Bill Text: IL HB0298 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purposes of the Act.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0298 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0298-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 6102)
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| 7 | Sec. 2.
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| 8 | The
The ability of the constantly increasing number of aged | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | in the State to
maintain self-sufficiency and personal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | well-being with the dignity to which
their years of labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | entitle them and to realize their maximum potential as
creative | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | and productive individuals are matters of profound import and
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| 13 | concern for all of the people of this State. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | The purposes of this Act are to provide a comprehensive and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | coordinated
service system for the State's aging population, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | giving high priority to
those persons in greatest need; to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | conduct studies and research into the
needs and problems of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | aging; and to insure participation by the aging
in the planning | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | and operation of all phases of the system.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 78-242.)
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