Bill Text: IL SB0765 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning guidance and counseling services for public aid recipients.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0765 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0765-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB0765 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/9-2 from Ch. 23, par. 9-2
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning guidance and counseling services for public aid recipients.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 9-2 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/9-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 9-2)
Sec. 9-2. Guidance and Counseling Services. Guidance and
and counseling services shall be provided directly by the
staffs of the Illinois Department, the County Departments, and
local governmental units, or through cooperating governmental
and private agencies which will assist in preventing or
overcoming financial dependency or social maladjustment; in
maintaining and strengthening family life; in assisting
parents who are unmarried, divorced or separated to share in
the support and maintenance of their children; in increasing
the capacities of parents or other adults for attaining or
maintaining a decent and healthful standard of living for
themselves and any children they may have under their care; and
in encouraging and aiding parents or other adults to provide
children under their care with maximum opportunities for
realizing their full potentialities for development.
In local governmental units receiving State funds, the
establishment of such services and the expenditure of funds

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therefor shall be subject to the approval and supervision of
the Illinois Department.
(Source: P.A. 81-968.)