Full Text of HB2491 94th General Assembly
HB2491 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB2491
Introduced 2/17/2005, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Senior Citizen Impact Statement Act. Provides that an impacted agency must prepare and file a Senior Citizen Impact Statement (i) before final action is taken on a bill, an amendment to a bill, or a conference committee report by the Senate or the House of Representatives, (ii) before the expiration of the second notice period in connection with a proposed administrative rule or a proposed amendment to an administrative rule, as provided in subsection (c) of Section 5-40 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, (iii) before a program or fiscal transfer is made from one agency to another agency or from one fund to another fund, or (iv) before a memorandum of understanding, program instruction memorandum, program directive, or any other document that has the force of law or serves to clarify a law can be effectuated. Sets forth the requirements for a senior citizen impact statement, and designates the individuals and entities with whom the statement must be filed. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning aging.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Senior | 5 |
| Citizen Impact Statement Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to diminish | 7 |
| the likelihood that the unintended consequences of otherwise | 8 |
| sound fiscal and policy decisions will reduce or eliminate or | 9 |
| otherwise decrease the quality of services and care available | 10 |
| for Illinois residents age 60 and older. | 11 |
| Section 10. Definition. In this Act, "impacted agency" | 12 |
| means any State agency that provides any services to persons 60 | 13 |
| years of age or older or that funds, contracts for, or | 14 |
| otherwise arranges for the provision of any services to persons | 15 |
| 60 years of age or older. | 16 |
| Section 15. Senior citizen impact statement. | 17 |
| (a) An impacted agency must prepare and file a senior | 18 |
| citizen impact statement (i) before final action is taken on a | 19 |
| bill, an amendment to a bill, or a conference committee report | 20 |
| by the Senate or the House of Representatives, (ii) before the | 21 |
| expiration of the second notice period in connection with a | 22 |
| proposed administrative rule or a proposed amendment to an | 23 |
| administrative rule, as provided in subsection (c) of Section | 24 |
| 5-40 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, (iii) before | 25 |
| a program or fiscal transfer is made from one agency to another | 26 |
| agency or from one fund to another fund, or (iv) before a | 27 |
| memorandum of understanding, program instruction memorandum, | 28 |
| program directive, or any other document that has the force of | 29 |
| law or serves to clarify a law can be effectuated. | 30 |
| (b) A senior citizen impact statement must describe: (i) |
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| the adverse impact, if any, on Illinois residents 60 years of | 2 |
| age and older; (ii) the adverse impact, if any, on providers of | 3 |
| services or care to Illinois residents age 60 and over; and | 4 |
| (iii) the adverse impact, if any, on direct service or care | 5 |
| workers employed by such providers. The statement must be | 6 |
| factual in nature, must provide a reliable estimate in dollars, | 7 |
| units of service, and numbers of individuals, providers, and | 8 |
| workers affected, and must include both the immediate effect | 9 |
| and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long-range | 10 |
| effect of the measure. A brief summary or work sheet of | 11 |
| computations used in arriving at the factual information | 12 |
| contained in the statement must be included with the statement.
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| Section 20. Filing of statement. An impacted agency must | 14 |
| file a statement required by this Act within 5 business days | 15 |
| after the agency is notified or has knowledge of the existence | 16 |
| of a document or proposed action described in subsection (a) of | 17 |
| Section 15, or prior to taking any potential planned action as | 18 |
| described in this Act that will negatively impact services for | 19 |
| senior citizens in Illinois. An impacted agency must file a | 20 |
| statement as follows:
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| (1) Statements prepared for bills, amendments to | 22 |
| bills, and conference committee reports shall be filed with | 23 |
| the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House.
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| (2) Statements prepared for administrative rules must | 25 |
| be filed with the President of the Senate, the Speaker of | 26 |
| the House, and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
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| (3) Statements prepared for program instruction memos, | 28 |
| program directives, or any other document that has the | 29 |
| force of law or serves to clarify a law must be filed with | 30 |
| the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the | 31 |
| Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, and the Index | 32 |
| Department of the Office of the Secretary of State for | 33 |
| publication in the Illinois Register.
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| (4) Statements prepared for program or fiscal | 35 |
| transfers from one agency to another agency or from one |
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| fund to another fund, and memorandums of understanding, | 2 |
| must be filed with the President of the Senate, the Speaker | 3 |
| of the House, and the Index Department of the Office of the | 4 |
| Secretary of State for publication in the Illinois | 5 |
| Register.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law.
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