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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
52-3.163 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163)
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 the Prioritization of Urgency 
13    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 
17    Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services to select 
18    individuals for services as funding becomes available, to 
19    develop proposals and materials for budgeting, and to plan 
20    for future needs.
21        (3) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is 
22    available for children and adults with a developmental 
23    disability who have an unmet service need anticipated in 
 
 
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1    the next 5 years.
2        (4) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is 
3    the first step toward getting developmental disabilities 
4    services in this State. If individuals are not on the 
5    Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting 
6    list, they are not in queue for State developmental 
7    disabilities services.
8        (5)  Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services may 
9    be underutilized by children and their parents or guardians 
10    due to lack of awareness or lack of information.
11    (b)  The State Board of Education may work with school 
12districts to inform all students with developmental 
13disabilities and their parents or guardians about the 
14Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services database. 
15    (c)  Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human 
16Services and State Board of Education shall develop and 
17implement an online, computer-based training program for at 
18least one designated employee in  every public school in this 
19State to educate him or her about the Prioritization of Urgency 
20of Need for Services database and steps to be taken to ensure 
21children and adolescents are enrolled.  The training shall 
22include instruction for at least one designated employee in 
23every public school in contacting the appropriate 
24developmental disabilities Independent Service Coordination 
25agency to enroll children and adolescents in the database. At 
26least one designated employee in every public school shall 
 
 
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1ensure the opportunity to enroll in the Prioritization of 
2Urgency of Need for Services database is discussed during 
3annual individualized education program (IEP) meetings for all 
4children and adolescents believed to have a developmental 
5disability.
6    (d) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the 
7Department of Human Services, shall inform parents and 
8guardians of students through school districts about the 
9Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting list, 
10including the consideration required in subsection (e) of this 
11Section.

12    (e)  The Department of Human Services shall consider the 
13length of time spent on the Prioritization of Urgency of Need 
14for Services waiting list, in addition to other factors 
15considered, when selecting individuals on the list for 
16services.
17(Source: P.A. 99-144, eff. 1-1-16.)