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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to help | ||||||
| 5 | homeless service providers receive federal resources during | ||||||
| 6 | public health emergencies, including personal protective | ||||||
| 7 | equipment for which the Federal Emergency Management Agency | ||||||
| 8 | has final authority for reimbursement. | ||||||
| 9 | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
| 10 | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
| 11 | amended by adding Section 2310-434 as follows: | ||||||
| 12 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-434 new) | ||||||
| 13 | Sec. 2310-434. Homeless service providers. | ||||||
| 14 | (a) In this Section, "homeless service provider" means a | ||||||
| 15 | person or entity who provides services to homeless persons | ||||||
| 16 | under any of the programs of or identified by the Department of | ||||||
| 17 | Human Services. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) The Department shall consider all homeless service | ||||||
| 19 | providers in the State to be essential critical infrastructure | ||||||
| 20 | workers in accordance with the most recent guidance from the | ||||||
| 21 | federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The | ||||||
| 22 | Department shall ensure that homeless service providers | ||||||
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| 1 | qualify for the same priority benefits afforded to frontline | ||||||
| 2 | workers by the State, including, but not limited to: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) federal funding for relief relating to public | ||||||
| 4 | health emergencies; | ||||||
| 5 | (2) personal protective equipment; and | ||||||
| 6 | (3) vaccinations. | ||||||
| 7 | (c) In accordance with this Section, during a | ||||||
| 8 | federally-designated public health emergency or a public | ||||||
| 9 | health disaster declared by a proclamation issued by the | ||||||
| 10 | Governor under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
| 11 | Agency Act, the Department and the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
| 12 | Management Agency shall offer recommendations to their local | ||||||
| 13 | counterparts, including local public health departments and | ||||||
| 14 | local emergency management assistance agencies, encouraging | ||||||
| 15 | them to consider homeless service providers when making | ||||||
| 16 | determinations about providing assistance. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation | ||||||
| 18 | and administration of this Section and to ensure that homeless | ||||||
| 19 | service providers are considered essential critical | ||||||
| 20 | infrastructure workers in the event of a pandemic.
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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