103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3300 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to develop and implement, by January 1, 2025, a Senior Corps Program to assist Illinois residents aged 55 and older find volunteer opportunities or meaningful service employment opportunities in Illinois. Provides that in addition to assisting eligible individuals with employment and services opportunities, the program shall also include job training and opportunities for eligible individuals to develop new skills that will increase their job marketability. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, the Department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report which includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) the total number of individuals participating in the program; (2) the total number of individuals who have been placed in volunteer roles and the total number of individuals who have been placed in reemployment roles; (3) the total number of individuals who have not been successfully placed in a volunteer or employment opportunity and the reasons that individuals were not able to be placed; and (4) the types of businesses and nonprofit organizations that individuals participating in the program have been placed in. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary for implementation and administration of the Senior Corps Program. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3300 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to develop and implement, by January 1, 2025, a Senior Corps Program to assist Illinois residents aged 55 and older find volunteer opportunities or meaningful service employment opportunities in Illinois. Provides that in addition to assisting eligible individuals with employment and services opportunities, the program shall also include job training and opportunities for eligible individuals to develop new skills that will increase their job marketability. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, the Department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report which includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) the total number of individuals participating in the program; (2) the total number of individuals who have been placed in volunteer roles and the total number of individuals who have been placed in reemployment roles; (3) the total number of individuals who have not been successfully placed in a volunteer or employment opportunity and the reasons that individuals were not able to be placed; and (4) the types of businesses and nonprofit organizations that individuals participating in the program have been placed in. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary for implementation and administration of the Senior Corps Program. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3300 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to develop and implement, by January 1, 2025, a Senior Corps Program to assist Illinois residents aged 55 and older find volunteer opportunities or meaningful service employment opportunities in Illinois. Provides that in addition to assisting eligible individuals with employment and services opportunities, the program shall also include job training and opportunities for eligible individuals to develop new skills that will increase their job marketability. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, the Department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report which includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) the total number of individuals participating in the program; (2) the total number of individuals who have been placed in volunteer roles and the total number of individuals who have been placed in reemployment roles; (3) the total number of individuals who have not been successfully placed in a volunteer or employment opportunity and the reasons that individuals were not able to be placed; and (4) the types of businesses and nonprofit organizations that individuals participating in the program have been placed in. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary for implementation and administration of the Senior Corps Program. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b A BILL FOR SB3300LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b SB3300 LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b SB3300 LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b 1 AN ACT concerning State government. 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 adding Section 8.14 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 105/8.14 new) 7 Sec. 8.14. Senior Corps Program. 8 (a) By January 1, 2025, the Department shall develop and 9 implement a Senior Corps Program to assist Illinois residents 10 aged 55 and older find volunteer opportunities or meaningful 11 service employment opportunities in Illinois. In addition to 12 assisting eligible individuals with employment and services 13 opportunities, the program shall also include job training and 14 opportunities for eligible individuals to develop new skills 15 that will increase their job marketability. 16 (b) Beginning January 1, 2026 and each January 1 17 thereafter, the Department shall submit to the Governor and 18 the General Assembly an annual report which includes, but is 19 not limited to, the following information: 20 (1) the total number of individuals participating in 21 the program; 22 (2) the total number of individuals who have been 23 placed in volunteer roles and the total number of 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3300 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to develop and implement, by January 1, 2025, a Senior Corps Program to assist Illinois residents aged 55 and older find volunteer opportunities or meaningful service employment opportunities in Illinois. Provides that in addition to assisting eligible individuals with employment and services opportunities, the program shall also include job training and opportunities for eligible individuals to develop new skills that will increase their job marketability. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, the Department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report which includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) the total number of individuals participating in the program; (2) the total number of individuals who have been placed in volunteer roles and the total number of individuals who have been placed in reemployment roles; (3) the total number of individuals who have not been successfully placed in a volunteer or employment opportunity and the reasons that individuals were not able to be placed; and (4) the types of businesses and nonprofit organizations that individuals participating in the program have been placed in. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary for implementation and administration of the Senior Corps Program. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b A BILL FOR 20 ILCS 105/8.14 new LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b SB3300 LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b SB3300- 2 -LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b SB3300 - 2 - LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b SB3300 - 2 - LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b 1 individuals who have been placed in reemployment roles; 2 (3) the total number of individuals who have not been 3 successfully placed in a volunteer or employment 4 opportunity and the reasons that individuals were not able 5 to be placed; and 6 (4) the types of businesses and nonprofit 7 organizations that individuals participating in the 8 program have been placed in. 9 (c) The Department may adopt any rules necessary for 10 implementation and administration of the Senior Corps Program. SB3300 - 2 - LRB103 37209 KTG 67328 b