Bill Text: IL SB1291 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, in matters concerning the recovery of overpayments for benefits provided by the Department of Human Services, the Department shall send a recipient written notice and a demand for payment of any amount in overpaid benefits owed within 5 years after the Department's right to collect the overpayment first accrued. Requires the Department to issue such notice by certified mail to the recipient's last known mailing address. Provides that actions for the recovery of overpayments shall be commenced within 10 years after the date the notice was sent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0485 [SB1291 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1291-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0485 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||
changing Section 12-12 as follows:
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(305 ILCS 5/12-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-12)
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Sec. 12-12. Collection of claims; enforcement of penalty | ||||
provisions. | ||||
(a) The Illinois Department shall pursue the legal | ||||
procedure necessary to
collect the claims and enforce the | ||||
penalty provisions provided in any
Section or Article of this | ||||
Code relative to applicants and recipients of
public aid. The | ||||
Attorney General, at the request of the Illinois
Department, | ||||
shall take the necessary proceedings and represent the
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Illinois Department in any matter arising in connection with | ||||
such claims
or enforcement of penalty provisions. | ||||
(b) In matters concerning the recovery of overpayments for | ||||
benefits provided by the Department of Human Services, the | ||||
Department shall send a recipient written notice and a demand | ||||
for payment of any amount in overpaid benefits owed within 5 | ||||
years after the Department's right to collect the overpayment | ||||
first accrued. The Department of Human Services shall issue | ||||
such notice by certified mail to the recipient's last known | ||||
mailing address. Actions brought under this subsection by the | ||
Attorney General for the recovery of overpayments shall be | ||
commenced within 10 years after the date upon which such | ||
notice was sent.
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(Source: P.A. 81-1085.)
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