Bill Text: IL HB3311 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for the purpose of enabling the Department of Human Services to cross-reference its roster of public aid recipients with the Department of Public Health's electronic reporting system for death registrations established under the Vital Records Act, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Public Health shall enter into an agreement granting the Department of Human Services access to the Department of Public Health's electronic reporting system for death registrations. Provides that public aid recipients who are found to have a death record in the Department of Public Health's electronic reporting system for death registrations shall be subject to an immediate suspension of their public aid benefits, including the immediate deactivation of their LINK card provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0087 [HB3311 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3311-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0087 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
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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 | ||||
adding Section 12-4.7f as follows:
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(305 ILCS 5/12-4.7f new) | ||||
Sec. 12-4.7f. Death records information. At least once each | ||||
calendar month, the Department of Human Services shall | ||||
cross-reference its roster of public aid recipients with the | ||||
death records information from the Department of Public Health | ||||
residing on the Electronic Data Warehouse at the Department of | ||||
Healthcare and Family Services. A public aid recipient who is | ||||
found to have a death record shall be subject to an immediate | ||||
cancelation of his or her public aid benefits, including the | ||||
deactivation of his or her LINK card, in instances where there | ||||
are no other individuals receiving benefits in that assistance | ||||
unit and upon
certification that the identity of the public aid | ||||
recipient matches the identity
of the person named in the death | ||||
certificate. As used in this Section, "LINK
card" means the | ||||
electronic benefits transfer card issued by the Department of | ||||
Human Services for the purpose of enabling a user of the card | ||||
to obtain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | ||||
benefits or cash.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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