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1 | AN ACT concerning aging.
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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 5. The Older Adult Services Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 20 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (320 ILCS 42/20)
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7 | Sec. 20. Priority service areas; service expansion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The requirements of this Section are subject to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | availability of funding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (b) The Department shall expand older adult services that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | promote independence and permit older adults to remain in their | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | own homes and communities. Priority shall be given to both the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | expansion of services and the development of new services in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | priority service areas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (c) Inventory of services. The Department shall develop and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | maintain an inventory and assessment of (i) the types and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | quantities of public older adult services and, to the extent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | possible, privately provided older adult services, including | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | the unduplicated count, location, and characteristics of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | individuals served by each facility, program, or service and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (ii) the resources supporting those services. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (d) Priority service areas. The Departments shall assess | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the current and projected need for older adult services |
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1 | throughout the State, analyze the results of the inventory, and | ||||||
2 | identify priority service areas, which shall serve as the basis | ||||||
3 | for a priority service plan to be filed with the Governor and | ||||||
4 | the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2006, and every 5 | ||||||
5 | years thereafter. | ||||||
6 | (e) Moneys appropriated by the General Assembly for the | ||||||
7 | purpose of this Section, receipts from donations, grants, fees, | ||||||
8 | or taxes that may accrue from any public or private sources to | ||||||
9 | the Department for the purpose of this Section, and savings | ||||||
10 | attributable to the nursing home conversion program as | ||||||
11 | calculated in subsection (h) shall be deposited into the | ||||||
12 | Department on Aging State Projects Fund. Interest earned by | ||||||
13 | those moneys in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. | ||||||
14 | (f) Moneys described in subsection (e) from the Department | ||||||
15 | on Aging State Projects Fund shall be used for older adult | ||||||
16 | services, regardless of where the older adult receives the | ||||||
17 | service, with priority given to both the expansion of services | ||||||
18 | and the development of new services in priority service areas. | ||||||
19 | Fundable services shall include: | ||||||
20 | (1) Housing, health services, and supportive services: | ||||||
21 | (A) adult day care; | ||||||
22 | (B) adult day care for persons with Alzheimer's | ||||||
23 | disease and related disorders; | ||||||
24 | (C) activities of daily living; | ||||||
25 | (D) care-related supplies and equipment; | ||||||
26 | (E) case management; |
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1 | (F) community reintegration; | ||||||
2 | (G) companion; | ||||||
3 | (H) congregate meals; | ||||||
4 | (I) counseling and education; | ||||||
5 | (J) elder abuse prevention and intervention; | ||||||
6 | (K) emergency response and monitoring; | ||||||
7 | (L) environmental modifications; | ||||||
8 | (M) family caregiver support; | ||||||
9 | (N) financial; | ||||||
10 | (O) home delivered meals;
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11 | (P) homemaker; | ||||||
12 | (Q) home health; | ||||||
13 | (R) hospice; | ||||||
14 | (S) laundry; | ||||||
15 | (T) long-term care ombudsman; | ||||||
16 | (U) medication reminders;
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17 | (V) money management; | ||||||
18 | (W) nutrition services;
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19 | (X) personal care; | ||||||
20 | (Y) respite care; | ||||||
21 | (Z) residential care; | ||||||
22 | (AA) senior benefits outreach; | ||||||
23 | (BB) senior centers; | ||||||
24 | (CC) services provided under the Assisted Living | ||||||
25 | and Shared Housing Act, or sheltered care services that | ||||||
26 | meet the requirements of the Assisted Living and Shared |
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1 | Housing Act, or services provided under Section | ||||||
2 | 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public Aid Code (the Supportive | ||||||
3 | Living Facilities Program); | ||||||
4 | (DD) telemedicine devices to monitor recipients in | ||||||
5 | their own homes as an alternative to hospital care, | ||||||
6 | nursing home care, or home visits; | ||||||
7 | (EE) training for direct family caregivers; | ||||||
8 | (FF) transition; | ||||||
9 | (GG) transportation; | ||||||
10 | (HH) wellness and fitness programs; and | ||||||
11 | (II) other programs designed to assist older | ||||||
12 | adults in Illinois to remain independent and receive | ||||||
13 | services in the most integrated residential setting | ||||||
14 | possible for that person. | ||||||
15 | (2) Older Adult Services Demonstration Grants, | ||||||
16 | pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section. | ||||||
17 | Fundable services also include an expansion of assisted | ||||||
18 | living services under a waiver to include case management | ||||||
19 | services, assisted living services, and incontinence supplies | ||||||
20 | for persons who (i) are 65 years of age or older, or at least 60 | ||||||
21 | years of age and disabled as determined according to guidelines | ||||||
22 | established by the Department, and (ii) are eligible for | ||||||
23 | Supplemental Security Income or Medicaid for the Aged or | ||||||
24 | Disabled or meet the Medicaid Waiver Assistance income and | ||||||
25 | asset requirements. The Department shall apply for any waiver | ||||||
26 | of federal law or regulations necessary to implement this |
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1 | paragraph.
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2 | (g) Older Adult Services Demonstration Grants. The | ||||||
3 | Department shall establish a program of demonstration grants to | ||||||
4 | assist in the restructuring of the delivery system for older | ||||||
5 | adult services and provide funding for innovative service | ||||||
6 | delivery models and system change and integration initiatives. | ||||||
7 | The Department shall prescribe, by rule, the grant application | ||||||
8 | process. At a minimum, every application must include: | ||||||
9 | (1) The type of grant sought; | ||||||
10 | (2) A description of the project; | ||||||
11 | (3) The objective of the project; | ||||||
12 | (4) The likelihood of the project meeting identified | ||||||
13 | needs; | ||||||
14 | (5) The plan for financing, administration, and | ||||||
15 | evaluation of the project; | ||||||
16 | (6) The timetable for implementation; | ||||||
17 | (7) The roles and capabilities of responsible | ||||||
18 | individuals and organizations; | ||||||
19 | (8) Documentation of collaboration with other service | ||||||
20 | providers, local community government leaders, and other | ||||||
21 | stakeholders, other providers, and any other stakeholders | ||||||
22 | in the community; | ||||||
23 | (9) Documentation of community support for the | ||||||
24 | project, including support by other service providers, | ||||||
25 | local community government leaders, and other | ||||||
26 | stakeholders;
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1 | (10) The total budget for the project; | ||||||
2 | (11) The financial condition of the applicant; and | ||||||
3 | (12) Any other application requirements that may be | ||||||
4 | established by the Department by rule. | ||||||
5 | Each project may include provisions for a designated staff | ||||||
6 | person who is responsible for the development of the project | ||||||
7 | and recruitment of providers. | ||||||
8 | Projects may include, but are not limited to: adult family | ||||||
9 | foster care; family adult day care; assisted living in a | ||||||
10 | supervised apartment; personal services in a subsidized | ||||||
11 | housing project; evening and weekend home care coverage; small | ||||||
12 | incentive grants to attract new providers; money following the | ||||||
13 | person; cash and counseling; managed long-term care; and at | ||||||
14 | least one respite care project that establishes a local | ||||||
15 | coordinated network of volunteer and paid respite workers, | ||||||
16 | coordinates assignment of respite workers to caregivers and | ||||||
17 | older adults, ensures the health and safety of the older adult, | ||||||
18 | provides training for caregivers, and ensures that support | ||||||
19 | groups are available in the community. | ||||||
20 | A demonstration project funded in whole or in part by an | ||||||
21 | Older Adult Services Demonstration Grant is exempt from the | ||||||
22 | requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. To | ||||||
23 | the extent applicable, however, for the purpose of maintaining | ||||||
24 | the statewide inventory authorized by the Illinois Health | ||||||
25 | Facilities Planning Act, the Department shall send to the | ||||||
26 | Health Facilities Planning Board a copy of each grant award |
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1 | made under this subsection (g). | ||||||
2 | The Department, in collaboration with the Departments of | ||||||
3 | Public Health and Healthcare and Family Services
Public Aid , | ||||||
4 | shall evaluate the effectiveness of the projects receiving | ||||||
5 | grants under this Section. | ||||||
6 | (h) No later than July 1 of each year, the Department of | ||||||
7 | Public Health shall provide information to the Department of | ||||||
8 | Healthcare and Family Services
Public Aid to enable the | ||||||
9 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Public Aid to | ||||||
10 | annually document and verify the savings attributable to the | ||||||
11 | nursing home conversion program for the previous fiscal year to | ||||||
12 | estimate an annual amount of such savings that may be | ||||||
13 | appropriated to the Department on Aging State Projects Fund and | ||||||
14 | notify the General Assembly, the Department on Aging, the | ||||||
15 | Department of Human Services, and the Advisory Committee of the | ||||||
16 | savings no later than October 1 of the same fiscal year.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 93-1031, eff. 8-27-04; 94-342, eff. 7-26-05; | ||||||
18 | revised 12-15-05.)
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