| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning public aid. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| 8 | | - | adding Section 12-4.57 as follows: |
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| 9 | | - | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.57 new) |
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| 10 | | - | Sec. 12-4.57. Stolen SNAP benefits via card skimming; data |
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| 11 | | - | collection and reports. |
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| 12 | | - | (a) As the State administrator of benefits provided under |
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| 13 | | - | the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
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| 14 | | - | (SNAP), the Department of Human Services shall track and |
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| 15 | | - | collect data on the scope and frequency of SNAP benefits fraud |
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| 16 | | - | in this State where a SNAP recipient's benefits are stolen |
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| 17 | | - | from the recipient's electronic benefits transfer card by |
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| 18 | | - | means of card skimming, card cloning, or some other similar |
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| 19 | | - | fraudulent method. The Department shall specifically keep a |
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| 20 | | - | record of every report made to the Department by a SNAP |
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| 21 | | - | recipient alleging the theft of benefits due to no fault of the |
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| 22 | | - | recipient, the benefit amount stolen, and, if practicable, how |
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| 23 | | - | those stolen benefits were used and the location of those |
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| 24 | | - | thefts. |
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| 25 | | - | (b) The Department shall report its findings to the |
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| 26 | | - | General Assembly on an annual basis beginning on January 1, |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning public aid. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| 7 | + | 5 adding Section 12-4.57 as follows: |
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| 8 | + | 6 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.57 new) |
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| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 12-4.57. Stolen SNAP benefits via card skimming; data |
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| 10 | + | 8 collection and reports. |
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| 11 | + | 9 (a) As the State administrator of benefits provided under |
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| 12 | + | 10 the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
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| 13 | + | 11 (SNAP), the Department of Human Services shall track and |
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| 14 | + | 12 collect data on the scope and frequency of SNAP benefits fraud |
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| 15 | + | 13 in this State where a SNAP recipient's benefits are stolen |
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| 16 | + | 14 from the recipient's electronic benefits transfer card by |
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| 17 | + | 15 means of card skimming, card cloning, or some other similar |
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| 18 | + | 16 fraudulent method. The Department shall specifically keep a |
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| 19 | + | 17 record of every report made to the Department by a SNAP |
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| 20 | + | 18 recipient alleging the theft of benefits due to no fault of the |
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| 21 | + | 19 recipient, the benefit amount stolen, and, if practicable, how |
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| 22 | + | 20 those stolen benefits were used and the location of those |
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| 23 | + | 21 thefts. |
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| 24 | + | 22 (b) The Department shall report its findings to the |
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| 25 | + | 23 General Assembly on an annual basis beginning on January 1, |
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| 33 | | - | 2024. The Department shall file an annual report no later than |
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| 34 | | - | the 60th day of the following year following each reporting |
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| 35 | | - | period. A SNAP recipient's personally identifiable information |
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| 36 | | - | shall be excluded from the reports consistent with State and |
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| 37 | | - | federal privacy protections. Each annual report shall also be |
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| 38 | | - | posted on the Department's official website. |
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| 39 | | - | (c) If the Department determines that a SNAP recipient has |
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| 40 | | - | made a substantiated report of stolen benefits due to card |
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| 41 | | - | skimming, card cloning, or some other similar fraudulent |
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| 42 | | - | method, the Department shall refer the matter to the State's |
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| 43 | | - | Attorney who has jurisdiction over the alleged theft or fraud |
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| 44 | | - | and shall provide any assistance to that State's Attorney in |
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| 45 | | - | the prosecution of the alleged theft or fraud. |
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| 33 | + | HB2214 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 27204 KTG 53574 b |
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| 34 | + | 1 2024. The Department shall file an annual report no later than |
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| 35 | + | 2 the 60th day of the following year following each reporting |
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| 36 | + | 3 period. A SNAP recipient's personally identifiable information |
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| 37 | + | 4 shall be excluded from the reports consistent with State and |
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| 38 | + | 5 federal privacy protections. Each annual report shall also be |
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| 39 | + | 6 posted on the Department's official website. |
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| 40 | + | 7 (c) If the Department determines that a SNAP recipient has |
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| 41 | + | 8 made a substantiated report of stolen benefits due to card |
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| 42 | + | 9 skimming, card cloning, or some other similar fraudulent |
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| 43 | + | 10 method, the Department shall refer the matter to the State's |
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| 44 | + | 11 Attorney who has jurisdiction over the alleged theft or fraud |
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| 45 | + | 12 and shall provide any assistance to that State's Attorney in |
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| 46 | + | 13 the prosecution of the alleged theft or fraud. |
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| 52 | + | HB2214 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 27204 KTG 53574 b |
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