Section 270.265  Emergency Intervention Services

a)         The Department shall establish a fund for elder abuse clients to be called the Emergency Intervention Services fund.  Eligibility criteria to receive Emergency Intervention Services funds are as follows:

1)         that there be an imminent threat to the health, welfare and/or safety of the client if the service is not available; and

2)         community services/resources for which the client is eligible cannot be mobilized in a timely manner or are insufficient to protect the client's health, welfare and/or safety; and

3)         client resources are insufficient or unavailable to purchase needed services falling under the Emergency Intervention Services categories.

b)         Services that may be purchased by the elder abuse provider agency for eligible adults include emergency aid, respite care, legal assistance, housing and relocation services, or other services designed to protect the health, welfare and/or safety of the eligible adult.

c)         The Department shall establish a maximum amount available to a victim within each year he or she receives services.  The Department shall also establish procedures whereby the regional administrative agency and the Department may allow for additional expenditures of such funds as are necessary to obtain emergency services to protect the client.

(Source:  Added at 25 Ill. Reg. 5259, effective April 1, 2001)