Full Text of HB4909 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning aging.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| (310 ILCS 100/35 rep.)
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| Section 5. The Prevention of Unnecessary | 6 |
| Institutionalization Act is amended by repealing Section 35. | 7 |
| Section 10. The Community Senior Services and Resources Act | 8 |
| is amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 32 as follows:
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| (320 ILCS 60/15)
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| Sec. 15. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
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| "Advisory Committee" means the Community Senior Services | 12 |
| and Resource
Center
Advisory Committee created under Section | 13 |
| 35.
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| "Center" means a community senior services and resource | 15 |
| center.
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| "Department" means the Department on Aging.
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| "Director" means the Director of Aging.
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| "Senior" means an individual 60 years of age or older.
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| "Home or community based services" includes the following: | 20 |
| elder
abuse; home-delivered meals; case management; wellness | 21 |
| and fitness programs;
counseling;
adult
day services; respite | 22 |
| care; senior benefits outreach; congregate meals;
long-term |
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| care
ombudsman services; job training and placement; | 2 |
| transportation; chore homemaker
services;
caregiver support; | 3 |
| computer literacy; and any program that assists participants
in
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| avoiding inappropriate institutional placement or addresses | 5 |
| participants'
health, safety,
or well-being, regardless of | 6 |
| whether the service is received in a
participant's home
or in | 7 |
| an institutional setting and a majority of participants are | 8 |
| seniors or
family of seniors.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-246, eff. 7-22-03.)
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| (320 ILCS 60/20)
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| Sec. 20. Duties. The Department shall perform all of the | 12 |
| following
duties:
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| (1) Administer this Act and promulgate any rules, | 14 |
| regulations,
guidelines, and
directives necessary for its | 15 |
| implementation.
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| (2) (Blank) Establish a Community Senior Services and | 17 |
| Resource Center Advisory
Committee .
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| (3) Make grants to non-profit agencies and units of | 19 |
| local government
under
Section 25
of this Act in | 20 |
| consultation with the Advisory Committee .
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| (4) Facilitate access to government-issued bonds for | 22 |
| the purpose of
capital improvement.
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| (5) Provide technical assistance to centers.
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| (6) Develop a comprehensive list of centers and the | 25 |
| senior services
they offer for publication on the |
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| Department's web site and for distribution
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| promotional opportunities.
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| (7) Develop a survey for annual distribution through | 4 |
| the centers to
gather information concerning the lack or | 5 |
| inadequacy of senior services and to
identify service
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| demand trends and the unique needs of older Illinoisans and | 7 |
| their families.
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| (8) Conduct an annual survey of centers to assess their | 9 |
| facility,
program, and operational needs.
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| (9) Report annually in conjunction with the Advisory | 11 |
| Committee to the
Governor and the General Assembly. The | 12 |
| report shall include findings from all
surveys conducted | 13 |
| pursuant to this Act, a list of grantees by county | 14 |
| (including
amounts awarded), and recommendations | 15 |
| concerning the ongoing financial
stability of centers.
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| (10) Pursue alternative funding opportunities.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-246, eff. 7-22-03.)
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| (320 ILCS 60/32) | 19 |
| Sec. 32. Bequests and gifts; awareness campaign. | 20 |
| (a) The Director may accept monetary grants, gifts, and | 21 |
| bequests for
deposit into the Community Senior Services and | 22 |
| Resources Fund. | 23 |
| (b) The Director may accept monetary grants, gifts, and | 24 |
| bequests for the benefit of a specified center or distinct area | 25 |
| of the State. Each such grant, gift, or bequest shall be kept |
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| in a distinct fund. The Department may make grants from these | 2 |
| funds for the purposes established for the Community Senior | 3 |
| Services and Resources Fund and in accordance with the terms | 4 |
| and conditions of the grant, gift, or bequest. These funds are | 5 |
| exempt from Section 8h of the State Finance Act. | 6 |
| (c) The Department may , in conjunction with the Community | 7 |
| Senior Services and Resource Center Advisory Committee, shall | 8 |
| design an awareness campaign that can be implemented by senior | 9 |
| services and resource centers at their individual expense.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-714, eff. 7-12-04.)
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| (320 ILCS 60/35 rep.)
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| Section 15. The Community Senior Services and Resources Act | 13 |
| is amended by repealing Section 35. | 14 |
| (320 ILCS 65/16 rep.) | 15 |
| Section 20. The Family Caregiver Act is amended by | 16 |
| repealing Section 16.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.
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