Bill Text: IL HR0713 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the President and Congress of the United States to reauthorize the Older Americans Act and restore funding to Fiscal Year 2010 levels adjusted for inflation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0713 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0713-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Older Americans Act (OAA) provides essential | ||||||
| 3 | services that help older adults live independently, such as | ||||||
| 4 | meal programs, home assistance, support for family caregivers, | ||||||
| 5 | transportation, protection from abuse, and other services; | ||||||
| 6 | state programs funded by the OAA must target services to the | ||||||
| 7 | older Americans with the greatest economic and social needs; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The bipartisan OAA has been reauthorized numerous | ||||||
| 10 | times since it was first enacted in 1965; most recently, the | ||||||
| 11 | OAA was reauthorized for a three-year period through the Older | ||||||
| 12 | Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016, but it expired on | ||||||
| 13 | September 30, 2019; reauthorization has been passed by the U.S. | ||||||
| 14 | House of Representatives through the Dignity in Aging Act of | ||||||
| 15 | 2019 and is being considered by the U.S. Senate; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Growth in the population of older adults | ||||||
| 17 | significantly outpaces OAA appropriations, and funding has not | ||||||
| 18 | kept pace with inflation; the population of older adults | ||||||
| 19 | increased by 23.5 percent from 2010 to 2017, and meanwhile, | ||||||
| 20 | appropriations for OAA decreased by 16 percent or about $400 | ||||||
| 21 | million in the last 18 years when adjusted for inflation; | ||||||
| 22 | funding in 2010 was $42.95 per senior in today's dollars but | ||||||
| 23 | has dropped to $27.25 per senior; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, There is significant unmet need among older adults | ||||||
| 2 | for the services supported through the OAA; according to a 2015 | ||||||
| 3 | report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 24 | ||||||
| 4 | percent of low-income older adults were food insecure, and 83 | ||||||
| 5 | percent of them did not receive home-delivered or congregate | ||||||
| 6 | meal services; nutrition programs make up about 40 percent of | ||||||
| 7 | OAA funding; additionally, the report found that 2 out of 3 | ||||||
| 8 | adults who have difficulty completing daily activities have | ||||||
| 9 | limited or no access to home-based care, which can be provided | ||||||
| 10 | through the OAA; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we urge the President and Congress of the United States to | ||||||
| 14 | reauthorize the Older Americans Act and restore funding to | ||||||
| 15 | Fiscal Year 2010 levels adjusted for inflation; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | ||||||
| 18 | the President of the United States, the President of the United | ||||||
| 19 | States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of | ||||||
| 20 | Representatives, and the members of the Illinois congressional | ||||||
| 21 | delegation.
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