Illinois House Bill 4459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-28 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services (Department) to enter into an agreement with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) to allow the Department's database of public aid recipients to cross-reference with IDOC's database of incarcerated persons. Provides that public aid recipients who are inmates at a State correctional facility operated by IDOC shall be subject to an immediate suspension of their public aid benefits, including the immediate deactivation of their electronic benefits card or LINK card provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, until the date of their scheduled release or discharge from the State correctional facility.

PUBLIC AID-INMATES-SUSPEND AID

Rep. Bill Mitchell [R]

Rep. Randy Frese [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
2016-01-20	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-01-20	House	First Reading
2016-01-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bill Mitchell

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	12-4.7b-1	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4459&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB4459.htm