Chapter 305, PUBLIC AID

(305 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-6) Sec. 3-6. Entitlement to medical assistance. Persons qualified for financial aid for basic maintenance shall be entitled to receive, under Article V, all necessary medical assistance. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)

(305 ILCS 5/3-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-7) Sec. 3-7. Entitlement to Social Services. Persons qualified for financial aid for basic maintenance shall be entitled to receive, under Article IX, such rehabilitative, training or other social services as are appropriate. (Source: P.A. 82…

(305 ILCS 5/3-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-8) Sec. 3-8. Funeral and burial. If the estate of a deceased recipient is insufficient to pay for funeral and burial expenses, and if no other resources, including assistance from legally responsible relatives, are available for such purposes…

(305 ILCS 5/3-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-9) Sec. 3-9. Claim against the estate of a deceased recipient. On the death of a person who has been a recipient, the total amount paid under this Article shall be filed and allowed as a claim against that person's estate or as a claim agains…

(305 ILCS 42/30) Sec. 30. Criteria for high-risk areas. In determining whether a particular geographic area is a high-risk area and eligible for a grant, the Secretary may consider factors including but not limited to the following: (1) Whether 50% or more of those potentially el…

(305 ILCS 80/30) Sec. 30. Disbursement request requirements. (a) A disbursement request shall include: (1) the name and address of the eligible survivor and his or her relationship to the child victim; (2) the date and nature of the crime on which the disbursement request is base…

(305 ILCS 60/30) Sec. 30. Authorized providers. Providers authorized to deliver services under the program shall include licensed hospice agencies or home health agencies licensed to provide hospice care or entities with demonstrated expertise in pediatric palliative care and wil…

(305 ILCS 44/30) Sec. 30. Capacity-building grants. The Illinois Farm to Food Bank Program shall distribute capacity-building grants for facility upgrades, equipment, or other investments necessary to support the objectives of the program and allow for the proper pickup, storage,…

(305 ILCS 21/30) Sec. 30. Application of Retailers' Occupation Tax provisions. All the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act that are not inconsistent with this Act app…

(305 ILCS 80/35) Sec. 35. Additional materials requested. If a funeral establishment or cemetery authority does not submit all materials substantiating its disbursement request as requested by the Department, the Department shall notify the establishment in writing of the specifi…

(305 ILCS 60/35) Sec. 35. Interdisciplinary team; services. Subject to federal approval for matching funds, the reimbursable services offered under the program shall be provided by an interdisciplinary team, operating under the direction of a program medical director, and shall i…

(305 ILCS 42/35) Sec. 35. Reports. The Secretary shall report on or before January 1 of each year to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the implementation of this Act. The report shall include information as to community organizations funded through grants, the effe…

(305 ILCS 21/35) Sec. 35. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 102-262, eff. 8-6-21; text omitted.)

(305 ILCS 44/35) Sec. 35. Rulemaking. The Department shall adopt rules to implement the program. These rules shall include, but are not limited to: (1) eligible costs related to acquisition and distribution of food, including, but not limited to, picking, packing, processing, and…

(305 ILCS 60/37) Sec. 37. Medical assistance program standards for pediatric palliative care services. The Department, in consultation with interested stakeholders, shall establish standards for the provision of pediatric palliative care services under the medical assistance prog…

(305 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1404) Sec. 4. Energy Assistance Program. (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is hereby authorized to institute a program to ensure the availability and affordability of heating and electric service to low income citizens…

(305 ILCS 5/4-0.5) Sec. 4-0.5. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program inoperative after June 30, 1997. The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program shall be inoperative after June 30, 1997. Under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Children Program t…

(305 ILCS 5/4-0.6) Sec. 4-0.6. Reference to AFDC considered a reference to TANF. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, any reference to Aid to Families with Dependent Children or AFDC shall be considered to be a reference to Temporary Assistance for Need…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1) Sec. 4-1. Eligibility requirements. Financial aid in meeting basic maintenance requirements for a livelihood compatible with health and well-being shall be given under this Article to or in behalf of families with dependent children who me…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.1) Sec. 4-1.1. Child age eligibility. (a) Every assistance unit must include a child, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c). The child or children must have already been born and be under age 18, or, if age 18, must be a full-time…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.10) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.10) Sec. 4-1.10. Acceptance of Assignment to Job Search, Training and Work Programs. An individual for whom the job search, training and work programs established under Article IXA are applicable must accept assignment to such programs. …

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.12) Sec. 4-1.12. Five year limitation. No assistance unit shall be eligible for a cash grant under this Article if it includes an adult who has received cash assistance as an adult for 60 months, whether or not consecutive, after the effective date of this amendat…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.2) Sec. 4-1.2. Living Arrangements - Parents - Relatives - Foster Care. (a) The child or children must (1) be living with his or their father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsis…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.2a) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.2a) Sec. 4-1.2a. Residents of public institutions. Residents of municipal, county, state or national institutions for persons with mental illness or persons with a developmental disability or for the tuberculous, or residents of a home o…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.2c) Sec. 4-1.2c. Residence of child who is pregnant or a parent. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, no aid shall be paid under this Article on behalf of a person under age 18 who has never married and who has a child or is pregnant, unless that …

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.5a) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.5a) Sec. 4-1.5a. Multiple convictions for violations of this Code. To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found guilty of a second violation of Article VIIIA or under any law of the United States or of any State which is s…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.6) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.6) Sec. 4-1.6. Need. Income available to the family as defined by the Illinois Department by rule, or to the child in the case of a child removed from his or her home, when added to contributions in money, substance or services from other…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.6b) Sec. 4-1.6b. Date for providing aid; employability assessment. (a) The Department shall provide financial aid no more than 45 days after the date of application. (b) During the first 45 days after the date of application, the applicant shall undergo a thorough…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.7) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.7) Sec. 4-1.7. Enforcement of parental child support obligation. If the parent or parents of the child are failing to meet or are delinquent in their legal obligation to support the child, the parent or other person having custody of the …

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.8) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.8) Sec. 4-1.8. Registration for and Acceptance of Employment. Individuals who are unemployed, or employed for less than the full working time for the occupation in which they are engaged, and dependent members of the family age 16 or over…

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.9) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.9) Sec. 4-1.9. Participation in Educational and Vocational Training Programs. (a) A parent or parents and a child age 16 or over not in regular attendance in school, as defined in Section 4-1.1 as that Section existed on August 26, 1969 (…

(305 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-10) Sec. 4-10. Funeral and burial. If the estate of a deceased recipient is insufficient to pay for funeral and burial expenses, and if no other resources, including assistance from legally responsible relatives, are available for such purpo…

(305 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-11) Sec. 4-11. Charge of child. Public officials, agents, or representatives, in carrying out any of the provisions of this Article, shall not take charge of any child over the objection of either of the child's parents, or of the persons st…

(305 ILCS 5/4-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-12) Sec. 4-12. Crisis assistance. Where a family has been (1) rendered homeless or threatened with homelessness by fire, flood, other natural disaster, eviction or court order to vacate the premises for reasons other than nonpayment of rent,…

(305 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-2) Sec. 4-2. Amount of aid. (a) The amount and nature of financial aid shall be determined in accordance with the grant amounts, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department. Due regard shall be given to the self-sufficiency requirements …

(305 ILCS 5/4-21) Sec. 4-21. Sanctions. (a) The Illinois Department shall, by rule, establish a system of sanctions for persons who fail to cooperate, without good cause, with employment and training programs or other programs under this Article or Article IXA or who fail to coop…

(305 ILCS 5/4-22) Sec. 4-22. Domestic and sexual violence. (a) Findings and policy. The General Assembly finds that it is the policy of the State of Illinois that: (1) no individual or family should be forced to remain in a violent living situation or place themselves or others a…

(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 progr…

(305 ILCS 5/4-3a) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-3a) Sec. 4-3a. No otherwise qualified child with a disability receiving special education and related services under Article 14 of The School Code shall solely by reason of his or her disability be excluded from the participation in or be de…

(305 ILCS 5/4-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-4) Sec. 4-4. Entitlement to medical assistance. Children and adults qualified for aid shall be entitled to receive, under Article V, all necessary medical assistance. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)

(305 ILCS 5/4-4.1) Sec. 4-4.1. Immunizations. (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) shall develop and implement and that Department and the Department of Human Services shall jointly continue by rule a program to ensure …

(305 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-7) Sec. 4-7. Home Visits, Interviews or Communications. Each family receiving aid shall be interviewed in person or communicated with in investigations of applications for aid and at least once in each subsequent 12 month period to ascertain …

(305 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-8) Sec. 4-8. Mismanagement of assistance grant. (a) If the County Department has reason to believe that the money payment for basic maintenance is not being used, or may not be used, in the best interests of the child and the family and that …

(305 ILCS 5/4-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-9) Sec. 4-9. Protective payment to substitute payee. If the parent or other grantee relative persistently mismanages the grant to the detriment of the child and the family but there is reason to believe that, with specialized counseling and g…

(305 ILCS 21/40) Sec. 40. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 102-262, eff. 8-6-21; text omitted.)

(305 ILCS 42/40) Sec. 40. Performance contingent on funding. The performance of activities required by this Act is contingent on the appropriation of funds for the purpose of nutrition outreach and public education. (Source: P.A. 93-555, eff. 1-1-04.)

(305 ILCS 80/40) Sec. 40. Amount of disbursement. (a) The total amount of disbursement for funeral and burial expenses for a child victim shall be no more than $10,000, to be apportioned between the funeral establishment and cemetery authority by those eligible survivors authoriz…

(305 ILCS 60/40) Sec. 40. Administration. (a) The Department shall oversee the administration of the program. The Department, in consultation with interested stakeholders, shall determine the appropriate process for review of referrals and enrollment of qualifying children. (b) T…

(305 ILCS 80/45) Sec. 45. Prohibition against double payment; recordkeeping; payment recapture. (a) If any funeral and burial expenses are paid under this Act, no award for such assistance shall be granted to any party in relation to funeral and burial expenses for the same child…

(305 ILCS 60/45) Sec. 45. Report. After the program has been in place for 3 years, the Department shall prepare a report for the General Assembly concerning the program's outcomes effectiveness and shall also make recommendations for program improvement, including, but not limite…