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92_HB5970 LRB9215076REpc 1 AN ACT concerning human services. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is 5 amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 1305/1-5) 7 Sec. 1-5. Legislative purposePurpose. It is the purpose 8 of this Act to provide for the creation of the Department of 9 Human Services and to transfer to it certain rights, powers, 10 duties, and functions currently exercised by various other 11 agencies of State Government. This Act consolidates and 12 centralizes certain human services programs that are now 13 offered to the citizens of this State by a number of 14 different State agencies; it is intended to make possible the 15 more effective and efficient operation of the affected 16 programs and services. 17 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)