Bill Text: IL HB2302 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning October 1, 2023 (rather than October 1, 2018), the Department of Human Services shall increase Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grant amounts in effect on September 30, 2023 (rather than September 30, 2018) to at least 50% (rather than 30%) of the most recent United States Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for each family size. Provides that beginning October 1, 2024 (rather than October 1, 2019), and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum benefit levels shall be annually adjusted to remain equal to at least 50% (rather than 30%) of the most recent federal poverty guidelines for each family size. Effective October 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2302 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2302-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2302 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.11 from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning October 1, 2023 (rather than October 1, 2018), the Department of Human Services shall increase Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grant amounts in effect on September 30, 2023 (rather than September 30, 2018) to at least 50% (rather than 30%) of the most recent United States Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for each family size. Provides that beginning October 1, 2024 (rather than October 1, 2019), and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum benefit levels shall be annually adjusted to remain equal to at least 50% (rather than 30%) of the most recent federal poverty guidelines for each family size. Effective October 1, 2023.
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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 12-4.11 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts. The Department, with due
regard for and subject to budgetary limitations, shall
establish grant amounts for each of the programs, by
regulation. The grant amounts may vary by program, size of
assistance unit and geographic area. Grant amounts under the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program may not
vary on the basis of a TANF recipient's county of residence.
Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes
in the cost of items included in the grant amounts, or (2) for
changes in the expenses of the recipient, or (3) for changes in
the income or resources available to the recipient, or (4) for
changes in grants resulting from adoption of a consolidated
grant amount.
The maximum benefit levels provided to TANF recipients
shall increase as follows: beginning October 1, 2023 2018, the
Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts
in effect on September 30, 2023 2018 to at least 50% 30% of the

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most recent United States Department of Health and Human
Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for each family size.
Beginning October 1, 2024 2019, and each October 1 thereafter,
the maximum benefit levels shall be annually adjusted to
remain equal to at least 50% 30% of the most recent poverty
guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the
authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) for each family size.
TANF grants for child-only assistance units shall be at
least 75% of TANF grants for assistance units of the same size
that consist of a caretaker relative with children.
In fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements
for funeral and burial expenses, the Department shall
establish a minimum allowable amount of not less than $1,000
for Department payment of funeral services and not less than
$500 for Department payment of burial or cremation services.
On January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the
Department shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for
funeral and burial expenses under this Section by a percentage
equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers, if any, during the 12 months
immediately preceding that January 1 or July 1. In
establishing the minimum allowable amount, the Department
shall take into account the services essential to a dignified,
low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation, including
reasonable amounts that may be necessary for burial space and

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cemetery charges, and any applicable taxes or other required
governmental fees or charges. If no person has agreed to pay
the total cost of the (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation
charges, the Department shall pay the vendor the actual costs
of the (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation, or the minimum
allowable amount for each service as established by the
Department, whichever is less, provided that the Department
reduces its payments by the amount available from the
following sources: the decedent's assets and available
resources and the anticipated amounts of any death benefits
available to the decedent's estate, and amounts paid and
arranged to be paid by the decedent's legally responsible
relatives. A legally responsible relative is expected to pay
(i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation expenses unless
financially unable to do so.
Nothing contained in this Section or in any other Section
of this Code shall be construed to prohibit the Illinois
Department (1) from consolidating existing standards on the
basis of any standards which are or were in effect on, or
subsequent to July 1, 1969, or (2) from employing any
consolidated standards in determining need for public aid and
the amount of money payment or grant for individual recipients
or recipient families.
(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 101-103, eff. 7-19-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect October
1, 2023.