SB0800 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0800

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

320 ILCS 60/15

Amends the Community Senior Services and Resources Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning aging.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Community Senior Services and Resources Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(320 ILCS 60/15)

Sec. 15. Definitions. For the the purposes of this Act:

"Advisory Committee" means the Community Senior Services and Resource Center Advisory Committee created under Section 35.

"Center" means a community senior services and resource center.

"Department" means the Department on Aging.

"Director" means the Director of Aging.

"Senior" means an individual 60 years of age or older.

"Home or community based services" includes the following: elder abuse; home-delivered meals; case management; wellness and fitness programs; counseling; adult day services; respite care; senior benefits outreach; congregate meals; long-term care ombudsman services; job training and placement; transportation; chore homemaker services; caregiver support; computer literacy; and any program that assists participants in avoiding inappropriate institutional placement or addresses participants' health, safety, or well-being, regardless of whether the service is received in a participant's home or in an institutional setting and a majority of participants are seniors or family of seniors.

(Source: P.A. 93-246, eff. 7-22-03.)