Rep. Kam Buckner

Filed: 2/28/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1237

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1237 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Illinois Strategic Action Plan for Aging Equity Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to direct
7the appointment of a Strategic Action Planning Commission for
8Aging Equity co-chaired by the Governor's Office and the
9Department on Aging to research and develop a strategic action
10plan for aging equity that is comprehensive, cross-sectoral,
11and long-term. A strategic action plan for aging equity could
12draw upon Illinois' well-developed aging network developed in
13accordance with the federal Older Americans Act, the Illinois
14Act on the Aging, and the Older Adult Services Act, all of
15which help older Illinoisans stay connected and stay in their
16communities, as well as other departments of State government

 

 

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1in consideration of sectors outside of the aging network of
2services. The established Commission will develop a strategic
3action plan for aging equity for implementation across all of
4Illinois State Government with support for collaboration
5across other units of government within the state.
 
6    Section 10. Findings. The General Assembly finds,
7determines, and declares the following:
8        (1) This Act is necessary for the immediate
9    preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
10        (2) Illinois' population is aging, a trend occurring
11    in much of the United States and the world. The aging of
12    the population raises significant challenges and
13    opportunities in terms of health, social, financial, care,
14    and public systems, which affect virtually all Illinoisans
15    in varied ways.
16        (3) The aging of communities has far-reaching effects
17    on all people and all sectors. Many older Illinoisans
18    interact with, and their lives and opportunities are
19    shaped by, multiple systems and aspects of society,
20    including, but not limited to, the availability, cost, and
21    quality of: housing development and construction; health
22    and human services; parks and recreation; information
23    technology; arts and communications; public health;
24    hospitality, tourism and travel; workforce development;
25    volunteerism; business and financial planning; legal and

 

 

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1    human rights; government services; education;
2    transportation; and veterans' affairs.
3        (4) Across Illinois, many people suffer hardship from
4    long-standing structural inequities such as racism, class
5    inequity, genderism, sexism, ageism, ableism, xenophobia,
6    homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of oppression.
7    These systemic inequities shape how, and whether or not,
8    individuals reach older adulthood and their quality of
9    life as they age. Health inequities exist both across and
10    within Illinois's 102 counties.
11        (5) Chronic health conditions affect 85% of older
12    Americans and 70% of persons aged 65 or older will need
13    caregiver support at some point in their older years.
14        (6) There is a great demand for paid home care
15    workers, direct support workers, and personal aide workers
16    coupled with severe worker shortages, high turnover,
17    difficult work, and often low pay.
18        (7) A 2021 report by the Department of Healthcare and
19    Family Services found that, overwhelmingly, the
20    understaffed Medicaid facilities with 3-4 persons in a
21    room where the poorest of the poor and mostly Black and
22    Brown persons resided, were the ones that experienced the
23    highest risk of infection and death from COVID-19. These
24    health inequities show the effects of structural racism
25    and class inequity intersecting with ageism, which shape
26    the degree of crowdedness and quality of nursing home

 

 

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1    care.
2        (8) Health inequities are the systemic patterns of
3    differences that are unfair, unjust, and remediable. This
4    means that there is something we can do about health
5    inequities, and there is a justice and moral imperative to
6    do so. There is a need for equitable services across
7    communities with equitable and adequate funding in order
8    for Illinoisans across the State to feel supported across
9    their lifespans, including their older years.
10        (9) Coordinated action is needed across Illinois'
11    network of aging and disability advocates and providers,
12    across all sectors, policymakers, and units of government
13    to affirm the priority of the health and well-being of
14    older Illinoisans and the need for policies that promote
15    healthy aging throughout all Illinoisans' lives.
16        (10) Illinois has the unique opportunity to benefit
17    from comprehensive research, current innovation, and
18    lessons from the pandemic to identify long-term strategic
19    approaches to address current and future challenges and
20    opportunities and to better integrate current and future
21    innovative solutions that improve quality of life across
22    all communities.
 
23    Section 15. Legislative intent.
24    (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly that there is
25established a multidisciplinary Strategic Action Planning

 

 

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1Commission for Aging Equity for the purpose of developing a
2comprehensive strategic action plan for aging equity in
3Illinois that will lead to actionable goals and measurable
4outcomes for the years 2025 through 2037. The purpose of the
5Strategic Action Planning Commission for Aging Equity is to
6provide the Governor and the General Assembly with data and
7specific recommendations regarding public actions by all State
8agencies so that the General Assembly can address the
9demographic shift of an aging population. This includes
10recommended changes in policy, procedures, programs, services,
11and resources to support equitable aging across the life
12course.
13    (2) Recommendations put forth by the Strategic Action
14Planning Commission for Aging Equity shall be presented to the
15Governor and General Assembly within 2 years from the date of
16the Commission's first meeting.
17    (3) The Strategic Action Planning Commission for Aging
18Equity shall continue to meet regularly to ensure recommended
19actions are taken and transparent and tangible progress is
20being made toward initial targeted goals with measurable
21outcomes as well as establishing new goals as data and
22research continues to drive equity, innovation, and quality
23measures.
24    (4) Every 12 years, the Strategic Action Planning
25Commission for Aging Equity shall develop a new strategic
26action plan for aging equity.
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. Definitions. As used in this Act:
2    "Ableism" means discrimination in favor of able-bodied
3people.
4    "Ageism" means prejudice or discrimination on the grounds
5of a person's age.
6    "Aging equity" is both an outcome and a process. As an
7outcome it means, aging equity is achieved when every person
8can attain their full potential across the life course without
9disadvantage because of social position or other socially and
10structurally determined circumstances. As a process, aging
11equity is a process of assurance of the conditions of optimal
12aging for all people which requires at least 3 things: (i)
13valuing all individuals and populations equally; (ii)
14recognizing and rectifying historical injustices; and (iii)
15providing resources according to need. Aging inequities will
16be eliminated when aging equity is achieved.
17    "Aging Equity Commission" or "Commission" means the
18Strategic Action Planning Commission for Aging Equity.
19    "Caregiver" means someone caring for a spouse or parent,
20an extended family member, or even a friend or neighbor. A
21caregiver provides help with transportation to medical
22appointments, purchasing or organizing medications, monitoring
23a person's medical condition, communicating with health care
24professionals, advocating on a person's behalf with providers
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1bed or a chair, getting dressed, bathing or showering, grocery
2or other shopping, housework, preparing meals, and managing
3finances.
4    "Class inequity" means relations of power among networked
5and organized social groups that direct society's major
6institutions (such as corporations and government
7authorities), material resources, and investments. "Class
8inequity" or "classism" is the systematic oppression of
9subordinated class groups, held in place by attitudes that
10rank people according to economic status, family lineage, job
11status, level of education, and other divisions.
12    "Cultural humility" means an approach to healthcare and
13other services that incorporates a lifelong commitment to
14self-evaluation and self-critique, to redressing the power
15imbalances between the providers and institutions and their
16patients or clients and to developing mutually beneficial and
17non-paternalistic clinical, service-based, and advocacy
18partnerships with communities on behalf of individuals and
19defined populations.
20    "Cultural responsiveness" means a strengths-based approach
21to serving others rooted in respect and appreciation for the
22role of culture in a person's understanding and development,
23taking into account each person's strengths, abilities,
24experiences, and interests as developed within the person's
25family and culture.
26    "Genderism" means the systematic belief that people need

 

 

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1to conform to their gender assigned at birth in a
2gender-binary system that includes only female and male.
3    "Historical and contemporary racism" means a system of
4structuring opportunity and assigning value based on phenotype
5("race"), that unfairly disadvantages some individuals and
6communities, unfairly advantages other individuals and
7communities, and saps the strength of the whole society
8through the waste of human resources.
9    "Homophobia" means dislike of or prejudice against people
10who are LGBTQ+.
11    "Older adults" or "older persons" means persons 60 years
12of age or older.
13    "Sexism" means prejudice or discrimination based on sex,
14especially discrimination against women, behavior, conditions,
15or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on
16sex.
17    "Social determinants of health" means the conditions in
18which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. These
19circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power,
20and resources.
21    "Structural inequities" means the personal, interpersonal,
22institutional, and systemic drivers, such as, racism, sexism,
23classism, ableism, xenophobia, and homophobia, that make
24people's various identities (race and ethnicity, gender,
25employment status, socioeconomic status, disability status,
26immigration status, geography, and more) salient to the fair

 

 

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1distribution of health opportunities and outcomes.
2    "Transphobia" means dislike of or prejudice against
3transgender or transsexual people.
4    "Trauma-informed systems" means systems that: (i) realize
5the widespread impact of trauma and understand potential paths
6for recovery; (ii) recognize signs and symptoms of trauma in
7clients, families, staff, and others involved with the system;
8(iii) respond by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into
9policies, procedures, and practices; and (iv) seek to actively
10resist re-traumatization.
11    "Xenophobia" means dislike of or prejudice against people
12from other countries.
 
13    Section 25. Strategic Action Planning Commission for Aging
14Equity.
15    (a) The Strategic Action Planning Commission for Aging
16Equity is established and shall be co-chaired by designees of
17the Governor's Office and the Department on Aging. The Aging
18Equity Commission shall be a public body consisting of members
19appointed by the Governor within 3 months after the effective
20date of this Act. The Governor shall consult with the
21President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and
22Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the
23Director of Aging about appointments to the Aging Equity
24Commission to ensure the following:
25        (1) Members across the main Aging Equity Commission

 

 

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1    and its committees meet the criteria set forth in this
2    subsection. Individual members may fill multiple listed
3    knowledge areas.
4        (2) The Aging Equity Commission committees reflect the
5    geographic diversity of the State and includes members who
6    represent:
7            (A) the rural, suburban, and urban areas of the
8        State;
9            (B) the northern, central, and southern regions of
10        the State; and
11            (C) the various districts.
12        (3) The Aging Equity Commission committees are
13    inclusive and consist of members who reflect a diversity
14    of age, gender, ability, race, cultural, socioeconomic,
15    and national background.
16        (4) The Aging Equity Commission includes Illinois
17    residents aged 60 or older who represent urban, suburban,
18    and rural areas of the State.
19        (5) The Aging Equity Commission consists of the
20    following persons:
21            (A) One member with extensive professional
22        knowledge about aging.
23            (B) One member with extensive professional
24        knowledge of home and community-based services for
25        older Illinoisans.
26            (C) One member with extensive professional

 

 

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1        knowledge of community-based services provided under
2        the Older Americans Act.
3            (D) One member with extensive professional
4        knowledge of health policy.
5            (E) One member with extensive professional
6        knowledge of geriatric or palliative medicine.
7            (F) Two members with extensive professional
8        knowledge of health systems.
9            (G) Two members with extensive professional
10        knowledge of affordable accessible housing.
11            (H) One member with extensive professional
12        knowledge about nursing homes.
13            (I) One member who is a health insurance policy
14        advocate with extensive professional knowledge of
15        Medicare.
16            (J) One member with extensive professional
17        knowledge about the criminal-legal system and aging.
18            (K) One member with extensive professional
19        knowledge about caregiving.
20            (L) One member with extensive professional
21        knowledge of dementia.
22            (M) One member with extensive professional
23        knowledge about disabilities.
24            (N) Two members from the Senate, both major
25        parties represented, one appointed by the President of
26        the Senate and one appointed by the Minority Leader of

 

 

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1        the Senate.
2            (O) Two members from the House of Representatives,
3        both major parties represented, one appointed by the
4        Speaker of the House of Representatives and one
5        appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
6        Representatives.
7        (6) The Aging Equity Commission consists of the heads
8    of the following agencies, offices, boards, and other
9    entities, or their designees:
10            (A) Department of Commerce and Economic
11        Opportunity.
12            (B) Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
13            (C) Department of Human Services.
14            (D) Department of Innovation and Technology.
15            (E) Department of Labor.
16            (F) Department of Public Health.
17            (G) Department of Transportation.
18            (H) Department of Veterans' Affairs.
19            (I) Department on Aging.
20            (K) Illinois Housing Development Authority.
21            (L) Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
22    (b) The Aging Equity Commission shall examine the effects,
23challenges, opportunities, and needs for planning related to
24the shifting age demographics toward an increasing portion of
25the State's and localities' populations being made up of older
26adults, including at least the following topic areas:

 

 

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1        (1) Home and community-based care and healthcare.
2        (2) Transportation.
3        (3) Housing.
4        (4) Social participation.
5        (5) Outdoor spaces and buildings.
6        (6) Respect and social inclusion.
7        (7) Civic participation.
8        (8) Employment.
9        (9) Communication and information.
10        (10) The public sector as well as the broader economy,
11    workforce, community systems, businesses, and services.
12        (11) Changes in federal, State, and local tax bases,
13    revenues, budgets, fiscal policies, programs, and
14    workforce.
15        (12) Funding mechanisms for aging-related services.
16        (13) New economic opportunities for the State.
17        (14) Ways to better support unpaid family caregivers
18    in Illinois through increased services, programs,
19    policies, and funding of caregiver supports that help
20    people achieve living longer in their homes and
21    communities.
22    (c) The Aging Equity Commission shall adopt guiding
23principles that include:
24        (1) Advancing aging equity across the life course.
25        (2) Developing cultural humility and being culturally
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1    services.
2        (3) Being language inclusive to reach and support
3    older persons and caregivers who primarily read and speak
4    languages other than English.
5        (4) Supporting trauma-informed systems.
6        (5) Understanding the experiences of older
7    Illinoisans, caregivers, and future older Illinoisans of
8    diverse backgrounds.
9        (6) Recognizing the impact of historical and
10    contemporary racism, class inequity, ableism, genderism,
11    sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and other
12    structural inequities on systems, communities, families,
13    and individual Illinoisans of all ages.
14        (7) Equity and accessibility of policies, programs,
15    services, and resources for Illinoisans statewide.
16        (8) Harnessing the power of experience and knowledge
17    of older persons in communities.
18        (9) Opportunities for improved policies, programs, and
19    services that better reflect supporting the needs of
20    current and future older Illinoisans and caregivers.
21    (d) Commission guidelines.
22        (1) Anyone interested in becoming a member of one of
23    the Aging Equity Commission's committees, which may be
24    formed at the discretion of the Commission to delve deeper
25    into topics of interest to the Commission, may submit an
26    application to the Office of the Governor through the

 

 

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1    online application process, to be reviewed and assigned to
2    a committee by the Commission.
3        (2) The Aging Equity Commission shall elect a chair
4    and vice-chair from among its members to coordinate the
5    Aging Equity Commission's meetings along with State agency
6    staff or contractors. Members of the Aging Equity
7    Commission shall serve without compensation. Members shall
8    serve 4-year terms. The Aging Equity Commission shall
9    establish staggered end of term dates for initial members.
10    The Governor may reappoint a member for only one
11    additional 4-year term after a member's initial term has
12    expired. In case of a vacancy, the Governor shall appoint
13    a new member in the same manner as the initial
14    appointment.
15        (3) Members of the Aging Equity Commission may remove
16    a member for cause as determined by the Aging Equity
17    Commission, if approved by a two-thirds majority of all
18    members. The Aging Equity Commission shall meet 6 times
19    each calendar year, at a minimum, with dates determined by
20    the members of the Aging Equity Commission as soon as
21    practicable after all members have been appointed to the
22    Aging Equity Commission.
23        (4) The Aging Equity Commission shall establish a
24    minimum of 5 committees to conduct planning on substantive
25    issues listed in subsection (b) for the Strategic Action
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1    evaluate issues related to guiding principles listed under
2    subsection (c). The committees shall include members of
3    the Aging Equity Commission and may include persons who
4    are not members of the Aging Equity Commission yet
5    represent relevant expertise. Members of the specialized
6    committees shall serve without compensation.
7        (5) Members of the committees shall include heads of
8    the following agencies, offices, boards, and other
9    entities, or their designees to ensure an
10    all-of-government approach for the strategic action plan
11    for aging equity:
12            (A) Department of Agriculture.
13            (B) Department of Commerce and Economic
14        Opportunity.
15            (C) Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
16            (D) Department of Human Rights.
17            (E) Department of Human Services.
18            (F) Department of Innovation and Technology.
19            (G) Department of Insurance.
20            (H) Department of Labor.
21            (I) Department of Natural Resources.
22            (J) Department of Public Health.
23            (K) Department of Human Services' Division of
24        Rehabilitative Services.
25            (L) Department of Revenue.
26            (M) Department of Transportation.

 

 

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1            (N) Department of Veterans' Affairs.
2            (O) Department on Aging.
3            (P) Department of Corrections.
4            (Q) Department of Children and Family Services.
5            (R) Department of Financial and Professional
6        Regulation.
7            (S) Illinois Housing Development Authority.
8            (T) Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal.
9            (U) Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
10            (V) Illinois State Board of Education.
11            (W) Illinois Board of Higher Education.
12            (X) Illinois Cognitive Support Network.
13            (Y) Illinois Council on Developmental
14        Disabilities.
15            (Z) The Governor's Office of Management and
16        Budget.
17            (AA) Department of Central Management Services.
18            (BB) Office of the Attorney General.
19            (CC) Office of the Secretary of State.
20            (DD) Office of the State Treasurer.
21        (6) Additionally, committees shall seek to include
22    individuals with the following described backgrounds and
23    expertise to engage a wide array of expertise:
24            (A) One member with extensive professional
25        knowledge of public transportation, active
26        transportation, and private transportation systems.

 

 

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1            (B) One member with extensive professional
2        knowledge of urban planning, community walkability,
3        and age-friendly principles.
4            (C) One member with extensive professional
5        knowledge about labor advocacy.
6            (D) One member with extensive professional
7        knowledge in partnering education and labor needs.
8            (E) One member with extensive professional
9        knowledge in volunteerism, community connection, and
10        civic engagement of older persons.
11            (F) One member representing park districts.
12            (G) One member representing K-12 school systems.
13            (H) One member representing chambers of commerce.
14            (I) One member with extensive professional
15        knowledge of electronic communications technology.
16            (J) One member representing travel and
17        hospitality.
18            (K) One member representing a philanthropic
19        foundation.
20            (L) one member with extensive background in
21        advocacy for unpaid family caregivers in both
22        long-term care facilities and home services.
23        (7) The Aging Equity Commission shall establish and
24    regularly engage with an Aging Equity Advisory Committee
25    which consists of the State demographer and subject matter
26    experts from local governmental and nongovernmental

 

 

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1    organizations to advise, inform, and assist the Aging
2    Equity Commission.
3        (8) The Aging Equity Commission shall exercise its
4    powers and perform its duties and functions as specified
5    under this Act independently of the State agencies. The
6    Aging Equity Commission may establish bylaws as
7    appropriate for its effective operation. The chair of the
8    Aging Equity Commission shall establish a schedule for
9    Aging Equity Commission meetings. Members of the Aging
10    Equity Commission, staff, and consultants are not liable
11    for an act or omission in their official capacity
12    performed in good faith in accordance with this Act.
 
13    Section 30. Duties of the Strategic Action Aging Equity
14Commission for Aging Equity.
15    (a) The Aging Equity Commission shall develop a
16preliminary comprehensive strategic action plan for aging
17equity in Illinois through the year 2035 to be completed
18within 18 months of commencement of the Aging Equity
19Commission. A 2-month public comment period shall be included
20and the strategic action plan for aging equity shall be
21finalized within 2 years from the commencement of the Aging
22Equity Commission.
23    (b) In developing the strategic action plan for aging
24equity, the Aging Equity Commission shall review and
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1studies and commissions, task forces, departments, and area
2agencies on aging that the Aging Equity Commission considers
3relevant and necessary to its duties. Previous recommendations
4must be reviewed in conjunction with the latest demographic
5and economic projections specified in the analysis conducted.
6The strategic action plan must address at least the following
73 areas:
8        (1) Demographic, economic, fiscal, and budget data
9    analysis through the year 2040.
10        (2) Actionable recommendations.
11        (3) Plans for periodic updates to the strategic action
12    plan.
 
13    Section 35. Actionable recommendations. Aging Equity
14Commission recommendations shall be responsive to the
15following at a minimum:
16        (1) Potential and recommended actions to address the
17    long-term effects of the demographic shift on Illinois
18    residents, State government, and the private sector.
19        (2) Potential and recommended actions to strengthen
20    and improve service infrastructure for and the quality,
21    staffing, accessibility, and availability of long-term
22    services and supports to better enable older persons to
23    remain in their homes and communities according to their
24    wishes (to age-in-place).
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1    access to services and public education on opportunities,
2    challenges, resources, and topics for older Illinoisans
3    and caregivers.
4        (4) Potential and recommended actions to improve
5    caregiver supports and mitigate both the financial and
6    nonfinancial impacts of caregiving on patients,
7    caregivers, businesses, and the State.
8        (5) Potential and recommended actions to improve
9    financial security and retirement preparation for the
10    older adult population.
11        (6) Potential and recommended actions to improve the
12    accessibility and sustainability of healthy, safe,
13    affordable, accessible, and non-segregated housing.
14        (7) Potential and recommended actions to improve the
15    accessibility and sustainability of affordable
16    transportation services.
17        (8) Potential and recommended actions to reduce
18    administrative and service delivery costs of public and
19    private long-term services and supports while improving
20    service quality.
21        (9) Administrative and regulatory reforms needed to
22    more cost-effectively organize State agencies to implement
23    statewide programs and services.
24        (10) Possible legislation for consideration by the
25    General Assembly needed to implement the Aging Equity
26    Commission's recommendations and achieve its stated goals.

 

 

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1        (11) Possible regulatory and administrative changes to
2    be offered to State departments needed to implement the
3    Aging Equity Commission's recommendations and achieve its
4    stated goals.
5        (12) Private sector potential and recommended actions
6    for quality long-term care, services, and supports that
7    are accessible, equitable, and meet cultural and
8    linguistic needs.
9        (13) Potential and recommended actions to extend and
10    improve other services and supports that would support
11    individuals' abilities to remain in their homes and
12    communities for as long as possible.
13        (14) Potential and recommended actions to make
14    Illinois an age-friendly state.
15        (15) Potential and recommended actions to support
16    health equity as it relates to advancing aging equity.
17        (16) Projections on the economic, fiscal, and
18    population impacts of implementing or not implementing the
19    recommendations.
 
20    Section 40. Reporting.
21    (a) During the 2024 and 2025 legislative sessions, the
22Aging Equity Commission shall submit an oral and written
23report summarizing its work and any preliminary findings or
24recommendations to the joint budget committee and the General
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1    (b) Within 2 years of commencement, the Aging Equity
2Commission shall submit to the Governor, the General Assembly,
3and any affected State agency its strategic action plan
4detailing the work of the Aging Equity Commission and its
5final recommendations.
6    (c) If the strategic action plan identifies programs,
7services, projects, policies, or procedures that would result
8in cost savings, without adversely affecting the quality of
9care and services, and do not require legislation, the
10Governor and the associated State agencies must pursue the
11necessary actions to implement the recommendations, including,
12as necessary, requesting adequate funding through the State
13budget process.
14    (d) If the strategic action plan identifies programs,
15services, projects, policies, or procedures that would result
16in cost savings, without adversely affecting the quality of
17care and services, that require legislation, the Aging Equity
18Commission shall recommend legislation to implement the
19changes to the General Assembly. In its plan, the Aging Equity
20Commission shall specify the laws and the policies and
21procedures of the relevant State agencies that need to be
22created, amended, or repealed to implement the
23recommendations.
 
24    Section 45. Strategic plan updates and oversight.
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1the strategic action plan every 4 years, to update the Aging
2Equity Commission's analysis and recommendations.
3        (1) These updates shall include new economic and
4    demographic data as well as respond to new State and
5    national public and private initiatives and must address a
6    time period for analysis and recommendation that extends
7    15 years after the delivery of the update.
8        (2) The process for creating these updates shall be
9    determined by the Aging Equity Commission as part of its
10    strategic action plan.
11        (3) New legislative or regulatory recommendations may
12    be offered in order to address new or changing
13    circumstances.
14    (b) The Aging Equity Commission shall be subject to the
15Open Meetings Act and take measures to ensure transparency to
16the public, the General Assembly, and to stakeholders in
17planning, goal setting, action steps, and reporting on
18successful implementation and outcomes. The Commission shall
19ensure documents regarding proceedings are available on an
20appropriate State website.
21    (c) After the initial development of the plan, the Aging
22Equity Commission's plan updates shall list areas in which the
23plan is not being implemented or followed.
24    (d) The initial Aging Equity Commission shall determine
25the staffing and process for updating the initial strategic
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1the plan updates if sufficient funding is secured through
2appropriations, grants, or donations.
 
3    Section 50. Repeal. The Aging Equity Commission is
4dissolved, and this Act is repealed, on December 31, 2043.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.".