Sen. William Delgado
Filed: 5/15/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 570
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 570 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 4.08 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 105/4.08 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 4.08. Rural and small town meals program. Subject to | ||||||
8 | appropriation, the Department may establish a program to ensure | ||||||
9 | the availability of congregate or home-delivered meals in | ||||||
10 | communities with populations of under 5,000 that are not | ||||||
11 | located within the large urban counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, | ||||||
12 | Lake, or Will.
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13 | The Department may meet these requirements by entering into | ||||||
14 | agreements with Area Agencies on Aging or Department designees, | ||||||
15 | which shall in turn enter into grants or contractual agreements | ||||||
16 | with such local entities as restaurants, cafes, churches, |
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1 | facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, the | ||||||
2 | Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the Hospital | ||||||
3 | Licensing Act, facilities certified by the Department of | ||||||
4 | Healthcare and Family Services, senior centers, or Older | ||||||
5 | American Act designated nutrition service providers.
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6 | First consideration shall be given to entities that can | ||||||
7 | cost effectively meet the needs of seniors in the community by | ||||||
8 | preparing the food locally.
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9 | In no instance shall funds provided pursuant to this | ||||||
10 | Section be used to replace funds allocated to a given area or | ||||||
11 | program as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
12 | 95th General Assembly.
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13 | The Department shall establish guidelines and standards by | ||||||
14 | administrative rule, which shall include submission of an | ||||||
15 | expenditure plan by the recipient of the funds.
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.".
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