Bill Text: IL SB2679 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2679 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2679-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB2679 Introduced 2/13/2018, by Sen. William E. Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1305/1-5
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Department of Human Services Act is amended
by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1305/1-5)
Sec. 1-5. Purpose. It is the the purpose of this Act to
provide for the creation of the Department of Human Services
and to transfer to it certain rights, powers, duties, and
functions currently exercised by various other agencies of
State Government. This Act consolidates and centralizes
certain human services programs that are now offered to the
citizens of this State by a number of different State agencies;
it is intended to make possible the more effective and
efficient operation of the affected programs and services.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)