Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 4/17/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 226




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 226 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 
52-3.163 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.163. Prioritization of Urgency of Need for 
8Services database.
9    (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following 
10findings:
11        (1) The Department of Human Services maintains a 
12    statewide database known as PUNS or Prioritization of 
13    Urgency of Need for Services that records information about 
14    individuals with developmental disabilities who are 
15    potentially in need of services.
16        (2) The Department of Human Services uses the data on 
 
 
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1    Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services to select 
2    individuals for services as funding becomes available, to 
3    develop proposals and materials for budgeting, and to plan 
4    for future needs.
5        (3) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services 
6    exists in order to provide assistance with services of 
7    needs.
8        (4) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is 
9    available for children and teens with developmental 
10    disorders who need services of support.
11        (5) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is 
12    the first step toward getting services in this State. If 
13    individuals are not on the Prioritization of Urgency of 
14    Need for Services waiting list, they are not in queue for 
15    State services.
16        (6)  Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services may 
17    be underutilized by children and their parents or guardians 
18    due to lack of awareness or lack of information.
19    (b)  The State Board of Education may work with school 
20districts to inform all students with developmental 
21disabilities and their parents or guardians that the 
22Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services database is a 
23resource that can assist them in obtaining services for their 
24needs.
25    (c)  The State Board of Education, in consultation with the 
26Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of 
 
 
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1Human Services, shall develop and implement a training program 
2for pre-admission screening and independent service 
3coordination agencies to train and provide all resources 
4necessary for case workers in every public school in this State 
5to register all students in an individual setting who are 
6designated as being developmentally disabled by their 
7individualized education program (IEP) with the Prioritization 
8of Urgency of Need for Services waiting list for services.  If 
9training is not able to be provided to case workers, then the 
10school district, working with the Division of Developmental 
11Disabilities of the Department of Human Services, shall provide 
12yearly opportunities for people to sign up for the 
13Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting list at 
14organized events in the school district.
15    (d) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the 
16Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of 
17Human Services, shall inform parents and guardians of students 
18and provide a 2-page information sheet on the Prioritization of 
19Urgency of Need for Services waiting list and how to register 
20during every IEP meeting, starting from early childhood until 
21the student's 22nd birthday.".