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SB 2392

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Albert Butler and 1 co-sponsor

Creates the Illinois Guaranteed Income Fund to fund targeted, unconditional cash pilots for residents in need, overseen by DHS with evaluation and public reporting.

Approved by Governor
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Bill Summary · SB 2392

Summary — SB 2392 (104th General Assembly, 2025)

Status: Approved by Governor (became law upon enrollment).
Introduced: Feb 7, 2025 (filed Mar 12, 2025).
Subject areas: Human services / public assistance, Medicaid/public health (bill text focuses on guaranteed income pilots).

Note: The bill file header provided a different title (CCBHC grant program), but the enrolled/amended text of SB 2392 creates an Illinois Guaranteed Income Fund administered by the Department of Human Services. This summary describes the enacted guaranteed‑income provisions.

Purpose and intent

SB 2392 establishes a state fund to support pilot guaranteed‑income programs — periodic, unconditional cash payments targeted to people with demonstrated need — and to evaluate their economic and individual impacts. The purpose is to enable local governments and nonprofit organizations to run time‑limited guaranteed‑income projects and to generate evidence for state policymaking.

Key provisions

  • Creates the Illinois Guaranteed Income Fund as a special fund in the State treasury (30 ILCS 105/5.1030; 20 ILCS 1305/10-80). The Fund consists of appropriations and interest earnings and may be used only to implement this section.
  • Administration: The Department of Human Services (DHS) administers the Fund and awards grants to eligible entities, subject to appropriation.
  • Eligible entities: Includes cities, counties (and city & county governments), and private nonprofits qualifying as 501(c)(3) organizations under the Internal Revenue Code (text in the bill is partially garbled but indicates these categories).
  • Grant uses: Grants finance "projects" or pilot programs that provide periodic, unconditional cash payments (guaranteed income) to individual participants. Guaranteed income is explicitly defined as targeted (not universal) and prioritized by need.
  • Priority populations: DHS must prioritize projects serving Illinois residents who are: (1) pregnant or new parents within the last 3 years; (2) experiencing or recently exiting homelessness; (3) formerly incarcerated and returning to the community (or supporting a family member released within a year); or (4) enrolled in educational or vocational programs.
  • Program requirements: Grantees must provide benefits counseling and informational materials explaining potential effects of guaranteed payments on eligibility for other public benefits.
  • Evaluation & reporting: DHS must review and evaluate funded projects to measure economic impact and participant outcomes; consult stakeholders on evaluation design. DHS must report its evaluation to the General Assembly and post it on DHS’s website no later than July 1, 2028.
  • Transparency & oversight: DHS must publicly post grant allocations, expected project durations, population characteristics, and number of individuals served. DHS may set payment and administrative structures, contract third parties for program administration, benefits‑counseling tools, technical assistance, and adopt rules to implement the section.
  • Effective date: The Act takes effect upon becoming law.

Who is affected

  • Directly: individuals selected for pilot guaranteed‑income payments (targeted populations noted above).
  • Indirectly: cities/counties and eligible nonprofit grantees administering projects; DHS (administration, evaluation, and reporting duties); state budget/appropriators (funding required).
  • Other public‑benefit programs: recipients will be informed of interactions between cash payments and benefit eligibility.

Timeline & process notes

  • Grants and projects are contingent on appropriations to the Illinois Guaranteed Income Fund.
  • DHS must deliver a legislative report on evaluations by July 1, 2028.
  • DHS may issue rules and require grantees to use specified vendors for administration/benefits counseling.

Observations / uncertainties

  • The enrolled text contains some formatting and wording errors (garbled statutory cross‑references and clauses) but the legislative intent — to fund and evaluate targeted guaranteed‑income pilots via DHS grants — is clear.
  • Scope, duration, payment levels, and total appropriation amounts are not specified in the statute and will depend on future DHS grant guidelines and legislative appropriations.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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