Bill Text: IL HB4459 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-28 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese [HB4459 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4459-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB4459 Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b-1 new
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.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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
adding Section 12-4.7b-1 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b-1 new)
Sec. 12-4.7b-1. Incarcerated persons; suspension of
benefits. The Department of Human Services (Department) shall
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. 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.