Bill Text: IL SB1893 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1893 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1893-Amended.html

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Sen. Andy Manar

Filed: 3/15/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1893
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1893 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 4-23 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/4-23)
Sec. 4-23. Civil rights impact statement.
(a) The Department of Human Services must submit to the
Governor and the General Assembly on January 1 of each
even-numbered year a written report that details the disparate
impact of various provisions of the TANF program on people of
different racial or ethnic groups who identify themselves in an
application for benefits as any of the following:
(1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
America, including Central America, and who maintains

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tribal affiliation or community attachment).
(2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
(3) Black or African American (a person having origins
in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
"Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
African American".
(4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
culture or origin, regardless of race).
(5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a person
having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii,
Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
(6) White (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North
Africa).
(b) The report must at least compare the number of persons
in each group:
(1) who are receiving TANF assistance;
(2) whose 60-month lifetime limit on receiving
assistance has expired;
(3) who have left TANF due to earned income;
(4) who have left TANF due to non-compliance with

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program rules;
(5) whose TANF grants have been reduced by sanctions
for non-compliance with program rules;
(6) who have returned to TANF 6 months after leaving
due to earned income;
(7) who have returned to TANF 12 months after leaving
due to earned income;
(8) who have one or more children excluded from
receiving TANF cash assistance due to the child exclusion
rule;
(9) who have been granted an exemption from work
requirements; and
(10) who are participating in post-secondary education
activities; and .
(11) who have lost or have had TANF benefits reduced
due to non-compliance with education requirements.
(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".