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Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
Filed: 3/27/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1351
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1351 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by |
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| adding Section 4.02d as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 105/4.02d new)
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| Sec. 4.02d. Older adult volunteer demonstration program. |
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| The Department may establish and maintain, in collaboration |
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| with the local Area Agency on Aging, a demonstration program to |
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| evaluate the use of older adult volunteers to perform telephone |
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| reassurance activities and outreach on the emergency home |
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| response program. The demonstration program shall operate for a |
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| period of 3 years. At the end of the 3-year period, the |
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| Department shall evaluate the program and notify the General |
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| Assembly of its findings and recommendations.".
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