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                                     LRB093 09972 DRJ 14072 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3021

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3021,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    with  reference  to  page and line numbers of House Amendment
 4    No. 1, by replacing lines 4 through 34 on page 3 and lines  1
 5    through 22 on page 4 with the following:
 6        "(f)  Subject  to  subsection  (f-5), an assistance unit,
 7    receiving financial aid under  this  Article  or  temporarily
 8    ineligible  to receive aid under this Article under a penalty
 9    imposed by the Illinois Department for failure to comply with
10    the eligibility requirements  or  that  voluntarily  requests
11    termination  of  financial  assistance under this Article and
12    becomes subsequently eligible for assistance within 9 months,
13    shall not receive any increase in the amount of aid solely on
14    account of the birth of a child; except that an  increase  is
15    not prohibited when the birth is (i) of a child of a pregnant
16    woman  who  became eligible for aid under this Article during
17    the pregnancy, or (ii) of a child born within 10 months after
18    the date of implementation of this subsection, or  (iii) of a
19    child  conceived  after  a  family  became   ineligible   for
20    assistance due to income or marriage and at least 3 months of
21    ineligibility    expired   before   any   reapplication   for
22    assistance.  This subsection does  not,  however,  prevent  a
23    unit  from  receiving a general increase in the amount of aid
24    that is provided to all recipients of aid under this Article.
 
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 1        The Illinois Department is authorized to transfer  funds,
 2    and  shall  use  any  budgetary  savings  attributable to not
 3    increasing  the  grants  due  to  the  births  of  additional
 4    children, to supplement existing funding for  employment  and
 5    training  services  for  recipients of aid under this Article
 6    IV.  The Illinois Department shall target, to the extent  the
 7    supplemental funding allows, employment and training services
 8    to the families who do not receive a grant increase after the
 9    birth of a child.  In addition, the Illinois Department shall
10    provide,  to the extent the supplemental funding allows, such
11    families with up to 24  months  of  transitional  child  care
12    pursuant   to   Illinois  Department  rules.   All  remaining
13    supplemental funds shall be used for employment and  training
14    services or transitional child care support.
15        In  making  the  transfers authorized by this subsection,
16    the Illinois Department shall first  determine,  pursuant  to
17    regulations  adopted  by  the  Illinois  Department for  this
18    purpose, the amount of savings attributable to not increasing
19    the  grants  due  to  the  births  of  additional   children.
20    Transfers   may   be   made   from   General   Revenue   Fund
21    appropriations   for   distributive  purposes  authorized  by
22    Article  IV  of  this  Code  only  to  General  Revenue  Fund
23    appropriations   for   employability   development   services
24    including operating  and  administrative  costs  and  related
25    distributive  purposes  under  Article  IXA of this Code. The
26    Director, with the approval of the  Governor,  shall  certify
27    the amount and affected line item appropriations to the State
28    Comptroller.
29        Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit
30    the  Illinois  Department from using funds under this Article
31    IV to provide assistance in the form of vouchers that may  be
32    used  to  pay  for  goods and services deemed by the Illinois
33    Department, by rule, as suitable for the care  of  the  child
34    such as diapers, clothing, school supplies, and cribs.
 
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 1        (f-5)  Subsection  (f)  shall  not  apply  to  affect the
 2    monthly assistance amount of any family as a  result  of  the
 3    birth  of  a child on or after January 1, 2004.  As resources
 4    permit after  January  1,  2004,  the  Department  may  cease
 5    applying  subsection  (f)  to  limit  assistance  to families
 6    receiving assistance under this Article on January  1,  2004,
 7    with  respect  to  children  born  prior to that date. In any
 8    event, subsection (f) shall be completely inoperative on  and
 9    after July 1, 2007.".