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1 AN ACT concerning public aid.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 adding Section 12-4.57 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.57 new)
7 Sec. 12-4.57. Stolen SNAP benefits via card skimming; data
8 collection and reports.
9 (a) As the State administrator of benefits provided under
10 the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
11 (SNAP), the Department of Human Services shall track and
12 collect data on the scope and frequency of SNAP benefits fraud
13 in this State where a SNAP recipient's benefits are stolen
14 from the recipient's electronic benefits transfer card by
15 means of card skimming, card cloning, or some other similar
16 fraudulent method. The Department shall specifically keep a
17 record of every report made to the Department by a SNAP
18 recipient alleging the theft of benefits due to no fault of the
19 recipient, the benefit amount stolen, and, if practicable, how
20 those stolen benefits were used and the location of those
21 thefts.
22 (b) The Department shall report its findings to the
23 General Assembly on an annual basis beginning on January 1,
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1 2024. The Department shall file an annual report no later than
2 the 60th day of the following year following each reporting
3 period. A SNAP recipient's personally identifiable information
4 shall be excluded from the reports consistent with State and
5 federal privacy protections. Each annual report shall also be
6 posted on the Department's official website.
7 (c) If the Department determines that a SNAP recipient has
8 made a substantiated report of stolen benefits due to card
9 skimming, card cloning, or some other similar fraudulent
10 method, the Department shall refer the matter to the State's
11 Attorney who has jurisdiction over the alleged theft or fraud
12 and shall provide any assistance to that State's Attorney in
13 the prosecution of the alleged theft or fraud.
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