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HB0774 Engrossed                     LRB093 05310 DRJ 05400 b

 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.)