Bill Text: IL HB5267 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the General Assembly finds it necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) program to reach a standard compatible with health and well-being. Provides that the amount of AABD aid granted to a person shall be determined by the Department of Human Services in such a manner as to produce assistance payments that bring the person's total monthly income from countable sources, as determined by the Department, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, if applicable, and AABD aid to an amount that is: (i) no less than 85% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2024; (ii) no less than 90% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2025; (iii) no less than 95% of the federal poverty level for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2026; and (iv) no less than 100% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning on and after July 1, 2027. Provides that the amendatory Act shall not result in any reduction in the amount of aid payable to a person determined eligible for aid prior to July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB5267 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5267-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5267 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/3-5 from Ch. 23, par. 3-5
Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the General Assembly finds it necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) program to reach a standard compatible with health and well-being. Provides that the amount of AABD aid granted to a person shall be determined by the Department of Human Services in such a manner as to produce assistance payments that bring the person's total monthly income from countable sources, as determined by the Department, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, if applicable, and AABD aid to an amount that is: (i) no less than 85% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2024; (ii) no less than 90% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2025; (iii) no less than 95% of the federal poverty level for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2026; and (iv) no less than 100% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning on and after July 1, 2027. Provides that the amendatory Act shall not result in any reduction in the amount of aid payable to a person determined eligible for aid prior to July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.
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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 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to
as the AABD Cash Amendments of 2024.
Section 2. Findings. The General Assembly finds that it is
necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash
assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid to
the Aged, Blind, and Disabled program to reach a standard
compatible with health and well-being.
Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 3-5 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-5)
Sec. 3-5. Amount of aid.
(a) The amount and nature of financial aid granted to or in
behalf of aged, blind, or disabled persons shall be determined
in accordance with the standards, grant amounts, rules and
regulations of the Illinois Department. Due regard shall be
given to the requirements and conditions existing in each
case, and to the amount of property owned and the income, money
contributions, and other support, and resources received or

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obtainable by the person, from whatever source. However, the
amount and nature of any financial aid is not affected by the
payment of any grant under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled
Persons Property Tax Relief Act" or any distributions or items
of income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
The aid shall be sufficient, when added to all other income,
money contributions and support, to provide the person with a
grant in the amount established by Department regulation for
such a person, based upon standards providing a livelihood
compatible with health and well-being. Financial aid under
this Article granted to persons who have been found ineligible
for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) due to expiration of
the period of eligibility for refugees and asylees pursuant to
8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2) shall equal 90% of the current maximum SSI
payment amount per month.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2024, the amount of financial aid
granted to a person under this Article shall be determined by
the Illinois Department in such a manner as to produce
assistance payments that bring the person's total monthly
income from countable sources, as determined by the
Department, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, if
applicable, and financial aid provided under this Article to
an amount that is no less than the following:
(1) Beginning July 1, 2024, total monthly income,
including financial aid provided under this Article, shall

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be no less than 85% of the federal poverty level in effect
for the month aid is paid.
(2) Beginning July 1, 2025, total monthly income,
including financial aid provided under this Article, shall
be no less than 90% of the federal poverty level in effect
for the month aid is paid.
(3) Beginning July 1, 2026, total monthly income,
including financial aid provided under this Article, shall
be no less than 95% of the federal poverty level for the
month aid is paid.
(4) Beginning on and after July 1, 2027, total monthly
income, including financial aid provided under this
Article, shall be no less than 100% of the federal poverty
level in effect for the month aid is paid.
The provisions of this Section shall not result in any
reduction in the amount of aid payable to a person determined
eligible for aid prior to July 1, 2024.
As used in this subsection, "federal poverty level" means
the 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).
(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 98-674, eff. 6-30-14.)