Bill Text: IL HB3699 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the Department of Employment Security may collaborate with (rather than shall work with) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to identify employment opportunities in the State for persons who are in arrears in child support obligations. Effective January 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0356 [HB3699 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3699-Chaptered.html



Public Act 103-0356
HB3699 EnrolledLRB103 28970 SPS 55356 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Employment Security Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
changing Section 1005-130 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1005/1005-130) (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.14)
Sec. 1005-130. Exchange of information for child support
enforcement.
(a) The Department has the power to exchange with the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services information that
may be necessary for the enforcement of child support orders
entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the
Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the Illinois Parentage
Act of 1984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions in the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois to the contrary, the
Department of Employment Security shall not be liable to any
person for any disclosure of information to the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department
of Public Aid) under subsection (a) or for any other action
taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of
subsection (a).
(c) The Department, in collaboration with the Department
of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of
Central Management Services, shall implement a pilot program
that seeks to connect parents in arrearage on child support
obligations with work opportunities. The work opportunities
provided to program participants shall include opportunities
offered by employers located in the State of Illinois
including, but not limited to, State employment. The pilot
program shall end on June 30, 2025. No later than 60 days after
the end of the pilot program, the Department shall provide a
program report to the General Assembly. This subsection is
repealed on January 1, 2026.
(Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)
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