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SB1735 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1735

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Omar Aquino

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/1-7  from Ch. 23, par. 1-7

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of assistance under the Code, the Department of Human Services and local governmental units shall exclude from consideration, for a period of no more than 60 months, any financial assistance, including wages, cash transfers, or gifts, that is provided to a person who is enrolled in a program or research project that is not funded with general revenue funds and that is intended to investigate the impacts of policies or programs designed to reduce poverty, promote social mobility, or increase financial stability for Illinois residents if there is an explicit plan to collect data and evaluate the program or initiative that is developed prior to participants in the study being enrolled in the program and if a research team has been identified to oversee the evaluation. Requires the Department to seek all necessary federal approvals or waivers to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 1-7 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/1-7)  (from Ch. 23, par. 1-7)
7    Sec. 1-7. (a) For purposes of determining eligibility for
8assistance under this Code, the Illinois Department, County
9Departments, and local governmental units shall exclude from
10consideration restitution payments, including all income and
11resources derived therefrom, made to persons of Japanese or
12Aleutian ancestry pursuant to the federal Civil Liberties Act
13of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act,
14P.L. 100-383.
15    (b) For purposes of any program or form of assistance where
16a person's income or assets are considered in determining
17eligibility or level of assistance, whether under this Code or
18another authority, neither the State of Illinois nor any entity
19or person administering a program wholly or partially financed
20by the State of Illinois or any of its political subdivisions
21shall include restitution payments, including all income and
22resources derived therefrom, made pursuant to the federal Civil
23Liberties Act of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island

 

 

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1Restitution Act, P.L. 100-383, in the calculation of income or
2assets for determining eligibility or level of assistance.
3    (c) For purposes of determining eligibility for or the
4amount of assistance under this Code, except for the
5determination of eligibility for payments or programs under the
6TANF employment, education, and training programs and the Food
7Stamp Employment and Training Program, the Illinois
8Department, County Departments, and local governmental units
9shall exclude from consideration any financial assistance
10received under any student aid program administered by an
11agency of this State or the federal government, by a person who
12is enrolled as a full-time or part-time student of any public
13or private university, college, or community college in this
14State.
15    (d) For purposes of determining eligibility for or the
16amount of assistance under this Code, except for the
17determination of eligibility for payments or programs under the
18TANF employment, education, and training programs and the SNAP
19Employment and Training Program, the Illinois Department,
20County Departments, and local governmental units shall exclude
21from consideration, for a period of 36 months, any financial
22assistance, including wages, that is provided to a person who
23is enrolled in a demonstration project that is not funded with
24general revenue funds and that is intended as a bridge to
25self-sufficiency by offering (i) intensive workforce support
26and training and (ii) support services for new and expectant

 

 

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1parents that are intended to foster multi-generational healthy
2families as described in Section 12-4.51.
3    (e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
4and to the maximum extent permitted by federal law, for
5purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of
6assistance under this Code, the Illinois Department and local
7governmental units shall exclude from consideration, for a
8period of no more than 60 months, any financial assistance,
9including wages, cash transfers, or gifts, that is provided to
10a person who is enrolled in a program or research project that
11is not funded with general revenue funds and that is intended
12to investigate the impacts of policies or programs designed to
13reduce poverty, promote social mobility, or increase financial
14stability for Illinois residents if there is an explicit plan
15to collect data and evaluate the program or initiative that is
16developed prior to participants in the study being enrolled in
17the program and if a research team has been identified to
18oversee the evaluation.
19    (2) The Department shall choose State options and seek all
20necessary federal approvals or waivers to implement this
21subsection.
22(Source: P.A. 100-806, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.