Full Text of HB4909 96th General Assembly
HB4909 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4909
Introduced 1/15/2010, by Rep. Eddie Washington SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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310 ILCS 100/35 rep. |
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320 ILCS 60/15 |
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320 ILCS 60/20 |
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320 ILCS 60/32 |
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320 ILCS 60/35 rep. |
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320 ILCS 65/16 rep. |
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Amends the Prevention of Unnecessary Institutionalization Act. Repeals a provision requiring the Department on Aging and the Department of Human Services to jointly establish an Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Unnecessary Institutionalization Program. Amends the Community Senior Services and Resources Act. Repeals provisions establishing the Community Senior Services and Resource Center Advisory Committee and deletes corresponding references to the Committee. Amends the Family Caregiver Act. Repeals provisions requiring the Department on Aging to seek federal funding for the establishment and assessment of a Family Caregiver Training and Support Demonstration Project. Effective immediately. |
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning aging.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| (310 ILCS 100/35 rep.)
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| Section 5. The Prevention of Unnecessary | 6 |
| Institutionalization Act is amended by repealing Section 35. | 7 |
| Section 10. The Community Senior Services and Resources Act | 8 |
| is amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 32 as follows:
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| (320 ILCS 60/15)
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| Sec. 15. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
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| "Advisory Committee" means the Community Senior Services | 12 |
| and Resource
Center
Advisory Committee created under Section | 13 |
| 35.
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| "Center" means a community senior services and resource | 15 |
| center.
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| "Department" means the Department on Aging.
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| "Director" means the Director of Aging.
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| "Senior" means an individual 60 years of age or older.
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| "Home or community based services" includes the following: | 20 |
| elder
abuse; home-delivered meals; case management; wellness | 21 |
| and fitness programs;
counseling;
adult
day services; respite | 22 |
| care; senior benefits outreach; congregate meals;
long-term |
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| care
ombudsman services; job training and placement; | 2 |
| transportation; chore homemaker
services;
caregiver support; | 3 |
| computer literacy; and any program that assists participants
in
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| avoiding inappropriate institutional placement or addresses | 5 |
| participants'
health, safety,
or well-being, regardless of | 6 |
| whether the service is received in a
participant's home
or in | 7 |
| an institutional setting and a majority of participants are | 8 |
| seniors or
family of seniors.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-246, eff. 7-22-03.)
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| (320 ILCS 60/20)
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| Sec. 20. Duties. The Department shall perform all of the | 12 |
| following
duties:
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| (1) Administer this Act and promulgate any rules, | 14 |
| regulations,
guidelines, and
directives necessary for its | 15 |
| implementation.
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| (2) (Blank) Establish a Community Senior Services and | 17 |
| Resource Center Advisory
Committee .
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| (3) Make grants to non-profit agencies and units of | 19 |
| local government
under
Section 25
of this Act in | 20 |
| consultation with the Advisory Committee .
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| (4) Facilitate access to government-issued bonds for | 22 |
| the purpose of
capital improvement.
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| (5) Provide technical assistance to centers.
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| (6) Develop a comprehensive list of centers and the | 25 |
| senior services
they offer for publication on the |
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| Department's web site and for distribution
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| promotional opportunities.
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| (7) Develop a survey for annual distribution through | 4 |
| the centers to
gather information concerning the lack or | 5 |
| inadequacy of senior services and to
identify service
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| demand trends and the unique needs of older Illinoisans and | 7 |
| their families.
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| (8) Conduct an annual survey of centers to assess their | 9 |
| facility,
program, and operational needs.
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| (9) Report annually in conjunction with the Advisory | 11 |
| Committee to the
Governor and the General Assembly. The | 12 |
| report shall include findings from all
surveys conducted | 13 |
| pursuant to this Act, a list of grantees by county | 14 |
| (including
amounts awarded), and recommendations | 15 |
| concerning the ongoing financial
stability of centers.
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| (10) Pursue alternative funding opportunities.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-246, eff. 7-22-03.)
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| (320 ILCS 60/32) | 19 |
| Sec. 32. Bequests and gifts; awareness campaign. | 20 |
| (a) The Director may accept monetary grants, gifts, and | 21 |
| bequests for
deposit into the Community Senior Services and | 22 |
| Resources Fund. | 23 |
| (b) The Director may accept monetary grants, gifts, and | 24 |
| bequests for the benefit of a specified center or distinct area | 25 |
| of the State. Each such grant, gift, or bequest shall be kept |
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| in a distinct fund. The Department may make grants from these | 2 |
| funds for the purposes established for the Community Senior | 3 |
| Services and Resources Fund and in accordance with the terms | 4 |
| and conditions of the grant, gift, or bequest. These funds are | 5 |
| exempt from Section 8h of the State Finance Act. | 6 |
| (c) The Department may , in conjunction with the Community | 7 |
| Senior Services and Resource Center Advisory Committee, shall | 8 |
| design an awareness campaign that can be implemented by senior | 9 |
| services and resource centers at their individual expense.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-714, eff. 7-12-04.)
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| (320 ILCS 60/35 rep.)
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| Section 15. The Community Senior Services and Resources Act | 13 |
| is amended by repealing Section 35. | 14 |
| (320 ILCS 65/16 rep.) | 15 |
| Section 20. The Family Caregiver Act is amended by | 16 |
| repealing Section 16.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.
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