Full Text of HB4192 97th General Assembly
HB4192ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez Filed: 3/30/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4192
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4192 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 4.01 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 105/4.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.01)
| 7 | | Sec. 4.01. Additional powers and duties of the Department. | 8 | | In addition
to powers and duties otherwise provided by law, the | 9 | | Department shall have the
following powers and duties:
| 10 | | (1) To evaluate all programs, services, and facilities for | 11 | | the aged
and for minority senior citizens within the State and | 12 | | determine the extent
to which present public or private | 13 | | programs, services and facilities meet the
needs of the aged.
| 14 | | (2) To coordinate and evaluate all programs, services, and | 15 | | facilities
for the Aging and for minority senior citizens | 16 | | presently furnished by State
agencies and make appropriate |
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| 1 | | recommendations regarding such services, programs
and | 2 | | facilities to the Governor and/or the General Assembly.
| 3 | | (3) To function as the sole State agency to develop a | 4 | | comprehensive
plan to meet the needs of the State's senior | 5 | | citizens and the State's
minority senior citizens.
| 6 | | (4) To receive and disburse State and federal funds made | 7 | | available
directly to the Department including those funds made | 8 | | available under the
Older Americans Act and the Senior | 9 | | Community Service Employment Program for
providing services | 10 | | for senior citizens and minority senior citizens or for
| 11 | | purposes related thereto, and shall develop and administer any | 12 | | State Plan
for the Aging required by federal law.
| 13 | | (5) To solicit, accept, hold, and administer in behalf of | 14 | | the State
any grants or legacies of money, securities, or | 15 | | property to the State of
Illinois for services to senior | 16 | | citizens and minority senior citizens or
purposes related | 17 | | thereto.
| 18 | | (6) To provide consultation and assistance to communities, | 19 | | area agencies
on aging, and groups developing local services | 20 | | for senior citizens and
minority senior citizens.
| 21 | | (7) To promote community education regarding the problems | 22 | | of senior
citizens and minority senior citizens through | 23 | | institutes, publications,
radio, television and the local | 24 | | press.
| 25 | | (8) To cooperate with agencies of the federal government in | 26 | | studies
and conferences designed to examine the needs of senior |
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| 1 | | citizens and minority
senior citizens and to prepare programs | 2 | | and facilities to meet those needs.
| 3 | | (9) To establish and maintain information and referral | 4 | | sources
throughout the State when not provided by other | 5 | | agencies.
| 6 | | (10) To provide the staff support that may reasonably be | 7 | | required
by the Council.
| 8 | | (11) To make and enforce rules and regulations necessary | 9 | | and proper
to the performance of its duties.
| 10 | | (12) To establish and fund programs or projects or | 11 | | experimental facilities
that are specially designed as | 12 | | alternatives to institutional care.
| 13 | | (13) To develop a training program to train the counselors | 14 | | presently
employed by the Department's aging network to provide | 15 | | Medicare
beneficiaries with counseling and advocacy in | 16 | | Medicare, private health
insurance, and related health care | 17 | | coverage plans. The Department shall
report to the General | 18 | | Assembly on the implementation of the training
program on or | 19 | | before December 1, 1986.
| 20 | | (14) To make a grant to an institution of higher learning | 21 | | to study the
feasibility of establishing and implementing an | 22 | | affirmative action
employment plan for the recruitment, | 23 | | hiring, training and retraining of
persons 60 or more years old | 24 | | for jobs for which their employment would not
be precluded by | 25 | | law.
| 26 | | (15) To present one award annually in each of the |
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| 1 | | categories of community
service, education, the performance | 2 | | and graphic arts, and the labor force
to outstanding Illinois | 3 | | senior citizens and minority senior citizens in
recognition of | 4 | | their individual contributions to either community service,
| 5 | | education, the performance and graphic arts, or the labor | 6 | | force. The awards
shall be presented to 4 senior citizens and | 7 | | minority senior citizens
selected from a list of 44 nominees | 8 | | compiled annually by
the Department. Nominations shall be | 9 | | solicited from senior citizens'
service providers, area | 10 | | agencies on aging, senior citizens'
centers, and senior | 11 | | citizens' organizations. The Department shall establish a | 12 | | central location within
the State to be designated as the | 13 | | Senior Illinoisans Hall of Fame for the
public display of all | 14 | | the annual awards, or replicas thereof.
| 15 | | (16) To establish multipurpose senior centers through area | 16 | | agencies on
aging and to fund those new and existing | 17 | | multipurpose senior centers
through area agencies on aging, the | 18 | | establishment and funding to begin in
such areas of the State | 19 | | as the Department shall designate by rule and as
specifically | 20 | | appropriated funds become available.
| 21 | | (17) To develop the content and format of the | 22 | | acknowledgment regarding
non-recourse reverse mortgage loans | 23 | | under Section 6.1 of the Illinois
Banking Act; to provide | 24 | | independent consumer information on reverse
mortgages and | 25 | | alternatives; and to refer consumers to independent
counseling | 26 | | services with expertise in reverse mortgages.
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| 1 | | (18) To develop a pamphlet in English and Spanish which may | 2 | | be used by
physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of | 3 | | its branches pursuant
to the Medical Practice Act of 1987, | 4 | | pharmacists licensed pursuant to the
Pharmacy Practice Act, and | 5 | | Illinois residents 65 years of age or
older for the purpose of | 6 | | assisting physicians, pharmacists, and patients in
monitoring | 7 | | prescriptions provided by various physicians and to aid persons
| 8 | | 65 years of age or older in complying with directions for | 9 | | proper use of
pharmaceutical prescriptions. The pamphlet may | 10 | | provide space for recording
information including but not | 11 | | limited to the following:
| 12 | | (a) name and telephone number of the patient;
| 13 | | (b) name and telephone number of the prescribing | 14 | | physician;
| 15 | | (c) date of prescription;
| 16 | | (d) name of drug prescribed;
| 17 | | (e) directions for patient compliance; and
| 18 | | (f) name and telephone number of dispensing pharmacy.
| 19 | | In developing the pamphlet, the Department shall consult | 20 | | with the
Illinois State Medical Society, the Center for | 21 | | Minority Health Services,
the Illinois Pharmacists Association | 22 | | and
senior citizens organizations. The Department shall | 23 | | distribute the
pamphlets to physicians, pharmacists and | 24 | | persons 65 years of age or older
or various senior citizen | 25 | | organizations throughout the State.
| 26 | | (19) To conduct a study of the feasibility of
implementing |
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| 1 | | the Senior Companion Program throughout the State.
| 2 | | (20) The reimbursement rates paid through the community | 3 | | care program
for chore housekeeping services and home care | 4 | | aides
shall be the same.
| 5 | | (21) From funds appropriated to the Department from the | 6 | | Meals on Wheels
Fund, a special fund in the State treasury that | 7 | | is hereby created, and in
accordance with State and federal | 8 | | guidelines and the intrastate funding
formula, to make grants | 9 | | to area agencies on aging, designated by the
Department, for | 10 | | the sole purpose of delivering meals to homebound persons 60
| 11 | | years of age and older.
| 12 | | (22) To distribute, through its area agencies on aging, | 13 | | information
alerting seniors on safety issues regarding | 14 | | emergency weather
conditions, including extreme heat and cold, | 15 | | flooding, tornadoes, electrical
storms, and other severe storm | 16 | | weather. The information shall include all
necessary | 17 | | instructions for safety and all emergency telephone numbers of
| 18 | | organizations that will provide additional information and | 19 | | assistance.
| 20 | | (23) To develop guidelines for the organization and | 21 | | implementation of
Volunteer Services Credit Programs to be | 22 | | administered by Area Agencies on
Aging or community based | 23 | | senior service organizations. The Department shall
hold public | 24 | | hearings on the proposed guidelines for public comment, | 25 | | suggestion,
and determination of public interest. The | 26 | | guidelines shall be based on the
findings of other states and |
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| 1 | | of community organizations in Illinois that are
currently | 2 | | operating volunteer services credit programs or demonstration
| 3 | | volunteer services credit programs. The Department shall offer | 4 | | guidelines for
all aspects of the programs including, but not | 5 | | limited to, the following:
| 6 | | (a) types of services to be offered by volunteers;
| 7 | | (b) types of services to be received upon the | 8 | | redemption of service
credits;
| 9 | | (c) issues of liability for the volunteers and the | 10 | | administering
organizations;
| 11 | | (d) methods of tracking service credits earned and | 12 | | service credits
redeemed;
| 13 | | (e) issues of time limits for redemption of service | 14 | | credits;
| 15 | | (f) methods of recruitment of volunteers;
| 16 | | (g) utilization of community volunteers, community | 17 | | service groups, and
other resources for delivering | 18 | | services to be received by service credit
program clients;
| 19 | | (h) accountability and assurance that services will be | 20 | | available to
individuals who have earned service credits; | 21 | | and
| 22 | | (i) volunteer screening and qualifications.
| 23 | | The Department shall submit a written copy of the guidelines to | 24 | | the General
Assembly by July 1, 1998.
| 25 | | (24) To hold conferences, trainings, and other programs for | 26 | | which the Department shall determine by rule a reasonable fee |
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| 1 | | to cover related administrative costs. Rules to implement the | 2 | | fee authority granted by this paragraph (24) must be adopted in | 3 | | accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative | 4 | | Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint | 5 | | Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so | 6 | | adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 95-298, eff. 8-20-07; 95-689, eff. 10-29-07; | 8 | | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-918, eff. 6-9-10.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.".
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