320 ILCS 42/20 — Illinois Code / Chapter 320 / Act 42 / Section 20
Section 20
Status: in_force

(320 ILCS 42/20) Sec. 20. Priority service areas; service expansion. (a) The requirements of this Section are subject to the availability of funding. (b) The Department, subject to appropriation, shall expand older adult services that promote independence and permit older adults to remain in their own homes and communities. Priority shall be given to both the expansion of services and the development of new services in priority service areas. (c) Inventory of services. The Department shall develop and maintain an inventory and assessment of (i) the types and quantities of public older adult services and, to the extent possible, privately provided older adult services, including the unduplicated count, location, and characteristics of individuals served by each facility, program, or service and (ii) the resources supporting those services, no later than July 1, 2012. The Department shall investigate the cost of compliance with this provision and report these findings to the appropriation committees of both chambers assigned to hear the agency's budget no later than January 1, 2012. If the Department determines that compliance is cost prohibitive, it shall recommend action in the alternative to achieve the intent of this Section and identify priority service areas for the purpose of directing the allocation of new resources and the reallocation of existing resources to areas of greatest need. (d) Priority service areas. The Departments shall assess the current and projected need for older adult services throughout the State, analyze the results of the inventory, and identify priority service areas, which shall serve as the basis for a priority service plan to be filed with the Governor and the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2006, and every 5 years thereafter. The January 1, 2012 report required under subsection (c) of this Section shall serve as compliance with the July 1, 2011 reporting requirement. (e) Moneys appropriated by the General Assembly for the purpose of this Section, receipts from transfers, donations, grants, fees, or taxes that may accrue from any public or private sources to the Department for the purpose of providing services and care to older adults, and savings attributable to the nursing home conversion program as calculated in subsection (h) shall be deposited into the Department on Aging State Projects Fund. Interest earned by those moneys in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. (f) Moneys described in subsection (e) from the Department on Aging State Projects Fund shall be used for older adult services, regardless of where the older adult receives the service, with priority given to both the expansion of services and the development of new services in priority service areas. Fundable services shall include: (1) Housing, health services, and supportive services: (A) adult day care; (B) adult day care for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; (C) activities of daily living; (D) care-related supplies and equipment; (E) case management; (F) community reintegration; (G) companion; (H) congregate meals; (I) counseling and education; (J) elder abuse prevention and intervention; (K) emergency response and monitoring; (L) environmental modifications; (M) family caregiver support; (N) financial; (O) home delivered meals; (P) homemaker; (Q) home health; (R) hospice; (S) laundry; (T) long-term care ombudsman; (U) medication reminders; (V) money management; (W) nutrition services; (X) personal care; (Y) respite care; (Z) residential care; (AA) senior benefits outreach; (BB) senior centers; (CC) services provided under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or