Sen. David Koehler
Filed: 5/1/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 746
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 746 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Disabilities Services Act of 2003 is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding the heading of Article IV and Section 60 as | ||||||
6 | follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 2407/Art. IV heading new) | ||||||
8 | ARTICLE IV. RAPID REINTEGRATION PILOT PROGRAM | ||||||
9 | (20 ILCS 2407/60 new) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 60. Rapid Reintegration Pilot Program. | ||||||
11 | (a) The Department of Human Services shall operate a Rapid | ||||||
12 | Reintegration Pilot Program. The purpose of the pilot program | ||||||
13 | is to demonstrate that, with appropriate support and services, | ||||||
14 | individuals with physical disabilities and individuals with | ||||||
15 | mental illness who need a short-term placement of 6 months or |
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1 | less in a nursing facility can successfully return to the | ||||||
2 | community without experiencing unnecessary | ||||||
3 | institutionalization. The initial pilot program sites shall be | ||||||
4 | those initiated or operated by the Department in Fiscal Year | ||||||
5 | 2009. The pilot program may be expanded to other sites as | ||||||
6 | funding becomes available for that purpose. | ||||||
7 | (b) The Department of Human Services shall secure the | ||||||
8 | cooperation of hospitals in the geographic areas served by the | ||||||
9 | pilot program so that hospitals will coordinate with the | ||||||
10 | Service Coordination Agencies and the Home Services Program to | ||||||
11 | verify whether the individual is expected to have a short-term | ||||||
12 | stay of 6 months or less in a nursing facility upon discharge | ||||||
13 | from the hospital. | ||||||
14 | (c) The Service Coordination Agencies and the Home Services | ||||||
15 | Program in the pilot areas shall make an initial assessment and | ||||||
16 | a post-admission assessment to ascertain whether an individual | ||||||
17 | needs a nursing facility level of care and whether the | ||||||
18 | individual is expected to be in the nursing facility for a | ||||||
19 | short-term stay of 6 months or less. | ||||||
20 | (d) The Service Coordination Agencies and the Home Services | ||||||
21 | Program shall make necessary and appropriate efforts to | ||||||
22 | reintegrate any individual who is found to need nursing | ||||||
23 | facility level of care and is expected to be in a nursing home | ||||||
24 | for a short-term stay of 6 months or less, including | ||||||
25 | collaboration with local service providers, such as centers for | ||||||
26 | independent living and community mental health agencies. |
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1 | (e) If an individual who, through the pilot program, has | ||||||
2 | been identified as needing a short-term stay of 6 months or | ||||||
3 | less is admitted to a nursing facility, the individual shall be | ||||||
4 | assessed for eligibility for an enhanced Community Home | ||||||
5 | Maintenance Allowance to allow the individual to retain income | ||||||
6 | for a period of up to 6 months in order to retain his or her | ||||||
7 | home. | ||||||
8 | (f) The pilot program shall operate for not less than 3 | ||||||
9 | years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
10 | 96th General Assembly. The Department of Human Services shall | ||||||
11 | assess the effectiveness of the pilot program in preventing the | ||||||
12 | unnecessary institutionalization of individuals with physical | ||||||
13 | disabilities or mental illness and allowing them to | ||||||
14 | successfully return to their pre-admission living | ||||||
15 | arrangements. | ||||||
16 | (g) The pilot program established under this Article shall | ||||||
17 | not apply to facilities that qualify under federal law as | ||||||
18 | institutions for mental disease.
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.".
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