Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
Filed: 3/27/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1351
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1351 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 4.02d as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 105/4.02d new)
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7 | Sec. 4.02d. Older adult volunteer demonstration program. | ||||||
8 | The Department may establish and maintain, in collaboration | ||||||
9 | with the local Area Agency on Aging, a demonstration program to | ||||||
10 | evaluate the use of older adult volunteers to perform telephone | ||||||
11 | reassurance activities and outreach on the emergency home | ||||||
12 | response program. The demonstration program shall operate for a | ||||||
13 | period of 3 years. At the end of the 3-year period, the | ||||||
14 | Department shall evaluate the program and notify the General | ||||||
15 | Assembly of its findings and recommendations. ".
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