Full Text of SJR0030 96th General Assembly
SJ0030 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court in Olmstead v. | 3 |
| L.C. Ex Rel. Zimring, 119 S.Ct. 2176 (1999), held that the | 4 |
| unjustifiable institutionalization of a person with a | 5 |
| disability who could live in the community with appropriate | 6 |
| supports and services, and wishes to do so, is unlawful | 7 |
| discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities | 8 |
| Act (ADA); and
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| WHEREAS, Many individuals with developmental disabilities | 10 |
| in Illinois who desire home or community-based residential | 11 |
| services are unable to obtain them due to the unavailability of | 12 |
| such options; and
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| WHEREAS, As a result of insufficient home and | 14 |
| community-based service options for individuals with | 15 |
| developmental disabilities in Illinois, many individuals and | 16 |
| their families must choose between living with their parents or | 17 |
| other family members without the supports and services they | 18 |
| need, or living in a State-operated development center or | 19 |
| another institution, even if they could live successfully in a | 20 |
| less restrictive setting with appropriate supports and | 21 |
| services; and
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| WHEREAS, There are now over 15,000 individuals with |
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| developmental disabilities in Illinois with documented | 2 |
| emergency, critical or future service needs who are on the | 3 |
| Department of Human Services' PUNS waiting list for services | 4 |
| and supports, and the need is probably greater because this | 5 |
| number only represents those individuals who have actually | 6 |
| signed up for the PUNS database; and
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| WHEREAS, Almost 10 years after the Olmstead decision, a | 8 |
| recent report titled "The State of the States in Disabilities | 9 |
| 2008" by the Department of Psychiatry and Coleman Institute for | 10 |
| Cognitive Disabilities of the University of Colorado ranks the | 11 |
| State of Illinois 51st in the nation in terms of making small | 12 |
| community living arrangements (6 residents or fewer) available | 13 |
| to individuals with developmental disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois ranks near the very bottom | 15 |
| both nationally and among other Midwest states in per capita | 16 |
| spending for home and community-based supports and services for | 17 |
| individuals with developmental disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The level of need for individuals with | 19 |
| developmental disabilities in Illinois will grow each year as | 20 |
| the number of aging caregivers increases; and
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| WHEREAS, Numerous legislative measures and lawsuits over | 22 |
| the last decade have attempted to address the shortcomings of |
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| Illinois' fragmented and inadequate system of services and | 2 |
| supports to individuals with developmental disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Until the State breaks the cycle of underfunding | 4 |
| and lack of significant growth of home and community-based | 5 |
| services and supports for people with developmental | 6 |
| disabilities and their families which perpetuates short-term | 7 |
| measures to address crises in the system and which, in the long | 8 |
| term, has maintained and fostered the competition among many | 9 |
| for scarce public resources; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 12 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Department of Human Services, | 13 |
| Division of Developmental Disabilities, shall develop a 7-year | 14 |
| Plan with yearly benchmarks to enhance and expand access to | 15 |
| quality community services and supports as described in the | 16 |
| recommendations of the "Blueprint for System Redesign" | 17 |
| (January 2008) and other reports that have been done, by | 18 |
| December 1, 2009; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That any increase in the resources available to | 20 |
| the Department shall be appropriated to services and supports | 21 |
| consistent with the action steps in the Plan considering, but | 22 |
| not limited to, funding incentives, maximizing current revenue | 23 |
| sources, creating opportunities for capacity building and new |
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| rate methodologies that enhance quality service and quality | 2 |
| assurance, crisis intervention and workforce development; and | 3 |
| be it further | 4 |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of Human Services shall | 5 |
| provide an annual report on the implementation of the Plan to | 6 |
| the Governor and to each member of the General Assembly by not | 7 |
| later than July 1 of each year and interim progress reports to | 8 |
| the Governor and to the members of the General Assembly not | 9 |
| later than December 31 of each year until the Plan is fully | 10 |
| implemented; and be it further | 11 |
| RESOLVED, That appropriate committees of the House of | 12 |
| Representatives and the Senate shall convene at least one | 13 |
| hearing not later than July 1 of each year on the subject of | 14 |
| the Plan; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the | 16 |
| Governor, the Secretary of Human Services, the Director of the | 17 |
| Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and all members of | 18 |
| the General Assembly.
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