99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2291

 

Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 42/15

    Amends the Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the nutrition outreach and public education program.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act
5is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 42/15)
7    Sec. 15. Program established. The The Department of Human
8Services shall establish a nutrition outreach and public
9education program, to be administered by that Department in
10cooperation with the Department on Aging and the State
11Superintendent of Education. The program shall be established
12to ensure maximum participation by eligible persons in federal
13and State food assistance programs. The program shall be
14structured so as to increase participation statewide but with
15particular attention to high-risk areas with a focus on certain
16at-risk populations.
17(Source: P.A. 93-555, eff. 1-1-04.)