Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4123 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4123 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 15 ILCS 30/5 new Amends the Disaster Relief Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may provide State supplemental grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals and households adversely affected by any disaster declared by the President of the United States in those cases in which individuals and households are unable to meet those expenses or needs through other assistance. Sets eligibility, application, and other requirements for the grants. LRB103 33330 AWJ 63141 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4123 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 15 ILCS 30/5 new 15 ILCS 30/5 new Amends the Disaster Relief Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may provide State supplemental grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals and households adversely affected by any disaster declared by the President of the United States in those cases in which individuals and households are unable to meet those expenses or needs through other assistance. Sets eligibility, application, and other requirements for the grants. LRB103 33330 AWJ 63141 b LRB103 33330 AWJ 63141 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4123 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Disaster Relief Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may provide State supplemental grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals and households adversely affected by any disaster declared by the President of the United States in those cases in which individuals and households are unable to meet those expenses or needs through other assistance. Sets eligibility, application, and other requirements for the grants.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning State government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Disaster Relief Act is amended by adding
15	15	5 Section 5 as follows:
16	16	6 (15 ILCS 30/5 new)
17	17	7 Sec. 5. Supplemental disaster relief grants.
18	18	8 (a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
19	19	9 Homeland Security may provide State supplemental grants to
20	20	10 meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of
21	21	11 individuals and households adversely affected by any disaster
22	22	12 declared by the President of the United States in those cases
23	23	13 in which individuals and households are unable to meet those
24	24	14 expenses or needs through assistance under Section 408 of the
25	25	15 federal Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
26	26	16 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) or from other sources.
27	27	17 (b) Grants under this Section shall be made only to
28	28	18 individuals and households that, in either case, are
29	29	19 determined, by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
30	30	20 Office of Homeland Security, to be eligible for federal
31	31	21 assistance under 42 U.S.C. 5174, that have unmet serious
32	32	22 needs, and that have suffered losses reimbursable under that
33	33	23 program in excess of the maximum federal grant amount.
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4123 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Disaster Relief Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may provide State supplemental grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals and households adversely affected by any disaster declared by the President of the United States in those cases in which individuals and households are unable to meet those expenses or needs through other assistance. Sets eligibility, application, and other requirements for the grants.
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68	68	1 (c) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
69	69	2 Homeland Security may make a grant to an eligible individual
70	70	3 or eligible household in an amount equal to the difference
71	71	4 between the federal grant awarded to the individual or
72	72	5 household and the federally eligible appraised loss of the
73	73	6 individual or household, not to exceed $10,000 per individual
74	74	7 or household.
75	75	8 (d) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
76	76	9 Homeland Security shall adopt rules establishing application
77	77	10 procedures for grants awarded under this Section. The adopted
78	78	11 rules must, at a minimum, specify that:
79	79	12 (1) all application procedures must conform to the
80	80	13 procedures required in the federal Robert T. Stafford
81	81	14 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended;
82	82	15 (2) the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
83	83	16 Office of Homeland Security must ensure that applicants
84	84	17 for relief under this Section have exhausted all other
85	85	18 available means of seeking relief for disaster damage
86	86	19 prior to receiving any grants under this Section;
87	87	20 (3) all applications, forms, and other written
88	88	21 materials to be presented to persons seeking assistance
89	89	22 must be available in English and in the same language as
90	90	23 that used by the largest non-English-speaking population
91	91	24 within the disaster area; and
92	92	25 (4) bilingual staff who reflect the demographics of
93	93	26 the disaster area must be available to applicants.
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