The Illinois Department on Aging is the code department[1][2] of the Illinois state government that exercises, administers, and enforces all rights, powers, and duties vested in it by the Illinois Act on the Aging.[3][4]
As of March 2019 Paula A. Basta became the Director of Aging.[5] The Illinois Council on Aging, with its citizen and legislative members, serves as the advisory body to the Department on Aging.[5]