Sen. William Delgado

Filed: 3/26/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 281

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 281 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2405/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3434)
7    Sec. 3. Powers and duties. The Department shall have the
8powers and duties enumerated herein:
9    (a) To co-operate with the federal government in the
10administration of the provisions of the federal Rehabilitation
11Act of 1973, as amended, of the Workforce Investment Act of
121998, and of the federal Social Security Act to the extent and
13in the manner provided in these Acts.
14    (b) To prescribe and supervise such courses of vocational
15training and provide such other services as may be necessary
16for the habilitation and rehabilitation of persons with one or

 

 

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1more disabilities, including the administrative activities
2under subsection (e) of this Section, and to co-operate with
3State and local school authorities and other recognized
4agencies engaged in habilitation, rehabilitation and
5comprehensive rehabilitation services; and to cooperate with
6the Department of Children and Family Services regarding the
7care and education of children with one or more disabilities.
8    (c) (Blank).
9    (d) To report in writing, to the Governor, annually on or
10before the first day of December, and at such other times and
11in such manner and upon such subjects as the Governor may
12require. The annual report shall contain (1) a statement of the
13existing condition of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
14habilitation, and rehabilitation in the State; (2) a statement
15of suggestions and recommendations with reference to the
16development of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
17habilitation, and rehabilitation in the State; and (3) an
18itemized statement of the amounts of money received from
19federal, State, and other sources, and of the objects and
20purposes to which the respective items of these several amounts
21have been devoted. This annual report must be made publicly
22available on the Department's website no later than the first
23day of January of each year.
24    (e) (Blank).
25    (f) To establish a program of services to prevent
26unnecessary institutionalization of persons with Alzheimer's

 

 

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1disease and related disorders or persons in need of long term
2care who are established as blind or disabled as defined by the
3Social Security Act, thereby enabling them to remain in their
4own homes or other living arrangements. Such preventive
5services may include, but are not limited to, any or all of the
6following:
7        (1) home health services;
8        (2) home nursing services;
9        (3) homemaker services;
10        (4) chore and housekeeping services;
11        (5) day care services;
12        (6) home-delivered meals;
13        (7) education in self-care;
14        (8) personal care services;
15        (9) adult day health services;
16        (10) habilitation services;
17        (11) respite care; or
18        (12) other nonmedical social services that may enable
19    the person to become self-supporting.
20    The Department shall establish eligibility standards for
21such services taking into consideration the unique economic and
22social needs of the population for whom they are to be
23provided. Such eligibility standards may be based on the
24recipient's ability to pay for services; provided, however,
25that any portion of a person's income that is equal to or less
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1the Department in determining eligibility. The "protected
2income" level shall be determined by the Department, shall
3never be less than the federal poverty standard, and shall be
4adjusted each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price
5Index For All Urban Consumers as determined by the United
6States Department of Labor. The standards must provide that a
7person may have not more than $10,000 in assets to be eligible
8for the services, and the Department may increase the asset
9limitation by rule. Additionally, in determining the amount and
10nature of services for which a person may qualify,
11consideration shall not be given to the value of cash, property
12or other assets held in the name of the person's spouse
13pursuant to a written agreement dividing marital property into
14equal but separate shares or pursuant to a transfer of the
15person's interest in a home to his spouse, provided that the
16spouse's share of the marital property is not made available to
17the person seeking such services.
18    The services shall be provided to eligible persons to
19prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization, to the
20extent that the cost of the services, together with the other
21personal maintenance expenses of the persons, are reasonably
22related to the standards established for care in a group
23facility appropriate to their condition. These
24non-institutional services, pilot projects or experimental
25facilities may be provided as part of or in addition to those
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1the Illinois Department on Aging.
2    Personal care attendants shall be paid:
3        (i) A $5 per hour minimum rate beginning July 1, 1995.
4        (ii) A $5.30 per hour minimum rate beginning July 1,
5    1997.
6        (iii) A $5.40 per hour minimum rate beginning July 1,
7    1998.
8    Solely for the purposes of coverage under the Illinois
9Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/), personal care
10attendants and personal assistants providing services under
11the Department's Home Services Program shall be considered to
12be public employees and the State of Illinois shall be
13considered to be their employer as of the effective date of
14this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, but not
15before. The State shall engage in collective bargaining with an
16exclusive representative of personal care attendants and
17personal assistants working under the Home Services Program
18concerning their terms and conditions of employment that are
19within the State's control. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
20understood to limit the right of the persons receiving services
21defined in this Section to hire and fire personal care
22attendants and personal assistants or supervise them within the
23limitations set by the Home Services Program. The State shall
24not be considered to be the employer of personal care
25attendants and personal assistants for any purposes not
26specifically provided in this amendatory Act of the 93rd

 

 

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1General Assembly, including but not limited to, purposes of
2vicarious liability in tort and purposes of statutory
3retirement or health insurance benefits. Personal care
4attendants and personal assistants shall not be covered by the
5State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 (5 ILCS 375/).
6    The Department shall execute, relative to the nursing home
7prescreening project, as authorized by Section 4.03 of the
8Illinois Act on the Aging, written inter-agency agreements with
9the Department on Aging and the Department of Public Aid (now
10Department of Healthcare and Family Services), to effect the
11following: (i) intake procedures and common eligibility
12criteria for those persons who are receiving non-institutional
13services; and (ii) the establishment and development of
14non-institutional services in areas of the State where they are
15not currently available or are undeveloped. On and after July
161, 1996, all nursing home prescreenings for individuals 18
17through 59 years of age shall be conducted by the Department.
18    The Department is authorized to establish a system of
19recipient cost-sharing for services provided under this
20Section. The cost-sharing shall be based upon the recipient's
21ability to pay for services, but in no case shall the
22recipient's share exceed the actual cost of the services
23provided. Protected income shall not be considered by the
24Department in its determination of the recipient's ability to
25pay a share of the cost of services. The level of cost-sharing
26shall be adjusted each year to reflect changes in the

 

 

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1"protected income" level. The Department shall deduct from the
2recipient's share of the cost of services any money expended by
3the recipient for disability-related expenses.
4    The Department, or the Department's authorized
5representative, shall recover the amount of moneys expended for
6services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
7Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
8estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery may be
9had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any, and
10then only at such time when there is no surviving child who is
11under age 21, blind, or permanently and totally disabled. This
12paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery, at the death of the
13person, of moneys for services provided to the person or in
14behalf of the person under this Section to which the person was
15not entitled; provided that such recovery shall not be enforced
16against any real estate while it is occupied as a homestead by
17the surviving spouse or other dependent, if no claims by other
18creditors have been filed against the estate, or, if such
19claims have been filed, they remain dormant for failure of
20prosecution or failure of the claimant to compel administration
21of the estate for the purpose of payment. This paragraph shall
22not bar recovery from the estate of a spouse, under Sections
231915 and 1924 of the Social Security Act and Section 5-4 of the
24Illinois Public Aid Code, who precedes a person receiving
25services under this Section in death. All moneys for services
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1claimed for recovery from the deceased spouse's estate.
2"Homestead", as used in this paragraph, means the dwelling
3house and contiguous real estate occupied by a surviving spouse
4or relative, as defined by the rules and regulations of the
5Department of Healthcare and Family Services, regardless of the
6value of the property.
7    The Department and the Department on Aging shall cooperate
8in the development and submission of an annual report on
9programs and services provided under this Section. Such joint
10report shall be filed with the Governor and the General
11Assembly on or before March 30 each year. The Department must
12post on its website a copy of the report filed with the
13Governor and the General Assembly no less than 3 calendar days
14after the report is submitted to the Governor and the General
15Assembly.
16    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
17be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
18the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
19Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
20Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
21required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
22Act, and filing additional copies with the State Government
23Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as required
24under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
25    (g) To establish such subdivisions of the Department as
26shall be desirable and assign to the various subdivisions the

 

 

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1responsibilities and duties placed upon the Department by law.
2    (h) To cooperate and enter into any necessary agreements
3with the Department of Employment Security for the provision of
4job placement and job referral services to clients of the
5Department, including job service registration of such clients
6with Illinois Employment Security offices and making job
7listings maintained by the Department of Employment Security
8available to such clients.
9    (i) To possess all powers reasonable and necessary for the
10exercise and administration of the powers, duties and
11responsibilities of the Department which are provided for by
12law.
13    (j) To establish a procedure whereby new providers of
14personal care attendant services shall submit vouchers to the
15State for payment two times during their first month of
16employment and one time per month thereafter. In no case shall
17the Department pay personal care attendants an hourly wage that
18is less than the federal minimum wage.
19    (k) To provide adequate notice to providers of chore and
20housekeeping services informing them that they are entitled to
21an interest payment on bills which are not promptly paid
22pursuant to Section 3 of the State Prompt Payment Act.
23    (l) To establish, operate and maintain a Statewide Housing
24Clearinghouse of information on available, government
25subsidized housing accessible to disabled persons and
26available privately owned housing accessible to disabled

 

 

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1persons. The information shall include but not be limited to
2the location, rental requirements, access features and
3proximity to public transportation of available housing. The
4Clearinghouse shall consist of at least a computerized database
5for the storage and retrieval of information and a separate or
6shared toll free telephone number for use by those seeking
7information from the Clearinghouse. Department offices and
8personnel throughout the State shall also assist in the
9operation of the Statewide Housing Clearinghouse. Cooperation
10with local, State and federal housing managers shall be sought
11and extended in order to frequently and promptly update the
12Clearinghouse's information.
13    (m) To assure that the names and case records of persons
14who received or are receiving services from the Department,
15including persons receiving vocational rehabilitation, home
16services, or other services, and those attending one of the
17Department's schools or other supervised facility shall be
18confidential and not be open to the general public. Those case
19records and reports or the information contained in those
20records and reports shall be disclosed by the Director only to
21proper law enforcement officials, individuals authorized by a
22court, the General Assembly or any committee or commission of
23the General Assembly, and other persons and for reasons as the
24Director designates by rule. Disclosure by the Director may be
25only in accordance with other applicable law.
26(Source: P.A. 94-252, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)".