Full Text of HB0961 94th General Assembly
HB0961eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT in relation to human services.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
State | 5 |
| Advocacy Program for the Homeless Mentally Ill and
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| Developmentally Disabled Act.
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| Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | 8 |
| finds that
a disproportionate
number of people in this State | 9 |
| are unable to secure housing for
themselves
and their families, | 10 |
| and that many people are forced to live in the
streets
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| shelter
or in emergency shelters.
A substantial number of the | 12 |
| homeless population are mentally ill or
developmentally
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| disabled, and these homeless people are more readily subjected | 14 |
| to
abuse. Despite current public and private efforts, the | 15 |
| homeless
problem in this State is a critical threat to the | 16 |
| health, safety, and
welfare of
many people and communities | 17 |
| across the State. Therefore, it is in the
public interest that | 18 |
| the General Assembly take immediate and necessary
action to
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| ensure a more adequate response to the needs of homeless | 20 |
| people,
including
providing the necessary funds to effectively | 21 |
| carry out the provisions
of
this Act.
The General Assembly also | 22 |
| acknowledges that the complex
problem of
homelessness in this | 23 |
| State is being addressed by a rapidly growing
range of
services | 24 |
| from the State and local governments as well as the private
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| sector. This creates the need for coordination and planning in | 26 |
| the
allocation of resources and in the design and | 27 |
| implementation of new
programs to serve the homeless, and the | 28 |
| General Assembly finds that
there
is a need for a single entity | 29 |
| to coordinate these efforts.
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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| "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
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| "Developmentally disabled" means a person who has a | 2 |
| developmental
disability as defined in Section 1-3 of the | 3 |
| Developmental Disability
and Mental Disability Services Act.
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| "Homeless individual with mental illness or a | 5 |
| developmental disability" means
a
person who does not have a | 6 |
| home and has a mental illness or a developmental
disability, or | 7 |
| both, including, but not limited to, a person with a mental
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| illness or
developmental disability: (i) who is in a shelter or | 9 |
| drop-in center for the
homeless,
(ii) who is being discharged | 10 |
| from a State or private institution without a
residence to go
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| to, (iii) who has a temporary residence or no regular abode in | 12 |
| which to live,
or (iv)
who has a history of chronic residential | 13 |
| instability.
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| "Mentally ill" means a person who has a severe mental | 15 |
| illness as
defined in Section 2-3 of the Developmental | 16 |
| Disability and Mental
Disability Services Act.
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| Section 15. Advocacy position. A staff advocacy position | 18 |
| within the
Bureau of Homeless Services and Supportive Services | 19 |
| of the Department
of Human Services shall be created to do the | 20 |
| following:
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| (1) Promote and facilitate the development of | 22 |
| community-based
support systems to protect the health, | 23 |
| safety, welfare, and human and civil
rights of homeless | 24 |
| individuals with mental illness or developmental
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| disabilities.
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| (2) Enter into agreements with local community-based | 27 |
| support
systems to carry out the provisions of Sections 20 | 28 |
| through 30.
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| (3) Implement the programs established under Sections | 30 |
| 20 through
30.
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| (4) Conduct periodic programmatic and administrative | 32 |
| reviews of the
programs created under Sections 20 through | 33 |
| 30 to ensure the delivery of
quality services.
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| (5) Serve as an advocate for homeless individuals with | 35 |
| other
governmental and community service providers.
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| (6) Assist in the development of financial and human | 2 |
| resources to
respond to the needs of homeless individuals | 3 |
| with mental illness or
developmental disabilities.
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| Section 20. Community-based support systems.
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| (a) The Department shall initiate requests for proposals or | 6 |
| continued
funding
forms for the establishment or expansion of | 7 |
| nonprofit agencies and
organizations that
will be responsible | 8 |
| for developing or coordinating comprehensive and integrated
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| community-based support systems for homeless individuals with | 10 |
| mental illness or
developmental disabilities.
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| (b) Through community-based providers, the Department | 12 |
| shall take
appropriate steps to encourage homeless persons to | 13 |
| use these services and shall
provide information on services | 14 |
| available to them.
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| Section 25. Community service agreements.
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| (a) Through agreements with community-based providers and | 17 |
| based on available
funding, the following components may be | 18 |
| addressed within the service system
for
homeless individuals | 19 |
| with mental illness or developmental disabilities:
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| (1) Community needs assessment and resource | 21 |
| development.
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| (2) Case management, including case review, tracking, | 23 |
| service
evaluation, and networking.
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| (3) Training and staff development.
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| (4) Consultation with and technical assistance for | 26 |
| providers of shelters.
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| (5) Outreach services that are available at times and | 28 |
| in places where
homeless individuals with mental illness or | 29 |
| developmental disabilities can be
located, such as | 30 |
| overnight shelters.
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| (6) Emergency and crisis intervention services, | 32 |
| including the
availability of shelter facilities.
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| (b) Each service area, local board, or local service system | 34 |
| must do the
following:
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| (1) Assist in maintaining sources of income, food, | 2 |
| clothing, health
care, counseling, training, and | 3 |
| employment, and in maintaining a stable
living environment | 4 |
| within the community when possible.
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| (2) Develop individualized service plans for homeless | 6 |
| persons that
may include, but need not be limited to, the | 7 |
| following:
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| (A) Personal assistance in securing and | 9 |
| maintaining
housing, food, and clothing arrangements.
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| (B) Crisis intervention services focusing on | 11 |
| finding
appropriate alternatives to acute inpatient | 12 |
| hospital care.
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| (C) Assistance in securing and maintaining income | 14 |
| and
health care benefits.
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| (D) Social and vocational skill development | 16 |
| activities as
determined by the client's needs, | 17 |
| interests, and abilities.
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| (E) Money management assistance or representative
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| payeeship.
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| (F) Other self-help skills.
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| (G) Other counseling and referral and legal and
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| administrative proceeding services as needed.
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| Section 30. Refusal of services. The Department shall | 24 |
| explore the provisions
of the Mental Health and Developmental | 25 |
| Disabilities Code in relation to
homeless
individuals with | 26 |
| mental illness or developmental disabilities who refuse
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| services for
themselves.
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| Section 35. Grants-in-aid. The Department shall make | 29 |
| grants-in-aid to
entities
recognized under Section 20 based on | 30 |
| appropriations to provide services
pursuant
to Sections 20 | 31 |
| through 30. The Department shall establish and publish criteria
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| in
requests for proposals for determining eligible services and | 33 |
| the amount of
grants-in-aid so that all interested individuals, | 34 |
| agencies, associations, and
other entities
may have access to |
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| that information.
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| Section 90. The Illinois Housing Development Act is amended | 3 |
| by changing
Section 10 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3805/10) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 310)
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| Sec. 10. Prior to making a loan commitment for a | 6 |
| development under this
Act, the Authority shall approve a | 7 |
| tenant selection plan submitted by the
applicant for the loan. | 8 |
| The Authority shall formulate regulations from time
to time | 9 |
| setting forth the criteria for tenant selection plans. These
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| criteria shall include income limits, which may vary with the | 11 |
| size and
circumstances of the family unit of tenants. The | 12 |
| income limits shall be
sufficiently flexible to avoid undue | 13 |
| economic homogeneity among the tenants
of a development. The | 14 |
| Authority may formulate regulations from time to time
for the | 15 |
| alteration of occupancies of tenants who exceed established | 16 |
| income
limits. The tenant selection plan shall specify how many | 17 |
| units in the
development shall be held available for rentals to | 18 |
| persons of low or
moderate income, as defined in this Act , and | 19 |
| for rental to homeless
individuals with mental illness or a | 20 |
| developmental disability, as defined in
the State Advocacy
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| Program for the Homeless Mentally Ill and Developmentally | 22 |
| Disabled Act .
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| In determining the number of units which shall be so held | 24 |
| available for
rental to persons of low or moderate income and | 25 |
| for rental to homeless
individuals with mental illness or a | 26 |
| developmental disability, as defined in
the State
Advocacy | 27 |
| Program for the Homeless Mentally Ill and Developmentally | 28 |
| Disabled
Act ,
the Authority shall require
that the number of | 29 |
| dwelling units so held reserved for them in each
development | 30 |
| shall not be less than the number required by applicable | 31 |
| federal
and State law.
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| In connection with any mortgage loan for a development, the | 33 |
| Authority
may enter into an agreement with the owner of the | 34 |
| development as a part of
the loan providing that as long as the |
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| loan remains outstanding or such
longer period as is set forth | 2 |
| in the agreement, the development shall be
held available for | 3 |
| such rentals. Any such agreement shall, upon being
recorded in | 4 |
| the manner provided for recording of deeds or registered in the
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| manner specified for registration of titles, be binding upon | 6 |
| any subsequent
owners of the development as provided by its | 7 |
| terms.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-250.)
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