HB1358 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1358

Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

310 ILCS 100/10

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning housing.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Prevention of Unnecessary Institutionalization Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(310 ILCS 100/10)

Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Department of Human Services and and the Department on Aging to jointly 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 or other dwellings of their choice within their community in order to allow them to live as independently as possible for as long as possible.

(Source: P.A. 92-122, eff. 7-20-01.)