ROBERT B. ATHERTON, Claimant, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant sought payment for vendor services, but the court dismissed the claim because the Illinois Public Aid Code and Department rules make such payments inalienable by assignment, and claimant was not the provider of the services.
Statutes cited: Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 23, par. 11-3
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Headnotes
- TYRONE C. FAHNER, Attorney General (KATHLEEN O'BRIEN,Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent.
- PUBLIC AID CODE-vendor may not assign right to payment. Claim denied as Claimant was ineligible for payment since he was not provider of services and Public Aid Code provides that payment for vendor services is absolutely indienable by assignment.
This matter coming to be heard upon the motion of Respondent to dismiss the claim herein, due notice having been given and the Court being fully advised in the premises;
Finds that because section 11-3 of the Illinois Public Aid Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 23, par. 11-3) and Department of Public Aid Rules 4.015 and 4.016 provide that payment for vendor services is absolutely inalienable by assignment, Claimant is ineligible for payment on this claim since he is not the provider of the services.
It is hereby ordered that the motion of Respondent [*388] be, and the same is, hereby granted, and the claim herein is hereby dismissed.