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92_HB2230eng HB2230 Engrossed LRB9206220JMmb 1 AN ACT concerning the Department of Human Services. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is 5 amended by adding Section 10-30 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 1305/10-30 new) 7 Sec. 10-30. Disability database. The Department of 8 Human Services shall contract with an entity experienced in 9 applied research to compile a cross-disability database of 10 disabled Illinois residents who are potential beneficiaries 11 of the "most integrated setting" requirement of the Americans 12 with Disabilities Act as construed by the United States 13 Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel Zimring, 119 S. Ct. 14 2176 (1999). Within 30 days after the effective date of this 15 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the Secretary of 16 Human Services shall appoint a 7-member cross-disability 17 advisory committee to make recommendations to the Department 18 regarding the compilation of the database. The advisory 19 committee members shall receive no compensation but may be 20 reimbursed for reasonable expenses actually incurred in the 21 performance of their duties. 22 Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental 23 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section 24 31b as follows: 25 (20 ILCS 1705/31b new) 26 Sec. 31b. Individuals waiting for community-based 27 services. The Department shall collect and maintain 28 information on the number of individuals with developmental 29 disabilities who have requested (either themselves or through HB2230 Engrossed -2- LRB9206220JMmb 1 a parent or guardian) and are waiting for community-based 2 services that are funded through grants from the Department 3 to, and contracts with the Department and, local school 4 districts, individual service coordination organizations, and 5 community-based organizations. The information shall 6 include, but is not limited to, the following: 7 (1) The number of those individuals waiting for 8 community-based residential services such as Community 9 Integrated Living Arrangements, supported apartments, 10 supported living, and other community living 11 arrangements. 12 (2) The number of those individuals waiting for 13 services from intermediate care facilities for the 14 developmentally disabled. 15 (3) The number of those individuals waiting for 16 services from day and vocational programs such as day 17 activity programs, adult day care, developmental 18 training, sheltered workshops, supported employment, job 19 placement, and other day programs. 20 (4) The number of those individuals waiting for 21 family support services, respite care, personal 22 assistance services, case management services, and other 23 services not included in paragraph (3). 24 (5) The ages of those individuals waiting for 25 services under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4). 26 (6) The ages of the parents of those individuals 27 waiting for services under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and 28 (4). 29 (7) The Representative Districts in which those 30 individuals waiting for services live. 31 The information shall be updated annually. The information 32 collected shall be limited to information about individuals 33 who are eligible for services at the time of request or who 34 will be eligible to receive services within 12 months after HB2230 Engrossed -3- LRB9206220JMmb 1 the date services are requested. The Department shall, on 2 request, make the information available to other agencies 3 serving persons with developmental disabilities. 4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 5 becoming law.