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                                     LRB093 03979 DRJ 12291 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1196

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  1196  on  page  2,
 3    line  7,  before the comma, by inserting "and grandparents or
 4    other older individuals who are relative caregivers"; and

 5    on page 2, line 9, by changing "frail" to "older"; and

 6    on page 2, lines 13 and 15, by replacing "frail  individuals"
 7    with  "older  individuals and children" each time it appears;
 8    and

 9    on  page  2,  lines  21  and  23,  by  replacing  "the  frail
10    individual" with "older individuals and children"  each  time
11    it appears; and

12    on  page  2,  line 24, by replacing "a frail individual" with
13    "older individuals"; and

14    on page 2, after line 30, by inserting the following:
15        ""Caregiver" or "family caregiver" means an adult  family
16    member, or another individual, who is an informal provider of
17    in-home  and  community  care  to  an  older individual, or a
18    grandparent  or  older   individual   who   is   a   relative
19    caregiver."; and

20    on page 3, by deleting lines 4 through 6; and
 
                            -2-      LRB093 03979 DRJ 12291 a
 1    on page 3, lines 17 and 18, by replacing "provided to a frail
 2    individual that will" with "to"; and

 3    on page 4, lines 1 and 2, by deleting "who is 60 years of age
 4    or older and"; and

 5    on  page  4,  line  4,  by  changing  "caregiver" to "primary
 6    caregiver"; and

 7    on page 4, line 14, before the period, by inserting ", except
 8    for a grandparent or  older  individual  who  is  a  relative
 9    caregiver"; and

10    on page 4, by replacing lines 26 and 27 with the following:
11    "Demonstration Project. The Department is"; and

12    on  page 4, line 32, before the period, by inserting "and the
13    Department of Human Services"; and

14    on page 5, line 20,  before  the  period,  by  inserting  the
15    following:

16    ",  except  for  the provision of services to grandparents or
17    older individuals who  are  relative  caregivers  when  State
18    funding is utilized to provide those services"; and

19    on page 5, after line 20, by inserting the following:

20        "Section  30.  Eligibility  for  respite and supplemental
21    services. When a family caregiver is  providing  in-home  and
22    community  care  to an older individual, the older individual
23    must be a frail individual as defined in this  Act  in  order
24    for  the  family  caregiver to be eligible to receive respite
25    and supplemental services.".