Chapter 305 — PUBLIC AID

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.11) Sec. 10-17.11. Requests to other states for administrative enforcement. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to other states' child support enforcement agencies of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.12) Sec. 10-17.12. Compromise of assigned child support arrearages. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide by rule for compromise of debt owed to the State in the form of child support arrearages and interest accrued on child support arrear…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.13) Sec. 10-17.13. Vehicle immobilization and impoundment. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to municipalities of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order entered by a court or administrative body of this o…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.14) Sec. 10-17.14. Denial of passports. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to the United States Department of Health and Human Services of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order entered by a court or admin…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.15) Sec. 10-17.15. Certification of information to State gaming licensees. (a) For purposes of this Section, "State gaming licensee" means, as applicable, an organization licensee or advance deposit wagering licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.2) Sec. 10-17.2. Income Withholding By Administrative Order. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for entry of an administrative support order containing income withholding provisions and for service and enforcement of an incom…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.3) Sec. 10-17.3. Federal Income Tax Refund Intercept. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to the United States Department of Health and Human Services of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.4) Sec. 10-17.4. Security, Bond or Guarantee to Secure Payment. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for the requiring of, or for the requesting of the court to require, a responsible relative to post security, bond or give som…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.5) Sec. 10-17.5. State Income Tax Refund and Other Payment Intercept. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to the Comptroller of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order entered by …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.6) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.6) Sec. 10-17.6. Certification of Information to Licensing Agencies. (a) The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to any State licensing agency to suspend, revoke, or deny issuance or renewal of licenses because o…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.7) Sec. 10-17.7. Administrative determination of paternity. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for the administrative determination of paternity by the Child and Spouse Support Unit in cases involving applicants for or recipients of financial aid under …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.8) Sec. 10-17.8. New birth certificate. The Illinois Department shall notify the Department of Public Health of a final determination of parentage and a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity made under the rules authorized by Section 10-17.7, and the Department …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.9) Sec. 10-17.9. Past due support information to State Department of Revenue. (a) The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to the Illinois Department of Revenue of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order entered …

(305 ILCS 5/10-18) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-18) Sec. 10-18. Recoveries-Deductibility of Direct Relatives' Support Payment.) In any actions for the recovery of the financial aid, including actions for the enforcement of estate and lien claims, amounts contributed by responsible relat…

(305 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-19) Sec. 10-19. Support Payments Ordered Under Other Laws; where deposited. The Illinois Department and local governmental units are authorized to receive payments directed by court order for the support of recipients, as provided in the f…

(305 ILCS 5/10-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-2) Sec. 10-2. Extent of liability. A husband is liable for the support of his wife and a wife for the support of her husband. Unless the child is otherwise emancipated, the parents are severally liable for the support of any child under age…

(305 ILCS 5/10-20) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-20) Sec. 10-20. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-02.)

(305 ILCS 5/10-21) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-21) Sec. 10-21. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-02.)

(305 ILCS 5/10-22) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-22) Sec. 10-22. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-1172. Repealed by P.A. 90-790, eff. 8-14-98.)

(305 ILCS 5/10-23) Sec. 10-23. Employer obligations. If a parent is required by a court or administrative order for support to provide coverage for a child's health care expenses and if that coverage is available to the parent through an employer who does business in this State, …

(305 ILCS 5/10-24) Sec. 10-24. Definitions. In this Section through Section 10-24.50: "Account" means a demand deposit account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit account, or money market mutual fund account. "Financial institution" inc…

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.30) Sec. 10-24.30. Types of accounts to be reported. The reporting requirements of Section 10-24.5 regarding accounts as defined in Section 10-24 apply to individual accounts, joint accounts, and sole proprietorship accounts. In the case of a joint account, the …

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.35) Sec. 10-24.35. Accommodation of financial institutions. The Illinois Department shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate those financial institutions on which the requirements of this Article X would impose a hardship. In the case of a non-automated fin…

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.40) Sec. 10-24.40. Financial institution's charges on account. (a) If the Illinois Department requests a financial institution to hold or encumber assets in an account as defined in Section 10-24, the financial institution at which the account as defined in Sect…

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.45) Sec. 10-24.45. Confidentiality. All information provided by a financial institution under Sections 10-24 through 10-24.50 is confidential and may be used only for the purpose of enforcing payment of child support. The Illinois Department shall adopt rules to…

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.5) Sec. 10-24.5. Financial institutions data matches. (a) The Illinois Department may design and implement a data match system pursuant to which the Illinois Department shall enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business in this State for the …

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.50) Sec. 10-24.50. Financial institution's freedom from liability. A financial institution that provides information under Sections 10-24 through 10-24.50 shall not be liable to any account holder, owner, or other person in any civil, criminal, or administrative…

(305 ILCS 5/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Administrative liens and levies on real property for past-due child support and for fines against a payor who wilfully fails to withhold or pay over income pursuant to a properly served income withholding notice or otherwise fails to comply with any…

(305 ILCS 5/10-25.5) Sec. 10-25.5. Administrative liens and levies on personal property for past-due child support and for fines against a payor who wilfully fails to withhold or pay over income pursuant to a properly served income withholding notice or otherwise fails to comply …

(305 ILCS 5/10-26) Sec. 10-26. State Disbursement Unit. (a) Effective October 1, 1999 the Illinois Department shall establish a State Disbursement Unit in accordance with the requirements of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The Illinois Department shall enter into an agreem…

(305 ILCS 5/10-26.2) Sec. 10-26.2. Contracts concerning the operation of the State Disbursement Unit. (a) In this Section: "Contract" has the same meaning as in the Illinois Procurement Code. "SDU contractor" means any public or private entity or individual with whom the Illinois…

(305 ILCS 5/10-26.5) Sec. 10-26.5. Delayed payment from State Disbursement Unit. (a) In this Section, "adversely affected recipient of support" means a person who meets all of the following criteria: (1) The person is entitled to disbursement of a child support payment from the S…

(305 ILCS 5/10-27) Sec. 10-27. State Case Registry. (a) The Illinois Department shall establish an automated State Case Registry to contain records concerning child support orders for parties receiving child support enforcement services under this Article X, and for all child sup…

(305 ILCS 5/10-28) Sec. 10-28. Notice of child support enforcement services. The Illinois Department may provide notice at any time to the parties to a judicial action filed under this Code, or under any other law providing for support of a spouse or dependent child, that child s…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3) Sec. 10-3. Standard and Regulations for Determining Ability to Support. The Illinois Department shall establish a standard by which shall be measured the ability of responsible relatives to provide support, and shall implement the standa…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3.1) Sec. 10-3.1. Child and Spouse Support Unit. The Illinois Department shall establish within its administrative staff a Child and Spouse Support Unit to search for and locate absent parents and spouses liable for the support of persons…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3.2) Sec. 10-3.2. Parent Locator Service. The Illinois Department through its Child and Spouse Support Unit shall enter into agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services or his designee under which the services of the federa…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3.3) Sec. 10-3.3. Locating support obligor and others; penalties. (a) Upon request by the Child and Spouse Support Unit, employers, labor unions, cellular telephone companies, and telephone companies shall provide location information concerning putative fathers an…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3.4) Sec. 10-3.4. Obtaining location information. (a) The Illinois Department shall enter into agreements with the Illinois State Police and the Secretary of State to obtain location information on persons for the purpose of establishing paternity, and establishing…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3.5) Sec. 10-3.5. Connecting parents to available resources. Beginning July 1, 2025, subject to appropriation and the availability of federal matching funds for the costs to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the implementation of this Section, th…

(305 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-4) Sec. 10-4. Notification of Support Obligation. The administrative enforcement unit within the authorized area of its operation shall notify each responsible relative of an applicant or recipient, or responsible relatives of other persons…

(305 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-5) Sec. 10-5. Declarations by Responsible Relatives-Penalty. Information requested of responsible relatives shall be submitted on forms or questionnaires prescribed by the Illinois Department or local governmental units, as the case may be,…

(305 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-6) Sec. 10-6. Investigation and Determination. The administrative enforcement unit shall review the forms or questionnaires returned by each responsible relative and supplement the information provided therein, where required, by such addit…

(305 ILCS 5/10-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-7) Sec. 10-7. Notice of support due. (a) When an administrative enforcement unit has determined that a responsible relative is financially able to contribute to the support of an applicant or recipient, the responsible relative shall be not…

(305 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-8) Sec. 10-8. Support Payments - Partial Support - Full Support. The notice to responsible relatives issued pursuant to Section 10-7 shall direct payment (a) to the Illinois Department in cases of applicants and recipients under Articles II…

(305 ILCS 5/10-8.1) Sec. 10-8.1. Temporary order for child support. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, pending the outcome of an administrative determination of parentage, the Illinois Department shall issue a temporary order for child support, upon motion by a party …

(305 ILCS 5/10-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-9) Sec. 10-9. Alternative Actions to Enforce Support. If a responsible relative fails or refuses to furnish support, or contributes less than the amount indicated by the determination, the administrative enforcement unit shall take action t…

(305 ILCS 5/10-9.5) Sec. 10-9.5. Access to records. In any hearing, case, appeal, or other matter arising out of the provisions concerning the determination and enforcement of the support responsibility of relatives, an obligor or obligee, or their legal representatives, shall be…

(305 ILCS 5/11-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-1) Sec. 11-1. No discrimination). There shall be no discrimination or denial of financial aid and social services on account of the race, religion, color, national origin, sex, marital status, or political affiliation of any applicant or re…

(305 ILCS 5/11-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-10) Sec. 11-10. Names furnished other agencies. Whenever, under provisions of law, names and addresses of recipients of public aid are furnished to or held by any other agency or department of government, the agency or department of govern…