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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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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 is amended  by changing Section 3-5 as 
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follows:
 



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    (405 ILCS 80/3-5)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1803-5)



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    Sec. 3-5. The Department shall create application forms 
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which shall
be used to determine the eligibility of families 
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for the Program.  The
forms shall require at least the following 
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items of information which constitute
the eligibility criteria 
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for participation in the Program:

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    (a) A statement that the family resides in the State of 
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Illinois.

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    (b) A statement that the family member is 17 years of age 
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or younger.

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    (c) A statement that the family member resides, or is 
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expected to
reside, with his or her parent or legal guardian, 
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or that the family member
resides in an out-of-home placement 
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with the expectation of residing with
the parent or legal 
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guardian within 2 months of the date of the application.

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    (d) Verification that the family member has one of the 
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following
conditions:  severe autism, severe mental illness, 
 


 






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severe or profound
mental retardation, or severe and multiple 
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impairments.  Verification of
the family member's condition 
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shall be:

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    (1) by the family member's local school district for family 
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members
enrolled with a local school district; or

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    (2) by an entity designated by the Department.

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    (e) Verification that the taxable income for the family for 
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the year
immediately preceding the date of the application did 
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not exceed an amount
to be established by rule of the 
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Department,
unless it can be verified that the taxable income 
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for the family for the
year in which the application is made 
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will be less than such amount. The maximum taxable family 
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income set by rule of the Department may not be less than 
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$65,000 beginning January 1, 2008.


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(Source: P.A. 86-921.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.