HB4729 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4729

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 105/4

from Ch. 23, par. 6104

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the Department on Aging.

A BILL FOR

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 changing Section 4 as follows:

(20 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104)

Sec. 4.

There is created the the Department on Aging. The Director of the Department on Aging, in conjunction with the Director of the Department of Public Aid shall prepare and implement a plan to transfer all personnel, materials, books, records, appropriations and equipment related to "Services to Older People" in the Department of Public Aid as described in Article VIII of, "The Illinois Public Aid Code", to the Department on Aging by the effective date of this Act. The Department on Aging shall administer programs related to "Services to Older People", described in Article VIII of, "The Illinois Public Aid Code", on the effective date of this Act.

Upon the effective date of this Act, the Department on Aging shall be the single State agency for receiving and disbursing federal funds made available under the "Older Americans Act".

(Source: P.A. 78-242.)