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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1190

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1190 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
 5    adding Section 4.07 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 105/4.07 new)
 7        Sec. 4.07.  Home-delivered meals.  Every citizen  of  the
 8    State  of  Illinois  who  qualifies  for home-delivered meals
 9    under the federal  Older  Americans  Act  shall  be  provided
10    services,  subject  to  appropriation.   The Department shall
11    file a report with the  General  Assembly  and  the  Illinois
12    Council on Aging by January 1 of each year.  The report shall
13    include,  but  not  be limited to, the following information:
14    (i) estimates, by county, of citizens denied service  due  to
15    insufficient  funds  during the preceding fiscal year and the
16    potential impact on service delivery of any additional  funds
17    appropriated  for  the  current  fiscal year; (ii) geographic
18    areas and special populations unserved and underserved in the
19    preceding fiscal year; (iii) estimates  of  additional  funds
20    needed  to  permit  the  full  funding of the program and the
21    Statewide provision of services  in  the  next  fiscal  year,
22    including  staffing  and  equipment  needed  to  prepare  and
 
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 1    deliver meals; (iv) recommendations for increasing the amount
 2    of   federal   funding   captured   for   the   program;  (v)
 3    recommendations for serving unserved  and  underserved  areas
 4    and  special  populations,  to  include rural areas, dietetic
 5    meals, weekend meals, and 2 or more meals per day;  and  (vi)
 6    any  other  information needed to assist the General Assembly
 7    and the Illinois Council on Aging in  developing  a  plan  to
 8    address unserved and underserved areas of the State.".