Bill Text: IL HB0780 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, with the following changes: Makes the establishment and implementation of the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Pilot Program subject to appropriations. Provides that the program shall require (rather than allow) the Senior Services Center of Will County to designate a staff member as an intake coordinator for Will County (rather than designate an intake coordinator for Will County) who shall help connect grandparents raising grandchildren to existing relevant services (rather than relevant services). Requires the intake coordinator to maintain records regarding the number of families who received referrals, the specific services each family was referred to and received, and the frequency of calls and visits. Provides that the intake coordinator selected by the Senior Services Center of Will County (rather than by the Department on Aging) must be knowledgeable on certain State-operated programs. In a provision requiring the intake coordinator to be given the contact information for the designated point of contact for each State agency listed in the engrossed bill, provides that such information may be given within 14 days after the intake coordinator's selection by the Senior Services Center of Will County (rather than selection by the Department on Aging).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0411 [HB0780 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB0780-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
adding Section 8.13 as follows:
(20 ILCS 105/8.13 new)
Sec. 8.13. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Pilot
Program.
(a) The Department shall establish and administer a
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Pilot Program to operate in
Will County beginning January 1, 2024 through January 1, 2027.
The pilot program shall allow the Senior Services Center of
Will County to designate an intake coordinator for Will County
who shall help connect grandparents raising grandchildren to
relevant services and resources provided by the various State
agencies, including, but not limited to, services and
resources provided by the Department of Children and Family
Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department on
Aging, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and
the State Board of Education. The intake coordinator shall
provide services at local Senior Services Centers located in
Will County and shall work with the Department on Aging to
create a public awareness campaign on the services and

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resources offered by each of the agencies. The intake
coordinator selected by the Department on Aging must be
knowledgeable on the following programs:
(1) The Extended Family Support Program administered
by the Department of Children and Family Services.
(2) The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program
administered by the Department on Aging.
(3) The Child Only Grants assistance component of the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program
administered by the Department of Human Services.
(4) The Children Health Insurance Program administered
by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
(b) The intake coordinator must be given the contact
information for the designated point of contact for each State
agency listed in subsection (a). Each State agency's
designated point of contact shall provide educational
materials and training on the different programs provided by
the State agency. The intake coordinator may receive this
information within 14 days after his or her selection by the
Department on Aging in accordance with this Section.
(c) By January 1 of each year beginning in 2025 until the
pilot program terminates, the Department on Aging shall submit
an annual report to the General Assembly on the number of
families who received referrals to relevant services from the
intake coordinator during the prior calendar year, the
specific services each family was referred to and received,

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and other related information on the frequency of calls and
visits to the office of the intake coordinator during the
reporting period.