Bill Text: IL SB0123 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Respite Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning eligibility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Re-referred to Assignments [SB0123 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0123-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning aging.
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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 Respite Program Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (320 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 6205)
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| 7 | Sec. 5. Eligibility.
The
The Department may establish | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | eligibility standards for
respite services taking into | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | consideration the unique economic and social needs
of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | population for whom they are to be provided. The population | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | identified
for the purposes of this Act includes persons | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | suffering from Alzheimer's
disease or a related disorder and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | persons who are 60 years
of age or older with
an identified | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | service need. Priority shall be given in all cases to frail or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | disabled adults.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 93-864, eff. 8-5-04.)
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