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92_HB5304
LRB9211797DJgc
1 AN ACT in relation to elderly persons.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Respite Program Act is amended by
5 changing Section 5 as follows:
6 (320 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 6205)
7 Sec. 5. Eligibility. The Department may establish
8 eligibility standards for respite services taking into
9 consideration the unique economic and social needs of the
10 population for whom they are to be provided. The population
11 identified for the purposes of this Act includes persons
12 suffering from Alzheimer's disease and who are 55 years of
13 age or older, or persons age 60 and older with an identified
14 service need. Priority must shall be given in all cases to
15 frail, abused or functionally disabled or cognitively
16 impaired adults.
17 (Source: P.A. 87-974.)