
employing any | 21 | | consolidated standards in determining need for public
aid and | 22 | | the amount of money payment or grant for individual recipients
| 23 | | or recipient families.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 101-103, eff. 7-19-19.)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect October | 26 | | 1, 2023.
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