Bill Text: IL HB2941 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Illinois Department of Corrections, the Cook County Department of Corrections, and the office of the sheriff of every other county to honor all intergovernmental agreements with the Department of Human Services concerning the exchange of inmate information and to provide all required information in a timely manner. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0115 [HB2941 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2941-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Illinois Department of Corrections, the Cook County Department of Corrections, and the office of the sheriff of every other county to honor all intergovernmental agreements with the Department of Human Services concerning the exchange of inmate information and to provide all required information in a timely manner. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0115 [HB2941 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2941-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 12-4.7b as follows:
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| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b)
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| 7 | Sec. 12-4.7b. Exchanges of information; inmates. The | ||||||
| 8 | Department shall enter
into intergovernmental agreements
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| 9 | conduct monthly exchanges of information with
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Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Corrections, the Cook County Department of
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| 11 | Corrections, and the office of the sheriff of every other
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| 12 | county to determine whether any individual included in an | ||||||
| 13 | assistance unit
receiving public aid
under any Article of this | ||||||
| 14 | Code is an
inmate in a facility operated by the Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | Department of Corrections, the
Cook County Department of
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| 16 | Corrections, or a county sheriff. The Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 17 | Corrections, the Cook County Department of Corrections, and the | ||||||
| 18 | office of the sheriff of every other county shall honor all | ||||||
| 19 | intergovernmental agreements with the Department under this | ||||||
| 20 | Section and shall provide all required information in a timely | ||||||
| 21 | manner. The Department shall review each month
the entire list | ||||||
| 22 | of individuals generated by the
monthly exchange and shall | ||||||
| 23 | verify the eligibility for benefits under this
Code for each | ||||||
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| 1 | individual on the list. The Department shall terminate benefits
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| 2 | under this Code
for any individual determined to be ineligible | ||||||
| 3 | by this monthly review.
The Department shall use any legal | ||||||
| 4 | means available to recoup as an overpayment
any assistance
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| 5 | provided to an individual for any period during which he or she | ||||||
| 6 | was ineligible
to receive the
assistance.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 89-659, eff. 8-14-96.)
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| 8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 9 | becoming law.
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