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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The Going Home Coalition believes that integrated 
3living in the general
community is the best practice for people 
4with disabilities; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Persons with disabilities have been historically 
6isolated and segregated
from their home communities, often in 
7institutional settings, and Illinois currently

8institutionalizes more people with developmental disabilities 
9than 48 other
states; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, The U.S. Supreme Court decreed in Olmstead v. LC. 
11on June
22, 1999, that the unjustified institutionalization of 
12people with disabilities is
illegal discrimination; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Olmstead Plaintiffs Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson 
14won the right to live
safe, meaningful, and connected lives in 
15their communities as a result of this decision; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, The Olmstead decision was affirmed in Illinois by 
17the U.S. District Court
in Ligas v. Harnos on June 15, 2011, 
18giving plaintiff Stanley Ligas the right to live an
integrated 
19life in the way he imagined it; therefore, be it
  
 
  
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
 
 
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1ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 22, 
22019 and 2020 as
"Illinois Community Living Day" in the State 
3of Illinois, and we urge the citizens of
Illinois to celebrate 
4with both service and awareness; and be it further
  
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
6presented to the Going Home
Coalition as a symbol of our 
7respect and esteem.