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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1190
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1190 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
5 adding Section 4.07 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 105/4.07 new)
7 Sec. 4.07. Home-delivered meals. Every citizen of the
8 State of Illinois who qualifies for home-delivered meals
9 under the federal Older Americans Act shall be provided
10 services, subject to appropriation. The Department shall
11 file a report with the General Assembly and the Illinois
12 Council on Aging by January 1 of each year. The report shall
13 include, but not be limited to, the following information:
14 (i) estimates, by county, of citizens denied service due to
15 insufficient funds during the preceding fiscal year and the
16 potential impact on service delivery of any additional funds
17 appropriated for the current fiscal year; (ii) geographic
18 areas and special populations unserved and underserved in the
19 preceding fiscal year; (iii) estimates of additional funds
20 needed to permit the full funding of the program and the
21 Statewide provision of services in the next fiscal year,
22 including staffing and equipment needed to prepare and
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1 deliver meals; (iv) recommendations for increasing the amount
2 of federal funding captured for the program; (v)
3 recommendations for serving unserved and underserved areas
4 and special populations, to include rural areas, dietetic
5 meals, weekend meals, and 2 or more meals per day; and (vi)
6 any other information needed to assist the General Assembly
7 and the Illinois Council on Aging in developing a plan to
8 address unserved and underserved areas of the State.".