Full Text of SB0702 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning aging.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 4.04b as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 105/4.04b new) | 7 | | Sec. 4.04b. Senior Housing Residents' Advisory Council. | 8 | | (a) Findings and purpose. The COVID-19 pandemic has | 9 | | impacted seniors residing in assisted living facilities and | 10 | | congregate living arrangements especially hard. Faced with | 11 | | sickness, isolation, and a lack of support services many | 12 | | seniors of this State have expressed feeling overlooked and | 13 | | forgotten about. The purpose of the Senior Housing Residents' | 14 | | Advisory Council established under this Section is to create a | 15 | | space and opportunity for senior Illinoisans to connect with | 16 | | each other and meet with representatives from the Department | 17 | | on Aging and the Department of Public Health in order to share | 18 | | their ideas on how the State can improve the quality of life | 19 | | for its senior residents. The Council will also give senior | 20 | | Illinoisans the opportunity to share their findings and | 21 | | recommendations on targeted services and supports for seniors | 22 | | with the Governor and the General Assembly. | 23 | | (b) Establishment and composition. The Senior Housing |
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| 1 | | Residents' Advisory Council is established within the | 2 | | Department on Aging. The Council shall consist of the | 3 | | following members: | 4 | | (1) The Director of the Department on Aging, or his or | 5 | | her designee, who shall serve as Chair of the Council. | 6 | | (2) One member of the Senate appointed by the | 7 | | President of the Senate. | 8 | | (3) One member of the House of Representatives | 9 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 10 | | (4) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority | 11 | | Leader of the Senate. | 12 | | (5) One member of the House of Representatives | 13 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 14 | | Representatives. | 15 | | (6) The Director of the Department of Public Health or | 16 | | his or her designee. | 17 | | (7) Two seniors who reside in affordable senior | 18 | | housing developments, appointed by the Department on | 19 | | Aging. | 20 | | (8) Two seniors who reside in assisted living | 21 | | facilities, appointed by the Department of Public Health. | 22 | | (9) One adult family member of a senior who resides in | 23 | | an affordable senior housing development, appointed by the | 24 | | Department on Aging. | 25 | | (10) One adult family member of a senior who resides | 26 | | in an assisted living facility, appointed by the |
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| 1 | | Department of Public Health. | 2 | | (11) One senior who lives in Cook County, appointed by | 3 | | the Department on Aging. | 4 | | (12) One senior who lives in central Illinois, | 5 | | appointed by the Department on Aging. | 6 | | (13) One senior who lives in southern Illinois, | 7 | | appointed by the Department on Aging. | 8 | | (14) One senior who lives in northern Illinois, | 9 | | appointed by the Department on Aging. | 10 | | (15) One senior who lives in western Illinois, | 11 | | appointed by the Department on Aging. | 12 | | (16) One administrative personnel from an affordable | 13 | | senior housing development, appointed by the Department on | 14 | | Aging. | 15 | | (17) One administrative personnel from an assisted | 16 | | living facility, appointed by the Department of Public | 17 | | Health. | 18 | | (18) One outreach professional who works at the | 19 | | Department on Aging. | 20 | | (19) One senior, appointed by the Department on Aging, | 21 | | who lives in one of the following counties: DuPage, Kane, | 22 | | Lake, McHenry, or Will. | 23 | | (c) The Council shall meet quarterly at the call of the | 24 | | Chair beginning no later than January 1, 2023 and shall | 25 | | thereafter meet on the date of each quarterly meeting with | 26 | | personnel from the Department of Public Health and the |
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| 1 | | Department on Aging. All meetings shall be open to the public | 2 | | in accordance with the Open Meetings Act. The Council is | 3 | | authorized to form subcommittees that can meet more frequently | 4 | | than once per quarter. Members of the Council shall receive no | 5 | | compensation for their service but shall be reimbursed for any | 6 | | necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties | 7 | | from appropriations made by the General Assembly for that | 8 | | purpose. The Department on Aging shall provide the Council | 9 | | with administrative, personnel, and technical support | 10 | | services. | 11 | | (d) Duties. The Council has the following duties: | 12 | | (1) Identify barriers to seniors feeling supported by | 13 | | and connected to their communities. | 14 | | (2) Evaluate available resources and services for | 15 | | seniors. | 16 | | (3) Evaluate State outreach to seniors. | 17 | | (4) Evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on congregate | 18 | | living arrangements for seniors. | 19 | | (e) Reports. No later than December 31 in 2023, 2024, and | 20 | | 2025, the Council shall submit a written report to the | 21 | | Governor and the General Assembly on the results of its | 22 | | findings and evaluations under subsection (d) and shall | 23 | | provide advice and recommendations on: | 24 | | (1) how best to disseminate information to seniors on | 25 | | available supports and services through the use of State | 26 | | agency websites, informational materials, and outreach |
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| 1 | | personnel; | 2 | | (2) how to ensure of the availability of targeted | 3 | | services for seniors and to eliminate any gaps in services | 4 | | for seniors; and | 5 | | (3) how to improve State policy concerning seniors and | 6 | | congregate living arrangements for seniors in response to | 7 | | COVID-19. | 8 | | The Council shall terminate and dissolve after it submits | 9 | | its third report on December 31, 2025. | 10 | | (f) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027.
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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