Rep. Rita Mayfield
Filed: 3/10/2011
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3204
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3204 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
| 5 | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 6 | 4.4 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 1705/4.4 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 4.4. Community Resource Centers. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds that many | ||||||
| 10 | individuals with developmental disabilities, in consultation | ||||||
| 11 | with their family members or legal guardians, or both, receive | ||||||
| 12 | services in community residential settings or in their own | ||||||
| 13 | homes. However, these individuals may find that critical | ||||||
| 14 | services are simply unavailable when needed in many community | ||||||
| 15 | settings. As a result, these individuals and their families | ||||||
| 16 | face unnecessary hardships and risk unnecessary service | ||||||
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| 1 | disruptions. In order for the Department to fulfill its | ||||||
| 2 | responsibility to protect the health and welfare of persons | ||||||
| 3 | with developmental disabilities, the appropriate services, | ||||||
| 4 | provided by trained and qualified workers, must be available | ||||||
| 5 | and accessible. State-Operated Developmental Centers (SODCs) | ||||||
| 6 | are uniquely positioned to provide these services because the | ||||||
| 7 | high needs of many SODC residents already necessitate the | ||||||
| 8 | presence of highly trained and specialized staff as part of the | ||||||
| 9 | SODC workforce. | ||||||
| 10 | (b) Community Resource Centers. Subject to appropriation, | ||||||
| 11 | the Department shall be authorized to operate Community | ||||||
| 12 | Resource Centers at each of its 8 State-Operated Developmental | ||||||
| 13 | Centers (SODCs). The objective of the Community Resource | ||||||
| 14 | Centers is to augment services delivered in the community by | ||||||
| 15 | providing the services of the skilled SODC workforce to | ||||||
| 16 | individuals residing in community settings when individuals | ||||||
| 17 | need those services. The services may be provided on an | ||||||
| 18 | inpatient or outpatient basis, in the resident's home, or in | ||||||
| 19 | other settings. Services to be provided may include, but need | ||||||
| 20 | not be limited to, the following: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) Direct care services for individuals with | ||||||
| 22 | developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
| 23 | medical services, podiatric services, dental services, | ||||||
| 24 | respite care, psychiatric services, behavioral services, | ||||||
| 25 | geriatric services, post-operative convalescent care, | ||||||
| 26 | crisis medical and behavioral care, communication | ||||||
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| 1 | services, educational and vocational services, and | ||||||
| 2 | adaptive equipment. These services shall be made available | ||||||
| 3 | when appropriate upon the request of the individual, the | ||||||
| 4 | individual's guardian, or the individual's service | ||||||
| 5 | provider. | ||||||
| 6 | (2) Specialized training in the unique needs of | ||||||
| 7 | individuals with developmental disabilities for direct | ||||||
| 8 | care practitioners and students, including, but not | ||||||
| 9 | limited to, doctors, dentists, podiatrists, psychiatrists, | ||||||
| 10 | and other health practitioners and students.".
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