Bill Text: IL SB2291 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the nutrition outreach and public education program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Referred to Assignments [SB2291 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2291-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2291 Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 42/15
Amends the Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the nutrition outreach and public education program.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act
is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
(305 ILCS 42/15)
Sec. 15. Program established. The The Department of Human
Services shall establish a nutrition outreach and public
education program, to be administered by that Department in
cooperation with the Department on Aging and the State
Superintendent of Education. The program shall be established
to ensure maximum participation by eligible persons in federal
and State food assistance programs. The program shall be
structured so as to increase participation statewide but with
particular attention to high-risk areas with a focus on certain
at-risk populations.
(Source: P.A. 93-555, eff. 1-1-04.)