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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 71           </title>
<shortdesc>PUBLIC AID-TECH</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Maurice A. West, II and Melissa Conyears-Ervin</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/13/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>305 ILCS 22/20</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Good Samaritan Energy Plan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the solicitation of contributions to the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>House Floor Amendment No. 1</synopsistitle>
<reftype>Deletes reference to:</reftype><reference>305 ILCS 22/20</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reftype>Adds reference to:</reftype><reference>305 ILCS 5/9A-11</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 23, par. 9A-11</aliasreference><SynopsisText>Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide child care services to all children who are eligible for assistance and are: (A) under age 13; or (B) under age 19 and (i) are under court supervision or (ii) have physical or mental incapacities as documented by a statement from a local health provider or other health professional. Deletes a provision that authorizes the Department to: (i) lower income eligibility ceilings, raise parent co-payments, create waiting lists, or take such other actions during a fiscal year as are necessary to ensure that child care benefits paid under the Illinois Public Aid Code do not exceed the amounts appropriated for those child care benefits; and (ii) accomplish such changes by emergency rule. Effective July 1, 2019.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>House Floor Amendment No. 2</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>Restores a provision that authorizes the Department of Humans Services to: (i) raise parent co-payments, create waiting lists, or take such other actions during a fiscal year (rather than lower income eligibility ceilings, raise parent co-payments, create waiting lists, or take such other actions during a fiscal year) as are necessary to ensure that child care benefits paid under the Illinois Public Aid Code do not exceed the amounts appropriated for those child care benefits; and (ii) accomplish such changes by emergency rule. Deletes language that exempts the Department from the limitation on the number of emergency rules that may be adopted in a 24-month period.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>12/10/2018</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan</action>
<statusdate>1/9/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/9/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Executive Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee;  007-005-000</action>
<statusdate>2/7/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **</action>
<statusdate>2/20/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II</action>
<statusdate>2/20/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/20/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>2/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility &amp; Early Childhood Education Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/4/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Maurice A. West, II</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/28/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility &amp; Early Childhood Education Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/28/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin</action>
<statusdate>3/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility &amp; Early Childhood Education Committee;  009-005-000</action>
<statusdate>3/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility &amp; Early Childhood Education Committee;  009-005-000</action>
<statusdate>4/2/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/2/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted</action>
<statusdate>4/2/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted</action>
<statusdate>4/2/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/12/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/13/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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