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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0381
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. Susan Garrett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall reimburse providers of community-based residential programs in which no more than 4 persons with developmental disabilities reside together and in which each person has his or her own private bedroom. Provides that the reimbursement shall be equal to 100% of the provider's cost of providing certain services. Contains a Section concerning legislative findings. Effective immediately.
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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 Mental Health and Developmental |
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| Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
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| 54.5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1705/54.5 new) |
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| Sec. 54.5. Rates; community-based residential programs for |
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| persons with developmental disabilities. |
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| (a) The General Assembly finds that, due to economic |
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| factors, it has become increasingly necessary for providers of |
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| residential services to persons with developmental |
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| disabilities to expand the number of persons with developmental |
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| disabilities living together in community-based residential |
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| programs funded by the Department. The General Assembly further |
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| finds that, in order to enhance opportunities for persons with |
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| developmental disabilities to live in the community with |
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| dignity and individual privacy, and to maximize the benefits of |
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| the supportive services provided in community-based |
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| residential programs, it is necessary and appropriate to offer |
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| financial incentives to providers so that they can establish |
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| community-based residential programs of 4 or fewer individuals |
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| living together. |
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| (b) As used in this Section, "community-based residential |
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| program" means one of a variety of living arrangements for |
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| persons with developmental disabilities, including existing |
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| settings, such as community integrated living arrangements, |
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| community residential alternatives, assisted residential care, |
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| supported residential care, and adult foster care, and may also |
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| include newly developed settings that are consistent with this |
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| definition. The term "developmental disability" includes an |
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| autism spectrum disorder. |
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| (c) The Department shall reimburse each provider of a |
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| community-based residential program in which no more than 4 |
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| persons with developmental disabilities reside together and in |
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| which each person has his or her own private bedroom. |
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| Reimbursement shall be at a rate equal to 100% of the |
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| provider's cost of providing those services, including the cost |
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| of acquiring, renovating or converting the home and the cost of |
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| transportation. Starting in the State fiscal year beginning |
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| July 1, 2008, and for each State fiscal year thereafter, the |
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| Department shall adjust the rate of reimbursement for those |
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| services so that it continues to equal 100% of the provider's |
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| cost of providing those services.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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