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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
5Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  by adding Section 2310-431 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-431 new)
8    Sec. 2310-431. Homeless service providers.
9    (a) In this Section, "homeless service provider" means a 
10person or entity who provides services to homeless persons 
11under any of the programs of or identified by the Department of 
12Human Services.
13    (b) The Department shall consider all homeless service 
14providers in the State to be essential critical infrastructure 
15workers under the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
16Security Agency's "Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers 
17Guidance Version 4.0". The Department shall ensure that 
18homeless service providers qualify for the same priority 
19benefits afforded to  frontline workers by the State, 
20including, but not limited to:
21        (1) federal COVID-19 relief funding;
22        (2) personal protective equipment; and
23        (3) vaccinations. 
 
 
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1    (c) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation 
2and administration of this Section and to ensure that homeless 
3service providers are considered essential critical 
4infrastructure workers in the event of a pandemic.
 
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6becoming law.