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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, On November 29, 2012, Governor Quinn and the 
3Department of Human Services announced that all of the 
4residents of the Jacksonville Developmental Center had been 
5transitioned to other care settings; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The process of moving the 181 residents out of the 
7Jacksonville Developmental Center began in April of 2012; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, One hundred and three of the residents were 
9transferred into Community Integrated Living Arrangements with 
104 beds or less, while 5 residents were placed in Community 
11Integrated Living Arrangements with 5 beds or more, 17 
12residents were placed in Intermediate Care Facilities for 
13Persons with Developmental Disabilities, one resident was 
14placed in home-based services, one resident was moved to a 
15State Operated Mental Health Facility, and 53 residents were 
16transferred to State Operated Developmental Centers; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, The Department of Human Services has commissioned 
18the University of Illinois at Chicago to complete a 
19comprehensive study of the closure of the Jacksonville 
20Developmental Center; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, The Department of Human Services has not provided 
 
 
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1any evidence that the closure of the Jacksonville Developmental 
2Center was successful or in the best interest of those who 
3called the Jacksonville Developmental Center home; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, The Department of Human Services has not released 
5the complete study of the Jacksonville Developmental Center 
6closure to the General Assembly; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
8NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
9we urge the Governor and the Department of Human Services to 
10complete and release the complete comprehensive study of the 
11closure of the Jacksonville Developmental Center to the General 
12Assembly; and be it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That we urge the Governor to stop the closure 
14process of the Warren G. Murray Developmental Center until the 
15complete study can be reviewed; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
17delivered to the Governor and the Secretary of Human Services.