Chapter 305, PUBLIC AID

(305 ILCS 5/11-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-5) Sec. 11-5. Investigation of applications. The County Department or local governmental unit shall promptly, upon receipt of an application, make the necessary investigation, as prescribed by rule of the Illinois Department, for determinin…

(305 ILCS 5/11-5.1) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-470) Sec. 11-5.1. Eligibility verification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, with respect to applications for medical assistance provided under Article V of this Code, eligibility shall be determined in a manner …

(305 ILCS 5/11-5.2) Sec. 11-5.2. Income, Residency, and Identity Verification System. (a) The Department shall ensure that its proposed integrated eligibility system shall include the computerized functions of income, residency, and identity eligibility verification to verify eli…

(305 ILCS 5/11-5.3) Sec. 11-5.3. Procurement of vendor to verify eligibility for assistance under Article V. (a) No later than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Chief Procurement Officer for General Services, in consultation…

(305 ILCS 5/11-5.4) Sec. 11-5.4. Expedited long-term care eligibility determination and enrollment. (a) Establishment of the expedited long-term care eligibility determination and enrollment system shall be a joint venture of the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and F…

(305 ILCS 5/11-5.5) Sec. 11-5.5. Streamlining enrollment into the Medicare Savings Program. (a) The Department shall investigate how to align the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy and Medicare Savings Program eligibility criteria. (b) The Department shall issue a report making r…

(305 ILCS 5/11-5.6) Sec. 11-5.6. Medicare Part A Buy-In Agreement Report. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall study the impact to the State and recipients of entering into a Medicare Part A Buy-In Agreement for qualified Medicare beneficiaries with the federal …

(305 ILCS 5/11-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-6) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-598) Sec. 11-6. Decisions on applications. Within 10 days after a decision is reached on an application, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision. If the applicant resides i…

(305 ILCS 5/11-6.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-6.1) Sec. 11-6.1. Report of loss. (a) (Blank). (b) (Blank). (c) The payee of a grant under this Code shall immediately report to the Illinois Department the theft or other loss of any instrument used in making a grant payment. (Source: P.…

(305 ILCS 5/11-6.2) Sec. 11-6.2. Electronic fingerprinting. (a) The Illinois Department may implement a program to prevent multiple enrollments of aid recipients through the use of an electronic automated 2-digit fingerprint matching identification system in local offices. The Il…

(305 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-7) Sec. 11-7. Notice of decisions to terminate aid - determination and notice of other medical assistance available - additional notice in cases of blind persons. Whenever decision is made to terminate aid, the recipient shall be notified i…

(305 ILCS 5/11-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8) Sec. 11-8. Appeals - to whom taken. Applicants or recipients of aid may, at any time within 60 days after the decision of the County Department or local governmental unit, as the case may be, appeal a decision denying or terminating aid,…

(305 ILCS 5/11-8.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8.1) Sec. 11-8.1. Appellants' rights. (a) Upon receipt of an appeal the Illinois Department, Public Aid Committee, or Commissioner of Appeals, as the case may be, shall review the case. The appellant shall be entitled to appear in person …

(305 ILCS 5/11-8.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8.2) Sec. 11-8.2. Venue; depositions. The appeal shall be heard in the county where the appellant resides. However, if the appellant is outside the State, the Illinois Department, Public Aid Committee, or Commissioner of Appeals, as the c…

(305 ILCS 5/11-8.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8.3) Sec. 11-8.3. Hearing officers - Subpoenas. Any qualified officer or employee of the Illinois Department, a County Board, or member of the staff of a Commissioner of Appeals, as the case may be, designated in writing to so act by the …

(305 ILCS 5/11-8.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8.4) Sec. 11-8.4. Hearings not bound by technical rules of evidence or procedure. The Illinois Department, Public Aid Committees and Commissioner of Appeals shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence, or by technical …

(305 ILCS 5/11-8.6) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8.6) Sec. 11-8.6. Decision - time and effect. A decision on appeal shall be given to the interested parties within 90 days from the date of the filing of the appeal, unless additional time is required for a proper disposition of the appea…

(305 ILCS 5/11-8.7) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8.7) Sec. 11-8.7. Judicial review. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as amended, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final administrative decisions of…

(305 ILCS 5/11-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-9) Sec. 11-9. Protection of records; exceptions. For the protection of applicants and recipients, the Illinois Department, the county departments and local governmental units and their respective officers and employees are prohibited, excep…

(305 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-1) Sec. 12-1. Administration of Code; Department of Healthcare and Family Services. (a) This Code shall be administered by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department o…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-10) Sec. 12-10. DHS Special Purposes Trust Fund; uses. The DHS Special Purposes Trust Fund, to be held outside the State treasury by the State Treasurer as ex officio custodian, shall consist of (1) any federal grants received under Sectio…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-10.1) Sec. 12-10.1. Local Initiative Fund - Uses. There is hereby created the Local Initiative Fund in the State Treasury. The Local Initiative Fund is created for the purpose of receiving and disbursing monies in accordance with the pro…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.10) Sec. 12-10.10. HFS Technology Initiative Fund. (a) The HFS Technology Initiative Fund is hereby created as a trust fund within the State treasury with the State Treasurer as the ex-officio custodian of the Fund. (b) The Department of Healthcare and Family Se…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-10.2) Sec. 12-10.2. The Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. (a) The Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund, to be held by the State Treasurer as ex-officio custodian outside the State Treasury, pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement P…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.2a) Sec. 12-10.2a. Child Support Administrative Fund. (a) Beginning July 1, 2002, the Child Support Administrative Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund may be used, subject to appropriation, only for the Department of Healt…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-10.3) Sec. 12-10.3. Employment and Training Fund; uses. (a) The Employment and Training Fund is hereby created in the State treasury for the purpose of receiving and disbursing moneys in accordance with the provisions of Title IV-A of th…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.4) Sec. 12-10.4. Juvenile Rehabilitation Services Medicaid Matching Fund. There is created in the State Treasury the Juvenile Rehabilitation Services Medicaid Matching Fund. Deposits to this Fund shall consist of all moneys received from the federal government f…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.5) Sec. 12-10.5. Medical Special Purposes Trust Fund. (a) The Medical Special Purposes Trust Fund ("the Fund") is created. Any grant, gift, donation, or legacy of money or securities that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services is authorized to receive …

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.6) Sec. 12-10.6. Medicaid Buy-In Program Revolving Fund. (a) The Medicaid Buy-In Program Revolving Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund shall consist of cost-sharing payments made by individuals pursuant to the Medicaid Buy-In Progra…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.7) Sec. 12-10.7. The Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust Fund. The Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust Fund shall consist of (i) moneys appropriated or transferred into the Fund, pursuant to statute, (ii) federal financial participation moneys received…

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.7a) Sec. 12-10.7a. The Money Follows the Person Budget Transfer Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury. (a) Notwithstanding any State law to the contrary, the following moneys shall be deposited into the Fund: (1) enhanced federal financi…

(305 ILCS 5/12-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-11) Sec. 12-11. Deposits by State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall deposit moneys received by him as ex-officio custodian of the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund and the DHS Special Purposes Trust Fund in banks or savings and loan …

(305 ILCS 5/12-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-12) Sec. 12-12. Collection of claims; enforcement of penalty provisions. (a) The Illinois Department shall pursue the legal procedure necessary to collect the claims and enforce the penalty provisions provided in any Section or Article of …

(305 ILCS 5/12-12.1) Sec. 12-12.1. Deadbeats most wanted list. (a) The Director may disclose a "deadbeats most wanted list" of individuals who are in arrears in their child support obligations under an Illinois court order or administrative order. The list shall include only thos…

(305 ILCS 5/12-13) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-13) Sec. 12-13. Rules and regulations. The Department shall make all rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the provisions of this Code, to the end that its spirit and purpose may be ac…

(305 ILCS 5/12-13.05) Sec. 12-13.05. Rules for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. All rules regulating the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and all other rules regulating the amendatory changes to this Code made by this amendatory Act of 1997 shall be promulg…

(305 ILCS 5/12-13.1) Sec. 12-13.1. Inspector General. (a) The Governor shall appoint, and the Senate shall confirm, an Inspector General who shall function within the Illinois Department of Public Aid (now Healthcare and Family Services) and report to the Governor. The term of th…

(305 ILCS 5/12-13.2) Sec. 12-13.2. Two-year financial plans. (a) On or before September 30, 1994, the Illinois Department shall submit to the General Assembly an initial 2-year financial plan with respect to the Illinois Department's administration and financing of the State's Me…

(305 ILCS 5/12-13.3) Sec. 12-13.3. Transitional jobs; pilot program. Subject to appropriations or other funding, the Department of Human Services may establish a pilot program to place hard-to-employ persons, including persons who have been released from a county jail or a facili…

(305 ILCS 5/12-13.4) Sec. 12-13.4. Materials on nutritional health. The Department of Human Services, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop materials and resources on nutritional health for distribution to new enrollees in the TANF program under Artic…

(305 ILCS 5/12-14.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-14.1) Sec. 12-14.1. Audit by Auditor General. The Auditor General shall conduct a post audit to determine if the Department has complied with the requirements of Section 5-5.9 of this Code. The audit required by this Section shall be in …

(305 ILCS 5/12-15) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-15) Sec. 12-15. Civil Recoveries. Any person, firm, corporation, association, agency, institution or other legal entity who, without intent to violate this Code, obtains benefits or payments under this Code to which he or it is not entitle…

(305 ILCS 5/12-16) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-16) Sec. 12-16. Public Aid Claims Enforcement Division of Office of Attorney General. The Public Aid Claims Enforcement Division in the Office of the Attorney General, established pursuant to the 1949 Code, shall institute in behalf of the…

(305 ILCS 5/12-19) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-19) Sec. 12-19. County welfare services committees; membership. If a county welfare services committee is formed in a county of less than 3,000,000 population, the committee may consist of not more than 10 members appointed by the Illinois…

(305 ILCS 5/12-19.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-19.1) Sec. 12-19.1. Appointments-Terms-Vacancy. In counties of less than 3 million population, the Illinois Department shall appoint 3 members of the County Welfare Services Committee on July 1, 1967; 4 members on July 1, 1968; and 3 mem…

(305 ILCS 5/12-19.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-19.2) Sec. 12-19.2. Organization of committee. The county welfare services committee, at its first meeting in each calendar year, shall organize by electing from its membership a chairman and vice chairman. These officers shall serve a t…

(305 ILCS 5/12-19.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-19.3) Sec. 12-19.3. Information to committee. The County Department shall furnish each member of the County Welfare Services Committee, upon such member's request, a copy of the existing regulations and of all changes of regulations pert…

(305 ILCS 5/12-19.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-19.5) Sec. 12-19.5. Advisory functions; reports. The County Welfare Services Committee shall advise the County Department in relation to the administration of its functions and duties. The Committee shall also advise the Illinois Departm…

(305 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-2) Sec. 12-2. County departments. The County Departments, under the supervision and direction of the Illinois Department and subject to its rules and regulations, shall locally administer the programs provided by Articles III, IV, and V of …

(305 ILCS 5/12-21) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-21) Sec. 12-21. Administration in local Governmental Units. Administration of the public aid programs for which responsibility is vested in local governmental units under Article VI shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 12…