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1 | | be limited to, children and youth, individuals transitioning |
2 | | from special education to post-secondary activities, |
3 | | individuals living at home or in the community, individuals in |
4 | | private nursing and residential facilities, and individuals in |
5 | | intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental |
6 | | disabilities. Individuals who are receiving services under any |
7 | | home and community-based services waiver program authorized |
8 | | under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act may remain on |
9 | | the PUNS database until they are offered services through a |
10 | | PUNS selection or demonstrate the need for and are awarded |
11 | | alternative services. |
12 | | (b) The PUNS database shall be used to foster a fair and |
13 | | orderly process for processing applications for developmental |
14 | | disabilities services funded by the Department, verifying |
15 | | information, keeping individuals and families who have applied |
16 | | for services informed of available services and anticipated |
17 | | wait times, determining unmet need, and informing the General |
18 | | Assembly and the Governor of unmet need statewide and within |
19 | | each representative district. |
20 | | (c) Independent service coordination agencies shall be the |
21 | | points of entry for individuals and families applying for |
22 | | developmental disability services funded by the Department. |
23 | | The information collected and maintained for PUNS shall |
24 | | include, but is not limited to, the following: (i) the types of |
25 | | services of which the individual is potentially in need; (ii) |
26 | | demographic and identifying information about the individual; |
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1 | | (iii) factors indicating need, including diagnoses, assessment |
2 | | information, ages of primary caregivers, and current living |
3 | | situation; (iv) the date information about the individual is |
4 | | submitted for inclusion in PUNS, and the types of services |
5 | | sought by the individual; and (v) the representative district |
6 | | in which the individual resides. In collecting and maintaining |
7 | | information under this Section, the Department shall give |
8 | | consideration to cost-effective appropriate services for |
9 | | individuals. |
10 | | (d) The Department shall respond to inquiries about |
11 | | anticipated PUNS selection dates and make available a |
12 | | Department e-mail address for such inquiries. Subject to |
13 | | appropriation, the Department shall offer a web-based |
14 | | verification and information-update application. The |
15 | | Department shall make all reasonable efforts to contact |
16 | | individuals on the PUNS database at least 2 times each year and |
17 | | provide information about the PUNS process, information |
18 | | regarding services that may be available to them prior to the |
19 | | time they are selected from PUNS, and advice on preparing for |
20 | | and seeking developmental disability services. At least one of |
21 | | the contacts must be from an independent service coordination |
22 | | agency. The Department may contact individuals on the PUNS |
23 | | database through a newsletter prepared by the Division of |
24 | | Developmental Disabilities. The Department shall provide |
25 | | information about PUNS to the general public on its website. |
26 | | (e) This amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly does |
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1 | | not create any new entitlement to a service, program, or |
2 | | benefit but shall not affect any entitlement to a service, |
3 | | program, or benefit created by any other law. Except for a |
4 | | service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a service, |
5 | | program, or benefit provided as a result of the collection and |
6 | | maintenance of PUNS shall be subject to appropriations made by |
7 | | the General Assembly. |
8 | | (f) The Department, consistent with applicable federal and |
9 | | State law, shall make general information about PUNS available |
10 | | to the public such as: (i) the number of individuals |
11 | | potentially in need of each type of service, program, or |
12 | | benefit; and (ii) the general characteristics of those |
13 | | individuals. The Department shall protect the confidentiality |
14 | | of each individual in PUNS when releasing database information |
15 | | by not disclosing any personally identifying information. |
16 | | (g) The Department shall allow an individual who is: |
17 | | (1) a legal resident; |
18 | | (2) a dependent of a military service member; and |
19 | | (3) absent from the State due to the member's military |
20 | | service; |
21 | | to be added to PUNS to indicate the need for services upon |
22 | | return to the State. If the individual is selected from PUNS to |
23 | | receive services, the individual shall have 6 months from the |
24 | | date of the selection notification to apply for services and |
25 | | another 6 months to commence using the services. If an |
26 | | individual is receiving services funded by the Department and |
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1 | | the services are disrupted due to the military service member's |
2 | | need for the individual to leave the State because of the |
3 | | member's military service, the services shall be resumed upon |
4 | | the individual's return to the State if the individual is |
5 | | otherwise eligible. No payment made in accordance with this |
6 | | Section or Section 12-4.47 of the Illinois Public Aid Code |
7 | | shall be made for home and community based services provided |
8 | | outside the State of Illinois. The individual is required to |
9 | | provide the following to the Department: |
10 | | (i) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or |
11 | | other equivalent discharge paperwork; and |
12 | | (ii) proof of the military service member's legal |
13 | | residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department. |
14 | | (a) The Department of Human Services shall compile and |
15 | | maintain a
cross-disability database of Illinois residents |
16 | | with a disability who are
potentially
in need of disability |
17 | | services funded by the Department. The database shall
consist |
18 | | of individuals with mental illness, physical disabilities,
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19 | | developmental
disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders and |
20 | | shall include, but not be limited to, individuals
transitioning |
21 | | from
special education to adulthood, individuals in |
22 | | State-operated facilities, individuals
in private nursing and |
23 | | residential facilities, and individuals in community
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24 | | integrated living arrangements. Within 30 days after the |
25 | | effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General |
26 | | Assembly, the Secretary of Human Services
shall seek input from |
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1 | | advisory bodies to the Department, including advisory
councils |
2 | | and committees working with the Department in the areas of |
3 | | mental
illness, physical disabilities, and developmental |
4 | | disabilities. The database
shall be
operational by July 1, |
5 | | 2004. The information collected and maintained for the
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6 | | disability database shall include, but is not limited to, the |
7 | | following: (i)
the types of
services of which the individual is |
8 | | potentially in need; (ii) demographic and
identifying |
9 | | information about the individual; (iii) factors indicating |
10 | | need,
including
diagnoses, assessment information, age of |
11 | | primary caregivers, and current
living
situation; (iv) if |
12 | | applicable, the date information about the individual is
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13 | | submitted for inclusion in the database and
the
types of |
14 | | services sought by the individual; and (v) the representative
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15 | | district
in which the individual resides. In collecting and |
16 | | maintaining information
under
this Section, the Department |
17 | | shall give consideration to cost-effective
appropriate |
18 | | services for individuals.
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19 | | (b) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly does |
20 | | not create
any new entitlement to a service, program, or |
21 | | benefit, but shall not affect any
entitlement to a service, |
22 | | program, or benefit created by any other law. Except
for
a |
23 | | service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a service, |
24 | | program, or
benefit provided as a result of the collection and |
25 | | maintenance of the
disability
database shall be subject to |
26 | | appropriations made by the General Assembly.
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1 | | (c) The Department, consistent with applicable federal and |
2 | | State law, shall
make general information from the disability
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3 | | database available to the public such as: (i) the number of |
4 | | individuals
potentially
in need of each type of service, |
5 | | program, or benefit and (ii) the general
characteristics of |
6 | | those individuals. The Department shall protect the
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7 | | confidentiality of each individual in the database when |
8 | | releasing database
information by
not disclosing any |
9 | | personally identifying information.
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10 | | (d) The Department shall allow legal residents who are |
11 | | dependents of a military service member and who are absent from |
12 | | the State due to the member's military service to be added to |
13 | | the database to indicate the need for services upon return to |
14 | | the State. Should an individual in such a situation be selected |
15 | | from the database to receive services, the individual shall |
16 | | have 6 months from the date of the selection notification to |
17 | | apply for services and another 6 months to commence using such |
18 | | services. In the event an individual is receiving services |
19 | | funded by the Department and the services are disrupted due to |
20 | | the military service member's need for the individual to leave |
21 | | the State because of his or her military service, the services |
22 | | shall be resumed upon the individual's return to the State if |
23 | | the dependent is otherwise eligible. No payment pursuant to |
24 | | this Section or Section 12-4.47 of the Illinois Public Aid Code |
25 | | shall be made for home and community based services provided |
26 | | outside the State of Illinois. A dependent of a military |
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1 | | service member shall be required to provide the Department |
2 | | with: |
3 | | (1) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or |
4 | | other equivalent discharge paperwork; and |
5 | | (2) proof of the military service member's legal |
6 | | residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department. |
7 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1000, eff. 8-18-14.)
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8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
9 | | becoming law.".
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