Bill Text: IL SB2722 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum benefit levels under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program shall be annually adjusted to remain equal to at least 40% (rather than 35%) of the most recent poverty guidelines updated periodically by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2722 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2722-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2722 Introduced 1/12/2024, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.11 from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum benefit levels under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program shall be annually adjusted to remain equal to at least 40% (rather than 35%) of the most recent poverty guidelines updated periodically by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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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 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 12-4.11 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.11)
Sec. 12-4.11. Grant amounts. The Department, with due
regard for and subject to budgetary limitations, shall
establish grant amounts for each of the programs, by
regulation. The grant amounts may vary by program, size of
assistance unit and geographic area. Grant amounts under the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program may not
vary on the basis of a TANF recipient's county of residence.
Aid payments shall not be reduced except: (1) for changes
in the cost of items included in the grant amounts, or (2) for
changes in the expenses of the recipient, or (3) for changes in
the income or resources available to the recipient, or (4) for
changes in grants resulting from adoption of a consolidated
grant amount.
The maximum benefit levels provided to TANF recipients
shall increase as follows: beginning October 1, 2023, the
Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts
in effect on September 30, 2023 to at least 35% of the most

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recent United States Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Poverty Guidelines for each family size. Beginning
October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum
benefit levels shall be annually adjusted to remain equal to
at least 40% 35% of the most recent 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) for each family size.
TANF grants for child-only assistance units shall be at
least 75% of TANF grants for assistance units of the same size
that consist of a caretaker relative with children.
In fixing standards to govern payments or reimbursements
for funeral and burial expenses, the Department shall
establish a minimum allowable amount of not less than $1,000
for Department payment of funeral services and not less than
$500 for Department payment of burial or cremation services.
On January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the
Department shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for
funeral and burial expenses under this Section by a percentage
equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers, if any, during the 12 months
immediately preceding that January 1 or July 1. In
establishing the minimum allowable amount, the Department
shall take into account the services essential to a dignified,
low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation, including
reasonable amounts that may be necessary for burial space and

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