97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1800

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Heather A. Steans

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
325 ILCS 20/4  from Ch. 23, par. 4154

    Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is
5amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (325 ILCS 20/4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 4154)
7    Sec. 4. Illinois Interagency Council on Early
8Intervention.
9    (a) There is established the the Illinois Interagency
10Council on Early Intervention. The Council shall be composed of
11at least 15 but not more than 25 members. The members of the
12Council and the designated chairperson of the Council shall be
13appointed by the Governor. The Council member representing the
14lead agency may not serve as chairperson of the Council. The
15Council shall be composed of the following members:
16        (1) The Secretary of Human Services (or his or her
17    designee) and 2 additional representatives of the
18    Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary,
19    plus the Directors (or their designees) of the following
20    State agencies involved in the provision of or payment for
21    early intervention services to eligible infants and
22    toddlers and their families:
23            (A) Illinois State Board of Education;

 

 

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1            (B) (Blank);
2            (C) (Blank);
3            (D) Illinois Department of Children and Family
4        Services;
5            (E) University of Illinois Division of Specialized
6        Care for Children;
7            (F) Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
8        Services;
9            (G) Illinois Department of Public Health;
10            (H) (Blank);
11            (I) Illinois Planning Council on Developmental
12        Disabilities; and
13            (J) Illinois Department of Insurance.
14        (2) Other members as follows:
15            (A) At least 20% of the members of the Council
16        shall be parents, including minority parents, of
17        infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with
18        disabilities aged 12 or younger, with knowledge of, or
19        experience with, programs for infants and toddlers
20        with disabilities. At least one such member shall be a
21        parent of an infant or toddler with a disability or a
22        child with a disability aged 6 or younger;
23            (B) At least 20% of the members of the Council
24        shall be public or private providers of early
25        intervention services;
26            (C) One member shall be a representative of the

 

 

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1        General Assembly; and
2            (D) One member shall be involved in the preparation
3        of professional personnel to serve infants and
4        toddlers similar to those eligible for services under
5        this Act.
6    The Council shall meet at least quarterly and in such
7places as it deems necessary. Terms of the initial members
8appointed under paragraph (2) shall be determined by lot at the
9first Council meeting as follows: of the persons appointed
10under subparagraphs (A) and (B), one-third shall serve one year
11terms, one-third shall serve 2 year terms, and one-third shall
12serve 3 year terms; and of the persons appointed under
13subparagraphs (C) and (D), one shall serve a 2 year term and
14one shall serve a 3 year term. Thereafter, successors appointed
15under paragraph (2) shall serve 3 year terms. Once appointed,
16members shall continue to serve until their successors are
17appointed. No member shall be appointed to serve more than 2
18consecutive terms.
19    Council members shall serve without compensation but shall
20be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in the performance
21of their duties, including costs related to child care, and
22parents may be paid a stipend in accordance with applicable
23requirements.
24    The Council shall prepare and approve a budget using funds
25appropriated for the purpose to hire staff, and obtain the
26services of such professional, technical, and clerical

 

 

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1personnel as may be necessary to carry out its functions under
2this Act. This funding support and staff shall be directed by
3the lead agency.
4    (b) The Council shall:
5        (1) advise and assist the lead agency in the
6    performance of its responsibilities including but not
7    limited to the identification of sources of fiscal and
8    other support services for early intervention programs,
9    and the promotion of interagency agreements which assign
10    financial responsibility to the appropriate agencies;
11        (2) advise and assist the lead agency in the
12    preparation of applications and amendments to
13    applications;
14        (3) review and advise on relevant regulations and
15    standards proposed by the related State agencies;
16        (4) advise and assist the lead agency in the
17    development, implementation and evaluation of the
18    comprehensive early intervention services system; and
19        (5) prepare and submit an annual report to the Governor
20    and to the General Assembly on the status of early
21    intervention programs for eligible infants and toddlers
22    and their families in Illinois. The annual report shall
23    include (i) the estimated number of eligible infants and
24    toddlers in this State, (ii) the number of eligible infants
25    and toddlers who have received services under this Act and
26    the cost of providing those services, (iii) the estimated

 

 

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1    cost of providing services under this Act to all eligible
2    infants and toddlers in this State, and (iv) data and other
3    information as is requested to be included by the
4    Legislative Advisory Committee established under Section
5    13.50 of this Act. The report shall be posted by the lead
6    agency on the early intervention website as required under
7    paragraph (f) of Section 5 of this Act.
8    No member of the Council shall cast a vote on or
9participate substantially in any matter which would provide a
10direct financial benefit to that member or otherwise give the
11appearance of a conflict of interest under State law. All
12provisions and reporting requirements of the Illinois
13Governmental Ethics Act shall apply to Council members.
14(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)