101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5260

 

Introduced , by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 105/4.07

    Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision concerning home-delivered meal services to Illinois residents who qualify under the federal Older Americans Act, provides that, subject to appropriations, all home-delivered meals shall contain informational fact sheets on diabetes, elder abuse, elder neglect, elder financial exploitation, Social Security benefits, and Medicare. Permits the Department on Aging to enter into agreements with area agencies on aging or Department designees to print and distribute the informational materials to home-delivered meal providers, which shall in turn ensure that an informational fact sheet is included with the first home-delivered meal at the start of a recipient's subscription period and annually thereafter. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
5changing Section 4.07 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 105/4.07)
7    Sec. 4.07. Home-delivered meals.
8    (a) Every citizen of the State of Illinois who qualifies
9for home-delivered meals under the federal Older Americans Act
10shall be provided services, subject to appropriation. The
11Department shall file a report with the General Assembly and
12the Illinois Council on Aging by January 1 of each year. The
13report shall include, but not be limited to, the following
14information: (i) estimates, by county, of citizens denied
15service due to insufficient funds during the preceding fiscal
16year and the potential impact on service delivery of any
17additional funds appropriated for the current fiscal year; (ii)
18geographic areas and special populations unserved and
19underserved in the preceding fiscal year; (iii) estimates of
20additional funds needed to permit the full funding of the
21program and the statewide provision of services in the next
22fiscal year, including staffing and equipment needed to prepare
23and deliver meals; (iv) recommendations for increasing the

 

 

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1amount of federal funding captured for the program; (v)
2recommendations for serving unserved and underserved areas and
3special populations, to include rural areas, dietetic meals,
4weekend meals, and 2 or more meals per day; and (vi) any other
5information needed to assist the General Assembly and the
6Illinois Council on Aging in developing a plan to address
7unserved and underserved areas of the State.
8    (b) Subject to appropriations, all home-delivered meals
9provided in accordance with this Section shall contain
10informational fact sheets on diabetes, elder abuse, elder
11neglect, elder financial exploitation, Social Security
12benefits, and Medicare. The Department may enter into
13agreements with area agencies on aging or Department designees
14to print and distribute the informational materials to
15home-delivered meal providers, which shall in turn ensure that
16an informational fact sheet is included with the first
17home-delivered meal at the start of a recipient's subscription
18period and annually thereafter.
19(Source: P.A. 93-484, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.