Public Act 102-0253
 
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    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended  by 
changing Section 4.07 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 105/4.07)



    Sec. 4.07. Home-delivered meals.  
    (a) Every citizen of the State of Illinois
who qualifies 
for home-delivered meals under the federal Older Americans Act

shall be provided services, subject to appropriation.  The 
Department shall
file a report with the General Assembly and 
the Illinois
Council on
Aging by January 1 of each year.  The 
report shall include, but not be limited
to, the
following 
information: (i) estimates, by
county, of
citizens denied 
service due to insufficient funds during the preceding fiscal

year
and the potential impact on service delivery of any 
additional funds
appropriated
for the current fiscal year; 
(ii) geographic areas and special populations
unserved
and 
underserved in the preceding fiscal year; (iii) estimates of 
additional
funds
needed to permit the full funding of the 
program and the statewide provision of
services in the next 
fiscal year, including staffing and equipment needed to

prepare and deliver meals; (iv) recommendations for increasing 
the amount of
federal funding captured for the program; (v) 
recommendations for serving
unserved and underserved areas and 
special populations, to include rural areas,
dietetic meals, 
weekend meals, and 2 or more meals per day; and (vi) any
other 
information needed to assist the General Assembly and the 
Illinois
Council
on Aging in developing a plan to address 
unserved and underserved areas of the
State.

    (b) Subject to appropriation, on an annual basis each 
recipient of home-delivered meals shall receive a fact sheet 
developed by the Department on Aging with a current list of 
toll-free numbers to access information on various health 
conditions, elder abuse, and programs for persons 60 years of 
age and older.  The fact sheet shall be written in a language 
that the client understands, if possible. In addition, each 
recipient of home-delivered meals shall receive updates on any 
new program for which persons 60 years of age and older may be 
eligible. 
(Source: P.A. 93-484, eff. 1-1-04.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.