SB0581sam002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

Filed: 3/23/2007

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 581

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 581, AS AMENDED, in Section 5, Sec. 6-1, subsection (a), by replacing the sentence beginning "Each participant" with the following:

"Each participant in the Community Residential Choices Program shall have his or her own individual private bedroom."; and

in Section 5, Sec. 6-1, subsection (a), by replacing the sentence beginning "The Community Residential Choices Program" with the following:

"The Community Residential Choices Program shall be available to persons over the age of 18 who do not meet the Department's criteria for being in crisis."; and

in Section 5, Sec. 6-1, subsection (b), by inserting immediately below the last line of that subsection the following:

"A person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder may be assessed for eligibility for services under Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for persons with developmental disabilities, without regard to whether that person is also diagnosed with mental retardation, so long as the person otherwise meets applicable level-of-care criteria under those waivers. This provision does not create any new entitlement to a service, program, or benefit, but shall not affect any entitlement to a service, program, or benefit created by any other law."; and

in Section 5, Sec. 6-5, by inserting after "on July 1, 2007," the following: "subject to appropriation,"; and

in Section 5, by replacing Sec. 6-10 with the following:

"(405 ILCS 80/6-10 new)

Sec. 6-10. Reimbursement rates. The Department shall reimburse each provider of a Community Residential Choices Program at the customary rate for a community-based residential program for persons with developmental disabilities, including necessary and appropriate support services.".