99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0200

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kelly Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-371.5  was 20 ILCS 2310/371

    Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that public libraries may receive grants from the Heartsaver AED Fund to assist in the purchase of an Automated External Defibrillator. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6amended by changing Section 2310-371.5 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-371.5)  (was 20 ILCS 2310/371)
8    Sec. 2310-371.5. Heartsaver AED Fund; grants. Subject to
9appropriation, the Department of Public Health has the power to
10make matching grants from the Heartsaver AED Fund, a special
11fund created in the State treasury, to any school in the State,
12public park district, forest preserve district, conservation
13district, municipal recreation department, public library,
14college, or university to assist in the purchase of an
15Automated External Defibrillator. Applicants for AED grants
16must demonstrate that they have funds to pay 50% of the cost of
17the AEDs for which matching grant moneys are sought. Any
18school, public park district, forest preserve district,
19conservation district, municipal recreation department, public
20library, college, or university applying for the grant shall
21not receive more than one grant from the Heartsaver AED Fund
22each fiscal year. The State Treasurer shall accept and deposit
23into the Fund all gifts, grants, transfers, appropriations, and

 

 

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1other amounts from any legal source, public or private, that
2are designated for deposit into the Fund.
3(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-721, eff. 6-3-08.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.