HB6355 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6355

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

320 ILCS 10/3

from Ch. 23, par. 6203

Amends the Respite Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of respite projects.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to aging.

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

Section 5. The Respite Program Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(320 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 6203)

Sec. 3. Respite program. The Director is hereby authorized to establish respite projects for the purposes of providing care and assistance to persons in need and to deter the institutionalization of frail or disabled or functionally disabled or cognitively impaired adults.

(Source: P.A. 87-974.)