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Article XI - General Provisions Pertaining To Rights And Responsibilities Of Applicants And Recipients

      (305 ILCS 5/Art. XI heading)ARTICLE XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS

(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 recipient. This paragraph shall not prevent the Department from treating individuals differently as a result of the rights and responsibilities that arise under law from marital status.     Participation in any marriage promotion or family formation activity is voluntary. Non‑participation shall not affect any person's eligibility for or receipt of financial aid or social services in any program under this Code.     Where financial aid or social services are granted to certain classes of persons under a program for which federal funds are available, nothing in this Section shall require granting of financial aid or social services to other persons where federal funds would not be available as to those other persons. (Source: P.A. 93‑598, eff. 8‑26‑03.)

(305 ILCS 5/11‑2) (from Ch. 23, par. 11‑2)     Sec. 11‑2. Conduct of administrative staff. Every person administering any provision of this Code shall conduct himself or herself with courtesy, consideration and respect toward all applicants and recipients and perform duties in such manner as to secure for every applicant and recipient the aid and services to which the person may be entitled. Any applicant or recipient who feels he or she has not been treated properly by administrative staff or the Department in regard to the aforementioned conduct provisions shall be afforded the right to complain to the Department about such treatment. The Department shall advise applicants and recipients of this right through informational brochures and publicly posted information. Such complaints shall be treated confidentially and the Department and its employees shall not otherwise discriminate against any applicant or recipient because such individual complains about the conduct of Department staff. (Source: P.A. 82‑555.)

(305 ILCS 5/11‑2.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 11‑2.1)     Sec. 11‑2.1. No private business and vocational school, as defined in the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act, may solicit an applicant or recipient within a public aid office or within 100 feet of a public aid office, for the purpose of enrolling the applicant or recipient in a work or training program, without the express written consent of the Illinois Department. Any person violating this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. "Public aid office" for the purpose of this Section includes any business office of the Department where a person may apply for or receive benefits or services under this Code, the building in which such office is located, and any parking area connected to such office that is owned or leased by the State for the benefit of the Department for use by personnel of the Department or by applicants or recipients. (Source: P.A. 85‑1383.)

    (305 ILCS 5/11‑3)(from Ch. 23, par. 11‑3)
    Sec. 11‑3. Assignment and attachment of aid prohibited. Except as provided below in this Section and in Section 11‑3.3, all financial aid given under Articles III, IV, V, and VI and money payments for child care services provided by a child care provider under Articles IX and IXA shall not be subject to assignment, sale, attachment, garnishment, or otherwise. Provided, however, that a medical vendor may use his right to receive vendor payments as collateral for loans from financial institutions so long as such arrangements do not constitute any activity prohibited under Section 1902(a)(32) of the Social Security Act and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other applicable laws or regulations. Provided further, however, that a medical or other vendor or a service provider may assign, reassign, sell, pledge or grant a security interest in any such financial aid, vendor payments or money payments or grants which he has a right to receive to the Illinois Finance Authority, in connection with any financing program undertaken by the Illinois Finance Authority. Each Authority may utilize a trustee or agent to accept, accomplish, effectuate or realize upon any such assignment, reassignment, sale, pledge or grant on that Authority's behalf. Provided further, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Illinois Department from collecting any assessment, fee, interest or penalty due under Article V‑A, V‑B, V‑C, or V‑E by withholding financial aid as payment of such assessment, fee, interest, or penalty. Any alienation in contravention of this statute does not diminish and does not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any underlying obligations for which such alienation may have been made as collateral between the parties to the alienation. This amendatory Act shall be retroactive in application and shall pertain to obligations existing prior to its enactment.
(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)

    (305 ILCS 5/11‑3.1)(from Ch. 23, par. 11‑3.1)
    Sec. 11‑3.1. Any recipient of financial aid which is payable to the recipient at regular intervals may elect to have the aid deposited, and the Illinois Department of Human Services is authorized to deposit the aid, directly in the recipient's savings account or checking account or in any electronic benefits transfer account or accounts in a financial institution approved by the Illinois Department of Human Services and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department of Human Services. The Illinois Department of Human Services and any electronic benefits transfer financial institutions or contractor shall encourage financial institutions to provide checking account and savings account services to recipients of public aid.
    Any recipient of financial aid or benefits distributed by means other than electronic benefits transfer under Articles III, IV, and VI of this Code may elect to receive the aid by means of direct deposit transmittals to his or her account maintained at a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union or by means of electronic benefits transfer in a financial institution approved by the Illinois Department of Human Services and in accordance with rules and regulations of the Illinois Department of Human Services. The Illinois Department of Human Services may distribute financial aid or food stamp benefits by means of electronic benefits transfer and may require recipients to receive financial aid or food stamp benefits by means of electronic benefits transfer, provided that any electronic benefits transfer made under this Section shall be accomplished in compliance with the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and any relevant rules promulgated thereunder. The Illinois Department of Human Services may provide for a method of compensation for services in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department of Human Services, the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer. The Illinois Department of Human Services shall require a convenient density of distribution points for recipients of public aid to have adequate options to access aid held in an electronic benefits transfer account. No fee may be charged to recipients for reasonable access to public aid benefits held in such an account. Deposits into a financial institution for electronic benefits transfer accounts shall be subject to community reinvestment and to serving public benefits recipients pursuant to relevant criteria of the State Treasurer, Comptroller, and the Illinois Department of Human Services. The Electronic Benefits Transfer Fund is hereby created for the purpose of electronically disbursing public aid benefits.
    The electronic benefits transfer contractor shall inform the Department of Human Services whenever it has distributed financial aid to individuals by means of electronic benefits transfer. The Illinois Department of Human Services shall determine the amount to be reimbursed to the contractor and shall direct the State Treasurer to transfer this portion of the amount previously vouchered by the Department of Human Services and approved by the Comptroller pursuant to Section 9.05(c) of the State Comptroller Act to the contractor from the Electronic Benefits Transfer Fund created under Section 9.05(b) of the State Comptroller Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department of Human Services, the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer.
(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)

(305 ILCS 5/11‑3.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 11‑3.2)     Sec. 11‑3.2. Upon the request of a penal or correctional facility, the Illinois Department shall cooperate in providing informational material and application forms concerning financial aid or social services under this Act to the facility and in providing an interview with the appropriate Public Aid office for persons incarcerated in such facility upon their release from the facility.     In consideration of any application for financial aid or social services of persons released from a penal or correctional institution, a permanent address shall not be required to establish residence in the determination of eligibility. Other requirements necessary to establish eligibility for assistance under this code shall apply. (Source: P.A. 82‑497.)

    (305 ILCS 5/11‑3.3)(from Ch. 23, par. 11‑3.3)
    Sec. 11‑3.3. Payment to provider or governmental agency or entity. Payments under this Code shall be made to the provider, except that the Department may issue or may agree to issue the payment directly to the Illinois Finance Authority or any other governmental agency or entity, including any bond trustee for that agency or entity, to whom the provider has assigned, reassigned, sold, pledged or granted a security interest in the payments that the provider has a right to receive, provided that the issuance or agreement to issue is not prohibited under Section 1902(a)(32) of the Social Security Act.
(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)

(305 ILCS 5/11‑4) (from Ch. 23, par. 11‑4)     Sec. 11‑4. Applications; assistance in making applications. An application for public assistance shall be deemed an application for all such benefits to which any person may be entitled except to the extent that the applicant expressly declines in writing to apply for particular benefits. The Illinois Department shall provide information in writing about all benefits provided under this Code to any person seeking public assistance. The Illinois Department shall also provide information in writing and orally to all applicants about an election to have financial aid deposited directly in a recipient's savings account or checking account or in any electronic benefits account or accounts as provided in Section 11‑3.1, to the extent that those elections are actually available, including information on any programs administered by the State Treasurer to facilitate or encourage the distribution of financial aid by direct deposit or electronic benefits transfer. The Illinois Department shall determine the applicant's eligibility for cash assistance, medical assistance and food stamps unless the applicant expressly declines in writing to apply for particular benefits. The Illinois Department shall adopt policies and procedures to facilitate timely changes between programs that result from changes in categorical eligibility factors.     The County departments, local governmental units and the Illinois Department shall assist applicants for public assistance to properly complete their applications. Such assistance shall include, but not be limited to, assistance in securing evidence in support of their eligibility. (Source: P.A. 88‑232.)

(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 determining the eligibility of the applicant for aid.     A report of every investigation shall be made in writing and become a part of the record in each case.     The Illinois Department may by rule prescribe the circumstances under which information furnished by applicants in respect to their eligibility may be presumed prima facie correct, subject to all civil and criminal penalties and recoveries provided in this Code if the additional investigation establishes that the applicant made false statements or was otherwise ineligible for aid. (Source: P.A. 93‑632, eff. 2‑1‑04.)

    (305 ILCS 5/11‑6)(from Ch. 23, par. 11‑6)
    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 in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or a supportive living facility authorized under Section 5‑5.01a, the facility shall also receive written notice of the decision, provided that the notification is related to a Department payment for services received by the applicant in the facility. Only facilities enrolled in and subject to a provider agreement under the medical assistance program under Article V may receive such notices of decisions. The Department shall consider eligibility for, and the notice shall contain a decision on, each of the following assistance programs for which the client may be eligible based on the information contained in the application: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Medical Assistance, Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled, General Assistance (in the City of Chicago), and food stamps. No decision shall be required for any assistance program for which the applicant has expressly declined in writing to apply. If the applicant is determined to be eligible, the notice shall include a statement of the amount of financial aid to be provided and a statement of the reasons for any partial grant amounts. If the applicant is determined ineligible for any public assistance the notice shall include the reason why the applicant is ineligible. If the application for any public assistance is denied, the notice shall include a statement defining the applicant's right to appeal the decision. The Illinois Department, by rule, shall determine the date on which assistance shall begin for applicants determined eligible. That date may be no later than 30 days after the date of the application.
    Under no circumstances may any application be denied solely to meet an application‑processing deadline.
(Source: P.A. 96‑206, eff. 1‑1‑10.)

(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.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)

(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 Illinois Department shall apply for any federal waivers or approvals necessary to conduct this program.     (b) The fingerprints or their electronic representations collected and maintained through the use of an automated fingerprint matching identification system as authorized by this Section may not be used, disclosed, or redisclosed for any purpose other than the prevention of multiple enrollments of aid recipients, may not be used or admitted in any criminal or civil investigation, prosecution, or proceeding, other than a proceeding pursuant to Article VIII‑A, and may not be disclosed in response to a subpoena or other compulsory legal process or warrant or upon the request or order of any agency, authority, division, office, or other private or public entity or person, except that nothing contained in this subsection prohibits disclosure in response to a subpoena issued by or on behalf of the applicant or recipient who is the subject of the record maintained as a part of the system. A person who knowingly makes or obtains any unauthorized disclosure of data collected and maintained under this Section through the use of an automated fingerprint matching identification system is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Data collected and maintained on the automated fingerprint matching identification system shall be subject to the provisions of this Code relating to unauthorized disclosure of confidential client information.     (c)   The system shall include the use of a photographic identification for every aid recipient. The Illinois Department shall insure that adequate training for county department staff involved with the program will be provided.     (d) The assistance programs affected by the electronic fingerprinting program shall be determined by rule. By applying or maintaining eligibility for those assistance programs, applicants and recipients must submit to the electronic collection of their fingerprints as an additional method of establishing eligibility. Applicants for and recipients of aid who fail to submit to electronic fingerprinting shall be declared ineligible for those assistance programs.     (e) This Section does not authorize or permit the termination, suspension, or diminution of aid except as elsewhere specifically authorized in this Code. If a proposed sanction is based on the use of an automated fingerprint matching identification system authorized pursuant to this Section, the sanction may not be imposed unless the Illinois Department has verified the multiple enrollment through an independent investigation.     (f) The Illinois Department shall conduct periodic audits to monitor compliance with all laws and regulations regarding the automated fingerprint matching identification system to insure that: (i) any records maintained as part of the system are accurate and complete; (ii) effective software and hardware designs have been instituted with security features to prevent unauthorized access to records; (iii) access to record information system facilities, systems operating environments, and data file contents, whether while in use or when stored in a media library, is restricted to authorized personnel; (iv) operational programs are used that will prohibit inquiry, record updates, or destruction of records from any terminal other than automated fingerprint matching identification system terminals that are so designated; (v) operational programs are used to detect and store for the output of designated Illinois Department and county department employees all unauthorized attempts to penetrate any electronic automated fingerprint matching identification system, program, or file; and (vi) adequate and timely procedures exist to insure the recipient's or applicant's right to access and review of records for the purpose of accuracy and completeness, including procedures for review of information maintained about those individuals and for administrative review (including procedures for administrative appeal) and necessary correction of any claim by the individual to whom the information relates that the information is inaccurate or incomplete. (Source: P.A. 90‑17, eff. 6‑19‑97; 91‑599, eff. 8‑14‑99.)

(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 in writing within 10 days following the decision. The notice shall set out the specific reasons for the termination. In the case of a blind person, the notice and statement of reasons shall be sent whenever aid is withdrawn, suspended, revoked, or in any way changed.     The notice shall include a statement defining the recipient's right to appeal.     Before any notice to terminate medical assistance is issued, the Illinois Department shall determine whether the recipient is newly eligible for any other medical assistance offered by the Illinois Department. For all recipients found eligible as a result of this determination for other medical assistance offered by the Illinois Department, the Illinois Department shall provide other medical assistance effective as of the date of the termination of the prior medical assistance. (Source: P.A. 87‑630.)

    (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, or granting aid in an amount which is deemed inadequate, or changing, cancelling, revoking or suspending grants as provided in Section 11‑16, or determining to make a protective payment under the provisions of Sections 3‑5a or 4‑9, or a decision by an administrative review board to impose administrative safeguards as provided in Section 8A‑8. An appeal shall also lie when an application is not acted upon within the time period after filing of the application as provided by rule of the Illinois Department.
    If an appeal is not made, the action of the County Department or local governmental unit shall be final.
    Appeals by applicants or recipients under Articles III, IV, or V shall be taken to the Illinois Department.
    Appeals by applicants or recipients under Article VI shall be taken as follows:
        (1) In counties under township organization (except

such counties in which the governing authority is a Board of Commissioners) appeals shall be to a Public Aid Committee consisting of the Chairman of the County Board, and 4 members who are township supervisors of general assistance, appointed by the Chairman, with the advice and consent of the county board.

(2) In counties in excess of 3,000,000 population

and under township organization in which the governing authority is a Board of Commissioners, appeals of persons from government units outside the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town of more than 500,000 population, and of persons from incorporated towns which have superseded civil townships in respect to aid under Article VI, shall be to the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee consisting of 2 township supervisors and 3 persons knowledgeable in the area of General Assistance and the regulations of the Illinois Department pertaining thereto and who are not officers, agents or employees of any township, except that township supervisors may serve as members of the Cook County Township Public Aid and Committee. The 5 member committee shall be appointed by the township supervisors. The first appointments shall be made with one person serving a one year term, 2 persons serving a 2 year term, and 2 persons serving a 3 year term. Committee members shall thereafter serve 3 year terms. In any appeal involving a local governmental unit whose supervisor of general assistance is a member of the Committee, such supervisor shall not act as a member of the Committee for the purposes of such appeal, and the Committee shall select another township supervisor to serve as an alternate member for that appeal. The township whose action, inaction, or decision is being appealed shall bear the expenses related to the appeal as determined by the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee. A township supervisor's compensation for general assistance or township related duties shall not be considered an expense related to the appeal except for expenses related to service on the Committee.

(3) In counties described in paragraph (2) appeals

of persons from a city, village or incorporated town of more than 500,000 population shall be to the Illinois Department.

(4) In counties not under township organization,

appeals shall be to the County Board of Commissioners which shall for this purpose be the Public Aid Committee of the County.

In counties designated in paragraph (1) the Chairman or President of the County Board shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the county board, one or more alternate members of the Public Aid Committee. All regular and alternate members shall be Supervisors of General Assistance. In any appeal involving a local governmental unit whose Supervisor of General Assistance is a member of the Committee, he shall be replaced for that appeal by an alternate member designated by the Chairman or President of the County Board, with the advice and consent of the county board. In these counties not more than 3 of the 5 regular appointees shall be members of the same political party unless the political composition of the Supervisors of the General Assistance precludes such a limitation. In these counties at least one member of the Public Aid Committee shall be a person knowledgeable in the area of general assistance and the regulations of the Illinois Department pertaining thereto. If no member of the Committee possesses such knowledge, the Illinois Department shall designate an employee of the Illinois Department having such knowledge to be present at the Committee hearings to advise the Committee.     In every county the County Board shall provide facilities for the conduct of hearings on appeals under Article VI. All expenses incident to such hearings shall be borne by the county except that in counties under township organization in which the governing authority is a Board of Commissioners (1) the salary and other expenses of the Commissioner of Appeals shall be paid from General Assistance funds available for administrative purposes, and (2) all expenses incident to such hearings shall be borne by the township and the per diem and traveling expenses of the township supervisors serving on the Public Aid Committee shall be fixed and paid by their respective townships. In all other counties the members of the Public Aid Committee shall receive the compensation and expenses provided by law for attendance at meetings of the County Board.     In appeals under Article VI involving a governmental unit receiving State funds, the Public Aid Committee and the Commissioner of Appeals shall be bound by the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department which are relevant to the issues on appeal, and shall file such reports concerning appeals as the Illinois Department requests.     The members of each Public Aid Committee and the members of the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee are immune from personal liability in connection with their service on the committee to the same extent as an elected or appointed judge in this State is immune from personal liability in connection with the performance of his or her duties as judge. This immunity applies only to causes of action accruing on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.     An appeal shall be without cost to the appellant and shall be made, at the option of the appellant, either upon forms provided and prescribed by the Illinois Department or, for appeals to a Public Aid Committee, upon forms prescribed by the County Board; or an appeal may be made by calling a toll‑free number provided for that purpose by the Illinois Department and providing the necessary information. The Illinois Department may assist County Boards or a Commissioner of Appeals in the preparation of appeal forms, or upon request of a County Board or Commissioner of Appeals may furnish such forms. County Departments and local governmental units shall render all possible aid to persons desiring to make an appeal. The provisions of Sections 11‑8.1 to 11‑8.7, inclusive, shall apply to all such appeals. (Source: P.A. 93‑295, eff. 7‑22‑03; 94‑524, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(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 and to be represented by counsel. He shall be afforded an opportunity to present all relevant matter in support of his claim for aid, or his objection to (a) termination of aid, or (b) the amount of aid, or (c) a determination to make a protective payment.     (b) Whenever any applicant appeals the denial of any application for assistance and the reason for denial is due to the failure of the applicant to comply with procedural requirements, including but not limited to, failure to keep an appointment, failure to produce acceptable proof of eligibility, or failure to request more time or assistance in obtaining acceptable proof of eligibility, the denial shall be rescinded if at any time before the decision on the appeal is made, the appellant complies with the procedural requirements that caused the denial and all other requirements necessary to process the application. When the denial is rescinded under this subsection, the Illinois Department shall grant or deny the application based upon all relevant substantive eligibility factors and issue a new decision. If the application is approved, cash assistance shall begin effective 30 calendar days after the original application date and the starting date of all other assistance shall begin based on the original application date. (Source: P.A. 87‑630.)

(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 case may be, may take depositions from him and his witnesses or permit the appellant to present all relevant matter in support of his claim through witnesses acting in his behalf, or both by deposition or by testimony of witnesses, depending upon the circumstances in each case.     Hearings under this Section and Section 11‑8.1 may be conducted with some or all of the parties, including the hearing officer, at different locations connected with each other by telephone. (Source: P.A. 87‑860.)

(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 Director of the Department, Chairman or President of the County Board, or Commissioner of Appeals, may conduct hearings on appeals and may compel, by subpoena, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers, and administer oaths to witnesses. Wherever feasible, the Public Aid Committee shall itself conduct hearings on appeals by applicants for or recipients of aid under Article VI. No person shall be compelled to attend a hearing at a place outside the county in which he resides. Subpoenas may be served as provided for in civil actions. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before the circuit court and shall be paid as an expense of administration of the County Department or the local governmental unit, as the case may be.     If a witness refuses to attend or testify, or to produce books or papers, concerning any matter upon which he might be lawfully examined, the circuit court of the county wherein the hearing is held, upon application of the Illinois Department, Public Aid Committee, or Commissioner of Appeals, as the case may be, may compel obedience by proceedings as for contempt as in case of a like refusal to obey a similar order of the court. (Source: P.A. 81‑1085.)

(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 or formal rules of procedure, but shall conduct their hearings in such manner as seems best calculated to conform to substantial justice and the spirit of this Code. They may make such additional investigation as they may deem necessary, and shall make such decision as to the granting of aid and the amounts thereof as in their opinion is justified and in conformity with this Code. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2302.)

(305 ILCS 5/11‑8.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 11‑8.5)     Sec. 11‑8.5. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122. Repealed by P.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)

(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 appeal. All decisions on appeals shall be binding upon and complied with by the County Departments and local governmental units. (Source: P.A. 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

(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 the Illinois Department on appeals by applicants or recipients under Articles III, IV, or V. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3‑101 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Source: P.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.) Copyright © 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. Contact Us | About Us | Terms | Privacy