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IL SB3007
Bill
Status
8/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Jacqueline Collins
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Survivor Support and Trafficking Prevention Act" to provide cash assistance, SNAP benefits, and medical assistance to foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes and their derivative family members beginning January 1, 2018.
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Adds foreign-born trafficking and torture victims to the list of non-citizens eligible for public aid under Section 1-11, and defines eligibility criteria in new Section 2-19 for victims of severe trafficking, torture, or crimes specified in federal law.
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Requires victims to have filed or be preparing to file applications for T visa, U visa, or asylum status to receive state-funded benefits, with provisions allowing discretionary assistance based on sworn statements and credible evidence when formal applications cannot be provided.
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Provides work requirement exemptions for victims whose physical or psychological trauma related to trafficking or torture impedes their ability to comply with standard work requirements.
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Terminates benefits upon final denial of visa or asylum applications, with a one-year deadline to file formal status applications or lose state-funded assistance; allows extensions if victim experienced health crisis, inability to obtain information, or other extenuating circumstances preventing application completion.
Legislative Description
PUB AID-TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
Last Action
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0870
8/22/2016