Illinois House Bill 10 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that every electronic benefits transfer ("LINK") card issued on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act by the Department of Human Services for the purpose of enabling the cardholder to obtain food stamp benefits or cash must include on the card's face a photograph of the cardholder. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Department shall replace every still-valid card issued before that date with a card that includes on its face a photograph of the cardholder. Requires the Department to issue a caregiver identification card to the facility provider, guardian, or caregiver of a person entitled to benefits funded under the federal Food Stamp Program. Provides that every caregiver identification card must include on its face a current photo of the facility provider, guardian, or caregiver of the person entitled to benefits, the name of the person entitled to benefits, and a statement that clearly identifies the card holder as having the legal capacity to use the named person's LINK card. Further provides that beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act, a facility provider, guardian, or caregiver must present a valid caregiver identification card when using a LINK card to obtain food stamp benefits or cash on behalf of a person entitled to benefits funded under the federal Food Stamp Program.

DHS-FOOD STAMPS-PHOTO ID CARD

Rep. Jim Sacia [R]	Rep. Adam Brown [R]	Rep. David Reis [R]	Rep. Paul Evans [D]
Rep. Jim Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2011-11-10	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Evans
2011-03-29	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
2011-03-17	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-17	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
2011-02-08	House	Assigned to Human Services Committee
2011-02-04	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
2011-01-12	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2011-01-12	House	First Reading
2010-12-28	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	12-4.4a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=10&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB0010.htm