ILLINOIS REGISTER 5238
09
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
d) At screening, applicants shall be informed, in writing, of any information they are
to provide at the eligibility interview.
e) At the eligibility interview or at any time during the application process, when the
applicant is requested to provide information in his or her possession, the
Department will allow ten (10) days for the return of the requested information.
The first day of the ten (10) day period is the calendar day following the date the
information request form is sent or given to the applicant. The last day of the ten
(10) day period shall be a work day and is to be indicated on the information
request form. If the applicant does not provide the information by the date on the
information request form, the application shall be denied on the following work
day.
f) At the eligibility interview or at any time during the application process, when the
applicant is requested to provide third party information, the Department shall
allow ten (10) days for the return of the requested information or for verification
that the third party information has been requested. The first day of the ten (10)
day period is the calendar day following the date the information request form is
sent or given to the applicant. The last day of the ten (10) day period shall be a
work day and is to be indicated on the information request form. It is to be
indicated on the information request form that the applicant shall provide written
verification of the request for the third party information. If the applicant does
not provide the information or the verification that the information was requested
by the date on the information request form, the application shall be denied on the
following work day.
1) Third party information is defined as information which must be provided
by someone other than the applicant. An authorized representative or
person applying on another's behalf is not a third party but is treated as if
he were the applicant.
2) The Department shall advise clients of the need to provide written
verification of third party information requests and the consequences of
failing to provide such verification.
3) If the applicant requests an extension either verbally or in writing in order
to obtain third party information and provides written verification of the
request for the third party information such as a copy of the request that
