103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2921

 

Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 105/8.13 new
30 ILCS 105/5.990 new

    Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to establish and administer a statewide 5-year pilot program to provide grant awards to counties and municipalities interested in maintaining a local recovery program for individuals who wander due to a medical condition such as Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, autism, or other specified disorders. Provides that under a county's or municipality's local recovery program, persons with a history of wandering shall receive a fitted electronic bracelet that emits a unique radio signal 24 hours a day that can be identified and tracked by a designated search team of volunteers, lead by local law enforcement, when alerted through a 911 emergency call about a missing person who has a history of wandering. Provides that any grant amounts provided to a county or municipality under the pilot program must be used to cover the costs associated with purchasing the electronic bracelets, training a designated team of volunteer search personnel, conducting community outreach activities to inform local residents and eligible families about the local recovery program, and any other costs required to implement the local recovery program. Provides that all funding for the pilot program shall come from private donations to the Department. Requires all donated moneys received by the Department for the pilot program to be deposited into the Local Recovery Programs for Persons Who Wander Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be expended to make grant awards under the pilot program and for no other purpose; and that all interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the pilot program, including, but not limited to, rules on the application and eligibility requirements, grant amounts awarded under the pilot program, and equipment standards for the electronic bracelets. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Local Recovery Programs for Persons Who Wander Fund. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
5adding Section 8.13 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 105/8.13 new)
7    Sec. 8.13. Pilot program for persons who wander. The
8Department on Aging shall establish and administer a statewide
95-year pilot program to provide grant awards to counties and
10municipalities interested in maintaining a local recovery
11program for individuals who wander due to a medical condition
12such as Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, autism,
13brain injury, or developmental, cognitive, neurological, or
14chromosomal disorders. Under a county's or municipality's
15local recovery program, persons with a history of wandering
16shall receive a fitted electronic bracelet that emits a unique
17radio signal 24 hours a day that can be identified and tracked
18by a designated search team of volunteers, lead by local law
19enforcement, when alerted through a 911 emergency call about a
20missing person who has a history of wandering.
21    Any grant amounts provided to a county or municipality
22under the pilot program must be used to cover the costs
23associated with purchasing the electronic bracelets, training

 

 

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1a designated team of volunteer search personnel, conducting
2community outreach activities to inform local residents and
3eligible families about the local recovery program for persons
4who wander, and any other costs required to implement the
5local recovery program.
6    All funding for the pilot program shall come from private
7donations made to the Department by local social and
8professional clubs or associations, hospitals, and health
9agencies. All donated moneys received by the Department for
10the pilot program shall be deposited into the Local Recovery
11Programs for Persons Who Wander Fund, a special fund created
12in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be expended to
13make grant awards under the pilot program and for no other
14purpose. All interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall be
15deposited into the Fund.
16    The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to
17implement the pilot program, including, but not limited to,
18rules on the application and eligibility requirements for
19counties and municipalities interested in maintaining a local
20recover program for persons who wander, grant amounts awarded
21under the pilot program, and equipment standards for the
22electronic bracelets.
 
23    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
24Section 5.990 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
2    Sec. 5.990. Local Recovery Programs for Persons Who Wander
3Fund.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.