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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Children with developmental disabilities or |
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| mental illness receive a variety of services provided or |
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| sponsored by the Department of Children and Family Services |
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| (DCFS), the Department of Human Services (DHS), and the |
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| Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE); and
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| WHEREAS, Each of those agencies has adopted a different age |
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| by which children in their programs "age out" of those programs |
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| (that is, become ineligible for those programs based on their |
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| age); for DCFS it is age 18; for DHS it is age 21; and for ISBE |
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| it is age 22; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon "aging out" of these programs, individuals |
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| must undergo a transition to programs and services for adults; |
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| an individual between the ages of 18 and 22 may have to |
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| participate in children's programs and adult programs at the |
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| same time; and
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| WHEREAS, This lack of uniformity in the "age-out" age |
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| between agencies results in disparities in services provided to |
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| children and their families and confusion among beneficiaries |
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| of State programs and services; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department |
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| of Human Services, and the Illinois State Board of Education, |
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| in coordination with providers of developmental disability and |
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| mental health services, shall establish a Cross-Agency |
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| Coordination Task Force on Developmental Disabilities to study |
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| the implementation of a uniform age by which children with |
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| developmental disabilities or mental illness "age out" of |
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| programs administered by those agencies; the study shall |
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| include an examination of ways to improve transition services |
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| to individuals affected by a developmental disability or mental |
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| illness; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall consist of 9 members; |
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| the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department |
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| of Human Services, and the State Board of Education shall each |
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| appoint one of each of the following as a member: (i) a parent |
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| of a child who receives mental health or developmental |
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| disability services; (ii) a provider of mental health or |
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| developmental disability services; and (iii) a staff member of |
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| the appointing agency; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall submit a report of its |
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| findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives by |
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| August 31, 2008; and be it further
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