HB1351 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1351

Introduced 2/20/2007, by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2605/2605-510 new

Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of State Police to establish and administer, as a pilot program in 10 zip codes within the State, an automated wellness-check system. Provides that, under the system, senior citizens and individuals with a disability or illness may register with the Department to receive automated calls at an agreed-upon time and, if the dispatcher is unable to reach the registered person by telephone after 3 attempts in a 5-minute span, then a State or local law-enforcement officer will be sent to the person's home to check on his or her welfare. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2605-510 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-510 new)

Sec. 2605-510. Automated wellness-check system. The Department shall establish and administer, as a pilot program in 10 zip codes within the State, an automated wellness-check system. Under the system, senior citizens and individuals with a disability or illness may register with the Department to receive automated calls at an agreed-upon time. If the dispatcher is unable to reach the registered person by telephone after 3 attempts in a 5-minute span, then a State or local law-enforcement officer will be sent to the person's home to check on his or her welfare.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.