House Sponsors: RONEN-CURRIE-BERGMAN-FLOWERS-MOORE,EUGENE. Short description: WELFARE REFORM-ACCOUNTABILITY Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code to provide that the Department of Public Aid, or the Department of Human Services as successor agency to the Department of Public Aid for the purposes of administering some aspects of welfare reform, shall collect and report on information in addition to that required under the federal welfare reform law for those who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ("TANF") and those who are eligible for other cash benefit programs, which reports shall be made available to the public. Provides that the Department shall contract with experts for a longitudinal study of the implementation of the TANF program and other welfare reforms, listing criteria, and requiring interim reports to the General Assembly and the Governor, available to the public, with a final report in March 2005. Effective immediately. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE HB 1758 fails to create a State mandate. FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Public Aid) The TANF longitudinal evaluation would cost between $3 M and $4 M from 1997 to 2004; the Non-Citizen study would cost $300,000 between 1997 and 2001. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything. Reinserts language similar to language in the bill as introduced but makes changes in the way Department data based on the implementation of welfare reforms will be distributed; provides that the Department shall seek a university to perform the longitudinal study of TANF and related welfare reforms; and provides that the Department shall cooperate in, rather than commission, a study of the impact upon Illinois resident non-citizens of the denial or termination of assistance as a result of the federal welfare reform law. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dept. of Public Aid) HB 1758, with H-am 1, does not have a fiscal impact on DPA. HOME RULE NOTE, H-AM 2 HB-1758, with H-am 2, does not preempt home rule. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status