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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Adult day service programs that operate as part of 
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the Department on Aging's Community Care Program provide vital 
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services to over 2,100 of Illinois' frailest seniors each 
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month; and
 

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    WHEREAS, These adult day services allow frail seniors to 
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remain independent and in their own homes and communities in 
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the most appropriate, desirable, and cost-effective setting; 
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and
 

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    WHEREAS, Adult day service programs provide outpatient 
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nursing home services including medical monitoring, medication 
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administration, client activities, a daily meal for each 
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client, bathing, assistance with activities of daily living, 
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and transportation, all of which carry significant costs; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Many adult day service programs are closing and 
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other programs are struggling due to insufficient 
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reimbursement for services and transportation; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Cost reports from one adult day service program 
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indicate that transportation reimbursement rates equal less 
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than half of the actual cost of providing service; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Adult day service programs are required to provide 
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transportation as part of their contracts with the State of 
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Illinois; and
 

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    WHEREAS, The inadequate transportation rate has resulted 
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in the closing of programs and a reduction in the area served 
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by others; and
 

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    WHEREAS, In Illinois, 62 counties remain with no service 
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despite the efforts of the Department on Aging; therefore, be 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Department on Aging shall conduct, 
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in collaboration with the Illinois Adult Day Services 
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Association and the Community Care Program Advisory Committee, 
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a rate study of the cost of providing adult day services and 
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transportation in Illinois; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That the Department on Aging shall submit the 
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results of the study along with recommendations to the General 
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Assembly and to the Community Care Program Advisory Committee 
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no later than January 1, 2006; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be submitted to 
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the Department on Aging.