98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1358

 

Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
310 ILCS 100/10

    Amends the Prevention of Unnecessary Institutionalization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section authorizing the Department of Human Services to establish a program to provide funding for necessary structural modifications and assistive technology devices to enable older persons and adults and children with disabilities to remain in or return to their homes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning housing.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Prevention of Unnecessary
5Institutionalization Act is amended by changing Section 10 as
6follows:
 
7    (310 ILCS 100/10)
8    Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to authorize
9the Department of Human Services and and the Department on
10Aging to jointly establish a program to provide funding for
11necessary structural modifications and assistive technology
12devices to enable older persons and adults and children with
13disabilities to remain in or return to their homes or other
14dwellings of their choice within their community in order to
15allow them to live as independently as possible for as long as
16possible.
17(Source: P.A. 92-122, eff. 7-20-01.)