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305 ILCS 5/2-12 (2026)

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(305 ILCS 5/2-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 2-12)
    Sec. 2-12. "Illinois Department"; "Department". In this Code, "Illinois Department" or "Department", when a particular entity is not specified, means the following:
        (1) In the case of a function performed before July
    
1, 1997 (the effective date of the Department of Human Services Act), the term means the Department of Public Aid.
        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (2.5), in the
    
case of a function to be performed on or after July 1, 1997 under Article III, IV, VI, IX, or IXA, the term means the Department of Human Services as successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
        (2.5) In the case of a function to be performed on or
    
after July 1, 2026 under Sections 9A-11 and 9A-11-5, the term means the Department of Early Childhood.
        (3) In the case of a function to be performed on or
    
after July 1, 1997 under Article V, V-A, V-B, V-C, V-D, V-E, X, XIV, or XV, the term means the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid).
        (4) In the case of a function to be performed on or
    
after July 1, 1997 under Article I, II, VIIIA, XI, XII, or XIII, the term means the Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid) or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) or both, according to whether that function, in the specific context, has been allocated to the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) or both of those departments.
(Source: P.A. 103-594, eff. 6-25-24.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2025 · leading case: Moore v. Dep't of Human Servs., 2025 IL App (1st) 240561, 266 N.E.3d 174.
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Moore v. Dep't of Human Servs., 2025 IL App (1st) 240561, 266 N.E.3d 174. · cites it 2× “See 305 ILCS 5/2-12 (West 1996). Beginning on July 1, 1997, the administration of the programs was split, with IDHS becoming the agency responsible for AABD financial assistance and SNAP benefits and the Department of Public Aid—renamed in 2007 as the Department of Healthcare…”
Frerichs v. State, 960 N.E.2d 603 (Ill. App. Ct. 4th Dist. 2011). “See 305 ILCS 5/2-12(3) (West 2008). Even were it incorrect, this characterization by McDonald had little *612 bearing on its ultimate conclusion that estoppel was inapplicable under the circumstances presented.”
305 ILCS 5/2-12(2): 1 case
Moore v. Dep't of Human Servs., 2025 IL App (1st) 240561, 266 N.E.3d 174. “See 305 ILCS 5/2-12 (West 1996). Beginning on July 1, 1997, the administration of the programs was split, with IDHS becoming the agency responsible for AABD financial assistance and SNAP benefits and the Department of Public Aid—renamed in 2007 as the Department of Healthcare…”
305 ILCS 5/2-12(3): 1 case
Frerichs v. State, 960 N.E.2d 603 (Ill. App. Ct. 4th Dist. 2011). “See 305 ILCS 5/2-12(3) (West 2008). Even were it incorrect, this characterization by McDonald had little *612 bearing on its ultimate conclusion that estoppel was inapplicable under the circumstances presented.”
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