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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, Several State-operated developmental disability 
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or mental health facilities that serve adults with 
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developmental disabilities and mental illness have closed in 
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recent years; and
  
 



  
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    WHEREAS, It is critical that former residents of these 
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facilities receive services and supports necessary to meet 
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their needs, whether they transition to a community-based 
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agency, another State-operated facility, or home care; 
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therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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when the Department of Human Services closes a State-operated 
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developmental disability or mental health facility after the 
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adoption of this resolution, the Department shall track and 
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report how these individuals' health care and other service and 
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support needs are being met for one year after the closure of 
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the State-operated developmental disability or mental health 
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facility, detailing the number of individuals that have been 
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transferred or transitioned out of a State-operated 
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developmental disability or mental health facility due to 
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facility closures; the setting to which these individuals were 
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transferred or transitioned to; and how these individuals' 
 


 






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health care and other service and support needs are being met 
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following transfer or transition from a State-operated 
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developmental disability or mental health facility; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Department  shall submit this report to 
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the Governor and the General Assembly by January 31st of each 
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year following the closure of a facility, and that the report 
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shall be made available to the public; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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delivered to the Secretary of Human Services.