Bill Text: IL HB0554 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Public Aid and the federal Parent Locator Service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB0554 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0554-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 10-3.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/10-3.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3.2)
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| 7 | Sec. 10-3.2. Parent Locator Service. The
The Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Department through
its Child and Spouse Support Unit shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | enter into agreements with the
Secretary
of Health and Human | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Services or his designee under which the services of
the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | federal Parent Locator Service established by the Social | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Security Act
are made available to this State and the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Department for the purpose
of locating an absent parent or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | child when the child has been abducted or
otherwise improperly | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | removed or retained from the physical custody of a
parent or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | other person entitled to custody of the child, or in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | connection
with the making or enforcing of a child custody | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | determination in custody
proceedings instituted under the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Uniform
Child Custody Jurisdiction Act or the Uniform | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Child-Custody Jurisdiction
and Enforcement Act,
or otherwise | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | in accordance with law.
The Illinois Department shall provide | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | general information to the public
about the availability and
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| 23 | use of the Parent Locator Service in relation to child | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | abduction and
custody determination proceedings, shall | ||||||
| 2 | promptly respond to inquiries made
by those parties specified | ||||||
| 3 | by federal regulations upon receipt of
information as to the | ||||||
| 4 | location of an absent parent or child from the
federal Parent | ||||||
| 5 | Locator Service and shall maintain accurate records as to
the | ||||||
| 6 | number of such inquiries received and processed by the | ||||||
| 7 | Department. | ||||||
| 8 | (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
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