Bill Text: IL SB1710 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the Illinois State Police (ISP) to allow the Department's database of public aid recipients to cross-reference with ISP's database of outstanding criminal warrants. Further provides that public aid recipients who are found to have an outstanding criminal warrant 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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1710 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1710-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1710 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.7b-1 new
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the Illinois State Police (ISP) to allow the Department's database of public aid recipients to cross-reference with ISP's database of outstanding criminal warrants. Further provides that public aid recipients who are found to have an outstanding criminal warrant 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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
SB1710 LRB100 10016 KTG 20188 b
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. Criminal warrants database. The
Department of Human Services shall enter into an agreement with
the Illinois State Police (ISP) to allow the Department's
database of public aid recipients to cross-reference with ISP's
database of outstanding criminal warrants. Public aid
recipients who are found to have an outstanding criminal
warrant 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
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.