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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1358 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Prevention of Unnecessary Institutionalization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section authorizing the Department of Human Services to establish a program to
provide funding for necessary structural modifications and assistive technology
devices to enable older persons and adults and children with disabilities to
remain in or return to their homes.
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| | HB1358 | | LRB098 03872 KTG 33889 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning housing.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Prevention of Unnecessary |
| 5 | | Institutionalization Act is amended by changing Section 10 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (310 ILCS 100/10)
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| 8 | | Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to authorize |
| 9 | | the Department of
Human Services and and the Department on |
| 10 | | Aging to jointly establish a program to
provide funding for |
| 11 | | necessary structural modifications and assistive technology
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| 12 | | devices to enable older persons and adults and children with |
| 13 | | disabilities to
remain in or return to their homes or other |
| 14 | | dwellings of their choice within
their community in order to |
| 15 | | allow them to live as independently as possible for
as long as |
| 16 | | possible.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 92-122, eff. 7-20-01.)
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