93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5356

 

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 42/15

    Amends the Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the nutrition outreach and public education program.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB5356 LRB093 17032 DRJ 42696 b

1     AN ACT concerning human services.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act
5 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 42/15)
7     Sec. 15. Program established. The Department of Human
8 Services must shall establish a nutrition outreach and public
9 education program, to be administered by that Department in
10 cooperation with the Department on Aging and the State
11 Superintendent of Education. The program shall be established
12 to ensure maximum participation by eligible persons in federal
13 and State food assistance programs. The program shall be
14 structured so as to increase participation statewide but with
15 particular attention to high-risk areas with a focus on certain
16 at-risk populations.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-555, eff. 1-1-04.)