SB2291 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(305 ILCS 42/15)

Sec. 15. Program established. The The Department of Human Services shall establish a nutrition outreach and public education program, to be administered by that Department in cooperation with the Department on Aging and the State Superintendent of Education. The program shall be established to ensure maximum participation by eligible persons in federal and State food assistance programs. The program shall be structured so as to increase participation statewide but with particular attention to high-risk areas with a focus on certain at-risk populations.

(Source: P.A. 93-555, eff. 1-1-04.)