Illinois House Bill 5267

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-24 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
Pending: House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the General Assembly finds it necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) program to reach a standard compatible with health and well-being. Provides that the amount of AABD aid granted to a person shall be determined by the Department of Human Services in such a manner as to produce assistance payments that bring the person's total monthly income from countable sources, as determined by the Department, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, if applicable, and AABD aid to an amount that is: (i) no less than 85% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2024; (ii) no less than 90% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2025; (iii) no less than 95% of the federal poverty level for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2026; and (iv) no less than 100% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning on and after July 1, 2027. Provides that the amendatory Act shall not result in any reduction in the amount of aid payable to a person determined eligible for aid prior to July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.

PUB AID-AABD CASH ASSISTANCE

Rep. Camille Lilly [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Lilian Jimenez [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]
Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Natalie Manley [D]	Rep. Nabeela Syed [D]	Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]
Rep. Joyce Mason [D]	Rep. Kambium Buckner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
2024-04-05	House	Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 24, 2024
2024-03-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2024-03-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
2024-02-28	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
2024-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2024-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2024-02-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2024-02-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2024-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-09	House	First Reading
2024-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	3-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5267&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5267.htm