96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5834


 
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Esther Golar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







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     Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the availability of  services proffered by the listed agencies for adults and children with disabilities. Provides that the system shall be known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to allow primary and secondary customers to develop person-centered  services plans, search for services or supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and track the progress an agency is making in providing needed services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the system. Effective immediately.
  















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    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
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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 Code is amended  by adding Section 5-100B as 
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follows:
 
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    (405 ILCS 5/5-100B new)
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    Sec. 5-100B. Electronic system of care (eSOC). The 
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Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the 
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Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of 
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Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of 
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Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and 
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coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the 
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availability of  services proffered by the listed agencies for 
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adults and children with disabilities. The system shall be 
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known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be 
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publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to 
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allow primary and secondary customers to develop 
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person-centered  services plans, search for services or 
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supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and 
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track the progress an agency is making in providing needed 
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services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the 
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system.
 


 






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    For purposes of this Section, "adults and children with 
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disabilities" means persons with a disability as defined by the 
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that is attributable to 
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a developmental disability, a mental illness, or a physical 
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disability, or a combination of those. 
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.