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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 4.6a as follows:
 
6    (405 ILCS 30/4.6a new)
7    Sec. 4.6a. Reduction in patient population in 
8developmental disabilities facility. 
9    Whenever a State developmental disabilities facility 
10operated by the Department of Human Services is scheduled to 
11have or has a reduction in the number of individuals receiving 
12care in an amount equal to or greater than 10% of the 
13facility's prior highest population during the preceding 
1412-month period, the Department of Human Services shall file a 
15report with the General Assembly specifying the:
16        (1)   Total change in resident population for the 
17    facility. 
18        (2) Anticipated new venues for care by venue category, 
19    in the aggregate, for the individuals no longer receiving 
20    care in the facility. 
21        (3) Estimated corresponding changes in appropriation 
22    level necessary for the facility reducing population as 
23    well as additional appropriation authority required for 
 
 
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1    other facilities or community care alternatives which are 
2    expected to experience an increase in the number of 
3    individuals served. 
4    The report required under this Section shall be given to 
5the General Assembly within 30 days of when a decision is made 
6to decrease the population of a facility by 10% or more, or in 
7cases where population changes are due to unplanned caseload 
8changes, within 30 days of the actual change in population by 
910% or more. 
10    Based on information contained in the reports required 
11under this Section, the Department shall transfer funds from 
12the facility realizing a reduction in the number of individuals 
13served to the appropriate line item providing appropriation 
14authority for the new venues of care, provided that the new 
15venue of care is a Department of Human Services funded provider 
16or facility. 
 
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
182011.