Bill Text: IL SB2604 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section describing the termination of the AFDC program and the beginning of the TANF program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2604 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2604-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB2604 Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/4-0.5
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section describing the termination of the AFDC program and the beginning of the TANF program.
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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 4-0.5 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/4-0.5)
Sec. 4-0.5. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program
inoperative after June 30, 1997. The The Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC) Program shall be inoperative after
June 30, 1997. Under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy
Children Program the Illinois Department shall develop an
alternative program of mutual responsibility between the
Illinois Department and the client to allow the family to
become self-sufficient or employed as quickly as possible
through (i) the provision of transitional assistance to
families in the form of emergency one-time payments to prevent
job loss, temporary assistance while searching for or being
trained for work, or paternity establishment and child support
enforcement or (ii) the provision for continued work.
(Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)