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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 8.08 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 105/8.08 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 8.08. Older direct care worker recognition. The | ||||||
8 | Department shall present one award annually to older direct | ||||||
9 | care workers in each of the following categories: Older | ||||||
10 | American Act Services, Home Health Services, Community Care | ||||||
11 | Program Services, Nursing Homes, and programs that provide | ||||||
12 | housing with services licensed or certified by the State. The | ||||||
13 | Department shall solicit nominations from associations | ||||||
14 | representing providers of the named services or settings and | ||||||
15 | trade associations representing applicable direct care | ||||||
16 | workers. Nominations shall be presented in a format designated | ||||||
17 | by the Department. Direct care workers honored with this award | ||||||
18 | must be 55 years of age or older and shall be recognized for | ||||||
19 | their dedication and commitment to improving the quality of | ||||||
20 | aging in Illinois above and beyond the confines of their job | ||||||
21 | description. Award recipients shall be honored before their | ||||||
22 | peers at the Governor's Conference on Aging or at a similar | ||||||
23 | venue, shall have their pictures displayed on the Department's |
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1 | website with their permission, and shall receive a letter of | ||||||
2 | commendation from the Governor. The Department shall consult | ||||||
3 | with the Coordinating Committee of State Agencies Serving Older | ||||||
4 | Persons to determine which of the nominees shall be the | ||||||
5 | recipient in each category of service provision or setting. The | ||||||
6 | Department shall include the recipients of these awards in all | ||||||
7 | Senior Hall of Fame displays required by the Act on Aging. | ||||||
8 | Except as otherwise prohibited by law, the Department may | ||||||
9 | solicit private sector funding to underwrite the cost of all | ||||||
10 | awards and recognition materials and shall request that all | ||||||
11 | associations representing providers of the named services or | ||||||
12 | settings and trade associations applicable to direct care | ||||||
13 | workers publicize the awards and the award recipients in | ||||||
14 | communications with their members. | ||||||
15 | Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | ||||||
16 | exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | ||||||
17 | the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | ||||||
18 | promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
19 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | ||||||
20 | Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | ||||||
21 | enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
22 | General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | ||||||
23 | Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | ||||||
24 | Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
25 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
26 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action |
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1 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
2 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
3 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
4 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
5 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this paragraph, "rules" | ||||||
6 | is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" | ||||||
8 | are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of | ||||||
9 | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that | ||||||
10 | such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
11 | jurisdiction of the Governor.
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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