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 1        AN ACT regarding preventitive services administration.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Act on the Aging is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 4.02 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 105/4.02) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.02)
 7        Sec.  4.02.  Preventive  services   The  Department shall
 8    establish  a  program  of  services  to  prevent  unnecessary
 9    institutionalization of persons age 60 and older in  need  of
10    long  term  care or who are established as persons who suffer
11    from Alzheimer's disease or  a  related  disorder  under  the
12    Alzheimer's  Disease Assistance Act, thereby enabling them to
13    remain in their own homes or in  other  living  arrangements.
14    Such preventive services, which may be coordinated with other
15    programs for the aged and monitored by area agencies on aging
16    in  cooperation with the Department, may include, but are not
17    limited to, any or all of the following:
18        (a)  home health services;
19        (b)  home nursing services;
20        (c)  homemaker services;
21        (d)  chore and housekeeping services;
22        (e)  day care services;
23        (f)  home-delivered meals;
24        (g)  education in self-care;
25        (h)  personal care services;
26        (i)  adult day health services;
27        (j)  habilitation services;
28        (k)  respite care; or
29        (l)  other nonmedical social services that may enable the
30    person to become self-supporting.
31        The Department shall establish eligibility standards  for
 
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 1    such  services  taking into consideration the unique economic
 2    and social needs of the target population for whom  they  are
 3    to  be provided. Such eligibility standards shall be based on
 4    the  recipient's  ability  to  pay  for  services;  provided,
 5    however,  that  in  determining  the  amount  and  nature  of
 6    services for which a person may qualify, consideration  shall
 7    not  be  given to the value of cash, property or other assets
 8    held in the name of the person's spouse pursuant to a written
 9    agreement dividing marital property into equal  but  separate
10    shares  or pursuant to a transfer of the person's interest in
11    a home to his spouse, provided that the spouse's share of the
12    marital property is not made available to the person  seeking
13    such  services. The Department shall, in conjunction with the
14    Department of Public Aid, seek appropriate  amendments  under
15    Sections  1915  and  1924  of  the  Social Security Act.  The
16    purpose of the amendments shall be to extend eligibility  for
17    home  and  community  based  services under Sections 1915 and
18    1924 of the Social Security Act to persons who transfer to or
19    for the benefit of a  spouse  those  amounts  of  income  and
20    resources  allowed  under Section 1924 of the Social Security
21    Act.   Subject  to  the  approval  of  such  amendments,  the
22    Department shall extend the provisions of Section 5-4 of  the
23    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  to  persons  who,  but  for  the
24    provision  of home or community-based services, would require
25    the level of care provided in an institution, as is  provided
26    for  in  federal  law.  Those  persons  no longer found to be
27    eligible  for  receiving  noninstitutional  services  due  to
28    changes in the eligibility criteria shall be  given  60  days
29    notice  prior  to actual termination. Those persons receiving
30    notice of termination may contact the Department and  request
31    the  determination  be appealed at any time during the 60 day
32    notice period. With the exception of  the  lengthened  notice
33    and  time  frame  for  the appeal request, the appeal process
34    shall follow the normal procedure. In addition,  each  person
 
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 1    affected  regardless  of  the  circumstances for discontinued
 2    eligibility shall be given  notice  and  the  opportunity  to
 3    purchase  the  necessary  services through the Community Care
 4    Program.  If  the  individual  does  not  elect  to  purchase
 5    services,  the  Department  shall  advise  the  individual of
 6    alternative services. The target  population  identified  for
 7    the  purposes  of  this  Section are persons age 60 and older
 8    with an identified service need.  Priority shall be given  to
 9    those  who are at imminent risk of institutionalization.  The
10    services shall be provided to eligible  persons  age  60  and
11    older  to  the  extent that the cost of the services together
12    with the other personal maintenance expenses of  the  persons
13    are  reasonably related to the standards established for care
14    in a group facility appropriate to  the  person's  condition.
15    These   non-institutional   services,   pilot   projects   or
16    experimental  facilities  may  be  provided  as part of or in
17    addition to those authorized by federal law or  those  funded
18    and  administered  by  the Department of Human Services.  The
19    Departments of Human Services,  Public  Aid,  Public  Health,
20    Veterans'  Affairs,  and  Commerce  and Community Affairs and
21    other  appropriate  agencies  of  State,  federal  and  local
22    governments shall cooperate with the Department on  Aging  in
23    the  establishment  and  development of the non-institutional
24    services.  The Department shall require an annual audit  from
25    all chore/housekeeping and homemaker vendors contracting with
26    the  Department  under  this Section.  The annual audit shall
27    assure  that  each  audited  vendor's   procedures   are   in
28    compliance  with  Department's financial reporting guidelines
29    requiring a 27% administrative cost split and a 73%  employee
30    wages  and benefits cost split.  The audit is a public record
31    under the Freedom of Information Act.  The  Department  shall
32    execute,  relative  to the nursing home prescreening project,
33    written inter-agency agreements with the Department of  Human
34    Services  and  the  Department  of  Public Aid, to effect the
 
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 1    following:  (1)  intake  procedures  and  common  eligibility
 2    criteria    for    those    persons    who    are   receiving
 3    non-institutional services; and  (2)  the  establishment  and
 4    development  of  non-institutional  services  in areas of the
 5    State  where  they  are  not  currently  available   or   are
 6    undeveloped.  On  and  after  July  1, 1996, all nursing home
 7    prescreenings for individuals 60 years of age or older  shall
 8    be conducted by the Department.
 9        The  Department  is  authorized  to establish a system of
10    recipient copayment for services provided under this Section,
11    such copayment to be based upon the  recipient's  ability  to
12    pay  but in no case to exceed the actual cost of the services
13    provided. Additionally, any  portion  of  a  person's  income
14    which  is  equal to or less than the federal poverty standard
15    shall not be considered by the Department in determining  the
16    copayment.  The  level  of  such  copayment shall be adjusted
17    whenever necessary to reflect any change  in  the  officially
18    designated federal poverty standard.
19        The    Department,   or   the   Department's   authorized
20    representative, shall recover the amount of  moneys  expended
21    for  services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
22    Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
23    estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery  may
24    be had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any,
25    and  then  only at such time when there is no surviving child
26    who is under  age  21,  blind,  or  permanently  and  totally
27    disabled.   This  paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery,
28    at the death of the person, of moneys for  services  provided
29    to  the  person or in behalf of the person under this Section
30    to which the person was  not  entitled;  provided  that  such
31    recovery  shall not be enforced against any real estate while
32    it is occupied as a homestead  by  the  surviving  spouse  or
33    other  dependent,  if  no claims by other creditors have been
34    filed against the estate, or, if such claims have been filed,
 
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 1    they remain dormant for failure of prosecution or failure  of
 2    the  claimant  to compel administration of the estate for the
 3    purpose of payment.  This paragraph shall  not  bar  recovery
 4    from  the estate of a spouse, under Sections 1915 and 1924 of
 5    the Social Security Act  and  Section  5-4  of  the  Illinois
 6    Public  Aid  Code,  who  precedes a person receiving services
 7    under this Section in death.  All moneys for services paid to
 8    or in behalf of  the  person  under  this  Section  shall  be
 9    claimed  for  recovery  from  the  deceased  spouse's estate.
10    "Homestead", as used in this paragraph,  means  the  dwelling
11    house  and  contiguous  real  estate  occupied by a surviving
12    spouse or relative, as defined by the rules  and  regulations
13    of  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid, regardless of the
14    value of the property.
15        The  Department  shall  develop  procedures  to   enhance
16    availability  of  services  on  evenings, weekends, and on an
17    emergency basis to meet  the  respite  needs  of  caregivers.
18    Procedures  shall  be  developed to permit the utilization of
19    services in successive blocks of 24 hours up to  the  monthly
20    maximum  established  by  the Department.   Workers providing
21    these services shall be appropriately trained.
22        The  Department  shall  work  in  conjunction  with   the
23    Alzheimer's   Task  Force  and  members  of  the  Alzheimer's
24    Association  and  other  senior  citizens'  organizations  in
25    developing these procedures by December 30, 1991.
26        Beginning on the effective date of this Amendatory Act of
27    1991, no person may perform chore/housekeeping and  homemaker
28    services  under  a  program authorized by this Section unless
29    that person has been issued a certificate of  pre-service  to
30    do  so  by his or her employing agency.  Information gathered
31    to effect such certification shall include (i)  the  person's
32    name,  (ii)  the  date  the  person  was  hired by his or her
33    current employer, and (iii) the training, including dates and
34    levels.  Persons engaged in the program  authorized  by  this
 
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 1    Section  before  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
 2    1991 shall be issued a certificate of all pre- and in-service
 3    training  from  his  or  her  employer  upon  submitting  the
 4    necessary  information.   The  employing  agency   shall   be
 5    required  to  retain records of all staff pre- and in-service
 6    training, and shall provide such records  to  the  Department
 7    upon  request and upon termination of the employer's contract
 8    with the Department.  In addition, the  employing  agency  is
 9    responsible  for the issuance of certifications of in-service
10    training completed to their employees.
11        The Department is required to develop a system to  ensure
12    that  persons  working  as  homemakers and chore housekeepers
13    receive increases in their wages  when  the  federal  minimum
14    wage  is  increased by requiring vendors to certify that they
15    are meeting the federal minimum wage statute  for  homemakers
16    and  chore housekeepers.  An employer that cannot ensure that
17    the minimum wage increase is being given  to  homemakers  and
18    chore   housekeepers   shall   be   denied  any  increase  in
19    reimbursement costs. Beginning  July  1,  1999,  the  vendors
20    shall receive a rate increase of at least 3% but no more than
21    5%  on  July 1 of each year based on the percentage change in
22    the consumer price  index-u  during  the  preceding  12-month
23    calendar  year.   "Consumer  price  index-u"  means the index
24    published by the Bureau of Labor  Statistics  of  the  United
25    States  Department  of Labor that measures the average change
26    in prices of  goods  and  services  purchased  by  all  urban
27    consumers,  United  States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
28    100. If this index is no  longer  published,  the  Department
29    shall  use  a  comparable  substitute  index as determined by
30    rule.
31        The Department on  Aging  and  the  Department  of  Human
32    Services shall cooperate in the development and submission of
33    an annual report on programs and services provided under this
34    Section.   Such joint report shall be filed with the Governor
 
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 1    and the General Assembly on or before September 30 each year.
 2        The requirement for reporting  to  the  General  Assembly
 3    shall  be  satisfied  by filing copies of the report with the
 4    Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of  the  House  of
 5    Representatives  and  the  President, the Minority Leader and
 6    the Secretary of the  Senate  and  the  Legislative  Research
 7    Unit,  as  required  by  Section  3.1 of the General Assembly
 8    Organization Act  and filing such additional copies with  the
 9    State  Government  Report Distribution Center for the General
10    Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section  7  of
11    the State Library Act.
12        Those  persons  previously  found  eligible for receiving
13    non-institutional services whose services  were  discontinued
14    under  the  Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 1992, and who
15    do not meet the eligibility standards in effect on  or  after
16    July  1,  1992,  shall remain ineligible on and after July 1,
17    1992.  Those persons previously not  required  to  cost-share
18    and  who were required to cost-share effective March 1, 1992,
19    shall continue to meet cost-share requirements on  and  after
20    July  1,  1992.   Beginning July 1, 1992, all clients will be
21    required  to  meet   eligibility,   cost-share,   and   other
22    requirements  and  will have services discontinued or altered
23    when they fail to meet these requirements.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

25        Section 10.  The Disabled Persons Rehabilitation  Act  is
26    amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

27        (20 ILCS 2405/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 3434)
28        Sec. 3.  Powers and duties. The Department shall have the
29    powers and duties enumerated herein:
30        (a)  To  co-operate  with  the  federal government in the
31    administration   of   the   provisions   of    the    federal
32    Rehabilitation  Act  of  1973, as amended, and of the federal
 
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 1    Social Security Act to the extent and in the manner  provided
 2    in these Acts.
 3        (b)  To   prescribe   and   supervise   such  courses  of
 4    vocational training and provide such other services as may be
 5    necessary for the habilitation and rehabilitation of  persons
 6    with  one  or more disabilities, including the administrative
 7    activities under subsection  (e)  of  this  Section,  and  to
 8    co-operate  with State and local school authorities and other
 9    recognized agencies engaged in  habilitation,  rehabilitation
10    and  comprehensive  rehabilitation services; and to cooperate
11    with the Department of Children and Family Services regarding
12    the  care  and  education  of  children  with  one  or   more
13    disabilities.
14        (c)  To  make  such  reports and submit such plans to the
15    federal government as are required by the provisions  of  the
16    federal  Rehabilitation  Act  of 1973, as amended, and by the
17    rules and regulations  of  the  federal  agency  or  agencies
18    administering  the  federal  Rehabilitation  Act  of 1973, as
19    amended, and the federal Social Security Act.
20        (d)  To report in writing, to the Governor,  annually  on
21    or  before the first day of December, and at such other times
22    and in such manner and upon such subjects as the Governor may
23    require.  The annual report shall contain (1) a statement  of
24    the   existing   condition  of  comprehensive  rehabilitation
25    services, habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; (2) a
26    statement of suggestions and recommendations  with  reference
27    to  the development of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
28    habilitation and rehabilitation in  the  State;  and  (3)  an
29    itemized  statement  of  the  amounts  of money received from
30    federal, State and other sources,  and  of  the  objects  and
31    purposes  to  which  the  respective  items  of these several
32    amounts have been devoted.
33        (e)  To exercise, pursuant to Section  13  of  this  Act,
34    executive    and    administrative   supervision   over   all
 
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 1    institutions, divisions, programs and services  now  existing
 2    or  hereafter  acquired  or created under the jurisdiction of
 3    the Department, including, but not limited to, the following:
 4        The  Illinois  School  for  the  Visually   Impaired   at
 5    Jacksonville, as provided under Section 10 of this Act,
 6        The  Illinois  School  for  the  Deaf at Jacksonville, as
 7    provided under Section 10 of this Act, and
 8        The Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education,  as
 9    provided under Section 11 of this Act.
10        (f)  To  establish  a  program  of  services  to  prevent
11    unnecessary  institutionalization of persons with Alzheimer's
12    disease and related disorders or persons in need of long term
13    care who are established as blind or disabled as  defined  by
14    the  Social  Security Act, thereby enabling them to remain in
15    their own homes or other living arrangements. Such preventive
16    services may include, but are not limited to, any or  all  of
17    the following:
18             (1)  home health services;
19             (2)  home nursing services;
20             (3)  homemaker services;
21             (4)  chore and housekeeping services;
22             (5)  day care services;
23             (6)  home-delivered meals;
24             (7)  education in self-care;
25             (8)  personal care services;
26             (9)  adult day health services;
27             (10)  habilitation services;
28             (11)  respite care; or
29             (12)  other  nonmedical  social  services  that  may
30        enable the person to become self-supporting.
31        The  Department shall establish eligibility standards for
32    such services taking into consideration the  unique  economic
33    and  social  needs  of the population for whom they are to be
34    provided.  Such eligibility standards may  be  based  on  the
 
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 1    recipient's  ability  to pay for services; provided, however,
 2    that any portion of a person's income that  is  equal  to  or
 3    less   than   the  "protected  income"  level  shall  not  be
 4    considered by the Department in determining eligibility.  The
 5    "protected  income"  level  shall  be   determined   by   the
 6    Department,  shall  never  be  less  than the federal poverty
 7    standard, and shall be adjusted each year to reflect  changes
 8    in  the  Consumer  Price  Index  For  All  Urban Consumers as
 9    determined  by  the  United  States  Department   of   Labor.
10    Additionally,   in  determining  the  amount  and  nature  of
11    services for which a person may qualify, consideration  shall
12    not  be  given to the value of cash, property or other assets
13    held in the name of the person's spouse pursuant to a written
14    agreement dividing marital property into equal  but  separate
15    shares  or pursuant to a transfer of the person's interest in
16    a home to his spouse, provided that the spouse's share of the
17    marital property is not made available to the person  seeking
18    such services.
19        The  services  shall  be  provided to eligible persons to
20    prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization, to the
21    extent that the cost of the services, together with the other
22    personal maintenance expenses of the persons, are  reasonably
23    related  to  the  standards  established  for care in a group
24    facility   appropriate    to    their    condition.     These
25    non-institutional  services,  pilot  projects or experimental
26    facilities may be provided as part of or in addition to those
27    authorized by federal law or those funded and administered by
28    the Illinois Department on Aging.
29        Personal care attendants shall be paid:
30             (i)  A $5 per hour minimum rate  beginning  July  1,
31        1995.
32             (ii)  A  $5.30  per hour minimum rate beginning July
33        1, 1997.
34             (iii)  A $5.40 per hour minimum rate beginning  July
 
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 1        1, 1998.
 2    Beginning  July  1,  1999,  personal  care  attendants  shall
 3    receive  an automatic cost of living allowance of at least 3%
 4    but no more than 5% on July 1  of  each  year  based  on  the
 5    percentage  change  in  the consumer price index-u during the
 6    preceding 12-month calendar year.  "Consumer  price  index-u"
 7    means  the  index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
 8    of the United States Department of Labor  that  measures  the
 9    average  change  in prices of goods and services purchased by
10    all urban consumers, United States city average,  all  items,
11    1982-84  =  100.    If this index is no longer published, the
12    Department  shall  use  a  comparable  substitute  index   as
13    determined by rule.
14        The  Department  shall  execute,  relative to the nursing
15    home prescreening project, as authorized by Section  4.03  of
16    the   Illinois   Act   on  the  Aging,  written  inter-agency
17    agreements with the Department on Aging and the Department of
18    Public Aid, to effect the following:  (i)  intake  procedures
19    and  common  eligibility  criteria  for those persons who are
20    receiving   non-institutional   services;   and   (ii)    the
21    establishment  and  development of non-institutional services
22    in areas of the State where they are not currently  available
23    or  are  undeveloped.  On and after July 1, 1996, all nursing
24    home prescreenings for individuals 18 through 59 years of age
25    shall be conducted by the Department.
26        The Department is authorized to  establish  a  system  of
27    recipient  cost-sharing  for  services  provided  under  this
28    Section.    The   cost-sharing   shall   be  based  upon  the
29    recipient's ability to pay for services, but in no case shall
30    the recipient's share exceed the actual cost of the  services
31    provided.   Protected  income  shall not be considered by the
32    Department in its determination of the recipient's ability to
33    pay  a  share  of  the  cost  of  services.   The  level   of
34    cost-sharing  shall  be adjusted each year to reflect changes
 
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 1    in the "protected income" level.  The Department shall deduct
 2    from the recipient's share of the cost of services any  money
 3    expended by the recipient for disability-related expenses.
 4        The    Department,   or   the   Department's   authorized
 5    representative, shall recover the amount of  moneys  expended
 6    for  services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
 7    Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
 8    estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery  may
 9    be had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any,
10    and  then  only at such time when there is no surviving child
11    who is under  age  21,  blind,  or  permanently  and  totally
12    disabled.   This  paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery,
13    at the death of the person, of moneys for  services  provided
14    to  the  person or in behalf of the person under this Section
15    to which the person was  not  entitled;  provided  that  such
16    recovery  shall not be enforced against any real estate while
17    it is occupied as a homestead  by  the  surviving  spouse  or
18    other  dependent,  if  no claims by other creditors have been
19    filed against the estate, or, if such claims have been filed,
20    they remain dormant for failure of prosecution or failure  of
21    the  claimant  to compel administration of the estate for the
22    purpose of payment.  This paragraph shall  not  bar  recovery
23    from  the estate of a spouse, under Sections 1915 and 1924 of
24    the Social Security Act  and  Section  5-4  of  the  Illinois
25    Public  Aid  Code,  who  precedes a person receiving services
26    under this Section in death.  All moneys for services paid to
27    or in behalf of  the  person  under  this  Section  shall  be
28    claimed  for  recovery  from  the  deceased  spouse's estate.
29    "Homestead", as used in this paragraph,  means  the  dwelling
30    house  and  contiguous  real  estate  occupied by a surviving
31    spouse or relative, as defined by the rules  and  regulations
32    of  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid, regardless of the
33    value of the property.
34        The  Department  and  the  Department  on   Aging   shall
 
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 1    cooperate  in  the  development  and  submission of an annual
 2    report on programs and services provided under this  Section.
 3    Such  joint  report  shall be filed with the Governor and the
 4    General Assembly on or before September 30 each year.
 5        The requirement for reporting  to  the  General  Assembly
 6    shall  be  satisfied  by filing copies of the report with the
 7    Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of  the  House  of
 8    Representatives  and  the  President, the Minority Leader and
 9    the Secretary of the  Senate  and  the  Legislative  Research
10    Unit,  as  required  by  Section  3.1 of the General Assembly
11    Organization Act, and filing additional copies with the State
12    Government  Report  Distribution  Center  for   the   General
13    Assembly  as required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the
14    State Library Act.
15        (g)  To establish such subdivisions of the Department  as
16    shall be desirable and assign to the various subdivisions the
17    responsibilities  and  duties  placed  upon the Department by
18    law.
19        (h)  To cooperate and enter into any necessary agreements
20    with the Department of Employment Security for the  provision
21    of  job placement and job referral services to clients of the
22    Department,  including  job  service  registration  of   such
23    clients  with Illinois Employment Security offices and making
24    job listings  maintained  by  the  Department  of  Employment
25    Security available to such clients.
26        (i)  To  possess  all powers reasonable and necessary for
27    the exercise and administration of  the  powers,  duties  and
28    responsibilities  of the Department which are provided for by
29    law.
30        (j)  To establish a procedure whereby  new  providers  of
31    personal care attendant services shall submit vouchers to the
32    State  for  payment  two  times  during  their first month of
33    employment and one time per month  thereafter.   In  no  case
34    shall  the  Department pay personal care attendants an hourly
 
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 1    wage that is less than the federal minimum wage.
 2        (k)  To provide adequate notice to providers of chore and
 3    housekeeping services informing them that they  are  entitled
 4    to  an  interest payment on bills which are not promptly paid
 5    pursuant to Section 3 of the State Prompt Payment Act.
 6        (l)  To  establish,  operate  and  maintain  a  Statewide
 7    Housing Clearinghouse of information on available, government
 8    subsidized  housing  accessible  to  disabled   persons   and
 9    available  privately  owned  housing  accessible  to disabled
10    persons.  The information shall include but not be limited to
11    the  location,  rental  requirements,  access  features   and
12    proximity to public transportation of available housing.  The
13    Clearinghouse  shall  consist  of  at  least  a  computerized
14    database  for  the storage and retrieval of information and a
15    separate or shared toll free  telephone  number  for  use  by
16    those seeking information from the Clearinghouse.  Department
17    offices  and personnel throughout the State shall also assist
18    in the operation  of  the  Statewide  Housing  Clearinghouse.
19    Cooperation  with  local,  State and federal housing managers
20    shall be sought and  extended  in  order  to  frequently  and
21    promptly update the Clearinghouse's information.
22    (Source:  P.A.  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-352,  eff. 8-17-95;
23    89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-365, eff. 8-10-97.)

24        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
25    1, 1999.

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