Bill Text: IL HB1687 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1687 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB1687-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB1687 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1305/1-5
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1305/1-5)
Sec. 1-5. Purpose. It is the the purpose of this Act to
provide for the creation of the Department of Human Services
and to transfer to it certain rights, powers, duties, and
functions currently exercised by various other agencies of
State Government. This Act consolidates and centralizes
certain human services programs that are now offered to the
citizens of this State by a number of different State agencies;
it is intended to make possible the more effective and
efficient operation of the affected programs and services.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)