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    AN ACT concerning disability services. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
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Disabilities Administrative
Act is amended by adding Section 
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18.5 as follows:


 
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    (20 ILCS 1705/18.5 new)

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    Sec. 18.5. Community Developmental Disability Services 
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Medicaid Trust Fund;
reimbursement.

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    (a) Any funds paid to the State by the federal government 
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under Title XIX or
Title
XXI of the Social Security Act for 
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services delivered by community
developmental
disability 
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services providers, and any interest earned thereon, shall be

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deposited directly
into the Community Developmental Disability 
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Services Medicaid Trust Fund.

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    (b) Moneys in the Community Developmental Disability 
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Services Medicaid Trust Fund shall be used to pay for 
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Medicaid-reimbursed community developmental disability 
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services provided to eligible individuals and chosen by the 
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individual or his or her legal guardian from available 
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community services options.  Once the individual or legal 
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guardian chooses the desired services, the services are 
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approved by the Department of Human Services, and the provision 
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of services is initiated, the Department shall make payment to 
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the community developmental disability services provider.   
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Prior to choosing a service or services, an eligible individual 
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or his or her legal guardian shall be fully informed by the 
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independent service coordination agency and the provider of all 
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available community services options.

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    (c) Funds spent under this Section shall not supplant other 
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funds appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for 
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community-based developmental disability services.

 


 






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    (d) For the purposes of this Section:

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    "Medicaid-reimbursed developmental disability services" 
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means services
provided by a community developmental 
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disability provider under an agreement
with the
Department that 
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is eligible for reimbursement under the federal Title XIX

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program or
Title XXI program.

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    "Provider" means a community agency that is funded by the 
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Department to
provide a Medicaid-reimbursed service.



 
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    (20 ILCS 1705/18.1 rep.)

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    Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental 
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Disabilities Administrative
Act is amended by repealing 
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Section 18.1.