Public Act 93-0484

SB1190 Enrolled                      LRB093 03297 MKM 03314 b

    AN ACT concerning aging.

    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
adding Section 4.07 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 105/4.07 new)
    Sec. 4.07.  Home-delivered meals.  Every citizen  of  the
State  of  Illinois  who  qualifies  for home-delivered meals
under the federal  Older  Americans  Act  shall  be  provided
services,  subject  to  appropriation.   The Department shall
file a report with the  General  Assembly  and  the  Illinois
Council on Aging by January 1 of each year.  The report shall
include,  but  not  be limited to, the following information:
(i) estimates, by county, of citizens denied service  due  to
insufficient  funds  during the preceding fiscal year and the
potential impact on service delivery of any additional  funds
appropriated  for  the  current  fiscal year; (ii) geographic
areas and special populations unserved and underserved in the
preceding fiscal year; (iii) estimates  of  additional  funds
needed  to  permit  the  full  funding of the program and the
statewide provision of services  in  the  next  fiscal  year,
including  staffing  and  equipment  needed  to  prepare  and
deliver meals; (iv) recommendations for increasing the amount
of   federal   funding   captured   for   the   program;  (v)
recommendations for serving unserved  and  underserved  areas
and  special  populations,  to  include rural areas, dietetic
meals, weekend meals, and 2 or more meals per day;  and  (vi)
any  other  information needed to assist the General Assembly
and the Illinois Council on Aging in  developing  a  plan  to
address unserved and underserved areas of the State.