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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by adding Section 1-65 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 1305/1-65 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 1-65. Intellectual and Developmental Disability Home | ||||||
| 8 | and Community-Based Services Task Force. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Secretary of Human Services shall appoint a task | ||||||
| 10 | force to review current and potential federal funds for home | ||||||
| 11 | and community-based service options for individuals with | ||||||
| 12 | intellectual or developmental disabilities. The task force | ||||||
| 13 | shall consist of all of the following persons: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her | ||||||
| 15 | designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the task force. | ||||||
| 16 | (2) One representative of the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
| 17 | and Family Services. | ||||||
| 18 | (3) Six persons selected from recommendations of | ||||||
| 19 | organizations whose membership consists of providers | ||||||
| 20 | within the intellectual and developmental disabilities | ||||||
| 21 | service delivery system. | ||||||
| 22 | (4) Two persons who are guardians or family members of | ||||||
| 23 | individuals with intellectual or developmental | ||||||
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| 1 | disabilities and who do not have responsibility for | ||||||
| 2 | management or formation of policy regarding the programs | ||||||
| 3 | subject to review. | ||||||
| 4 | (5) Two persons selected from the recommendations of | ||||||
| 5 | consumer organizations that engage in advocacy or legal | ||||||
| 6 | representation on behalf of individuals with intellectual | ||||||
| 7 | or developmental disabilities. | ||||||
| 8 | (6) Three persons who self-identify as individuals | ||||||
| 9 | with intellectual or developmental disabilities and who | ||||||
| 10 | are engaged in advocacy for the rights of individuals with | ||||||
| 11 | disabilities. If these persons require supports in the form | ||||||
| 12 | of reasonable accommodations in order to participate, such | ||||||
| 13 | supports shall be provided. | ||||||
| 14 | The task force shall also consist of the following members | ||||||
| 15 | appointed as follows: | ||||||
| 16 | (A) One member of the Senate appointed by the President | ||||||
| 17 | of the Senate. | ||||||
| 18 | (B) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||||||
| 19 | Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
| 20 | (C) One member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 21 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 22 | (D) One member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 23 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 24 | Representatives. | ||||||
| 25 | (b) The task force shall review: the current federal | ||||||
| 26 | Medicaid matching funds for services provided in the State; | ||||||
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| 1 | ways to maximize federal supports for the current services | ||||||
| 2 | provided, including attendant services, housing, and other | ||||||
| 3 | services to promote independent living; options that require | ||||||
| 4 | federal approval and federal funding; ways to minimize the | ||||||
| 5 | impact of constituents awaiting services; and all avenues to | ||||||
| 6 | utilize federal funding involving home and community-based | ||||||
| 7 | services identified by the task force. The Department shall | ||||||
| 8 | provide administrative support to the task force. | ||||||
| 9 | (c) The appointments to the task force must be made by July | ||||||
| 10 | 1, 2017. Task force members shall receive no compensation. The | ||||||
| 11 | task force must hold at least 4 hearings. The task force shall | ||||||
| 12 | report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly no | ||||||
| 13 | later than July 1, 2018, and, upon filing its report, the task | ||||||
| 14 | force is dissolved. | ||||||
| 15 | (d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2019.
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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