95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0901

 

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Susan Garrett - Emil Jones, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 42/15

    Amends the Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the nutrition outreach and public education program.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act
5 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 42/15)
7     Sec. 15. Program established. The The Department of Human
8 Services shall establish a nutrition outreach and public
9 education program, to be administered by that Department in
10 cooperation with the Department on Aging and the State
11 Superintendent of Education. The program shall be established
12 to ensure maximum participation by eligible persons in federal
13 and State food assistance programs. The program shall be
14 structured so as to increase participation statewide but with
15 particular attention to high-risk areas with a focus on certain
16 at-risk populations.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-555, eff. 1-1-04.)