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



6    (20 ILCS 105/4.07)



7    Sec. 4.07. Home-delivered meals.  
8    (a) Every citizen of the State of Illinois
who qualifies 
9for home-delivered meals under the federal Older Americans Act

10shall be provided services, subject to appropriation.  The 
11Department shall
file a report with the General Assembly and 
12the Illinois
Council on
Aging by January 1 of each year.  The 
13report shall include, but not be limited
to, the
following 
14information: (i) estimates, by
county, of
citizens denied 
15service due to insufficient funds during the preceding fiscal

16year
and the potential impact on service delivery of any 
17additional funds
appropriated
for the current fiscal year; 
18(ii) geographic areas and special populations
unserved
and 
19underserved in the preceding fiscal year; (iii) estimates of 
20additional
funds
needed to permit the full funding of the 
21program and the statewide provision of
services in the next 
22fiscal year, including staffing and equipment needed to

23prepare and deliver meals; (iv) recommendations for increasing 
 
 
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1the amount of
federal funding captured for the program; (v) 
2recommendations for serving
unserved and underserved areas and 
3special populations, to include rural areas,
dietetic meals, 
4weekend meals, and 2 or more meals per day; and (vi) any
other 
5information needed to assist the General Assembly and the 
6Illinois
Council
on Aging in developing a plan to address 
7unserved and underserved areas of the
State.

8    (b) Subject to appropriation, on an annual basis each 
9recipient of home-delivered meals shall receive a fact sheet 
10developed by the Department on Aging with a current list of 
11toll-free numbers to access information on various health 
12conditions, elder abuse, and programs for persons 60 years of 
13age and older.  The fact sheet shall be written in a language 
14that the client understands, if possible. In addition, each 
15recipient of home-delivered meals shall receive updates on any 
16new program for which persons 60 years of age and older may be 
17eligible. 
18(Source: P.A. 93-484, eff. 1-1-04.)

 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.