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LRB094 04235 DRJ 38875 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Developmental Disability and Mental |
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| Disability Services Act
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amended by adding Section 2-4.5 as |
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| follows:
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| (405 ILCS 80/2-4.5 new)
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| Sec. 2-4.5. Autism; community-based residential services; |
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| pilot program.
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| (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human |
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| Services shall create
a
pilot program to provide |
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| community-based residential services to individuals
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| severe
autism who are 21 years of age or older. The Department |
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| shall contract with
providers of alternative
residential |
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| services to persons with severe autism who would otherwise be
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| served in an
institutional setting.
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| (b) The Department shall be responsible for, but not |
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| limited to, providing
the
following:
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| (1) Screening of individuals with severe autism who are |
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| 21 years of age or
older to determine whether these |
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| individuals could be served in a residential
setting at a |
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| cost that does not exceed the cost of caring for them in an
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| institutional
setting.
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| (2) Training and supports for both adults with severe |
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| autism and the staff
working with those individuals.
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| (3) Vocational agricultural opportunities for those |
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| individuals placed at the
designated
community-based |
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| setting.
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| (c) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this |
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| Section.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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