Full Text of SB1622 97th General Assembly
SB1622sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Heather A. Steans Filed: 3/9/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1622
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1622 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 6 as follows: | 6 | | (405 ILCS 30/6 new) | 7 | | Sec. 6. Geographic analysis of supports and services in | 8 | | community settings. | 9 | | (a) For purposes of this Section: | 10 | | "Direct support professionals" means direct support | 11 | | workers, direct care workers, personal assistants, personal | 12 | | attendants, and paraprofessionals that provide assistance to | 13 | | individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness | 14 | | in the form of daily living, and provide the habilitation, | 15 | | rehabilitation, and training needs of these individuals. | 16 | | "Licensed professionals" means, but is not limited to, |
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| 1 | | dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, advance | 2 | | practical nurses, licensed practical nurses, registered | 3 | | nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and qualified mental | 4 | | health professionals. | 5 | | "Supports and services" means direct support | 6 | | professionals, licensed professionals, and residential | 7 | | services, including, but not limited to, private residences, | 8 | | community-integrated living arrangements, supported | 9 | | residential programs, supervised residential programs, or | 10 | | supportive housing programs. | 11 | | (b) Long-term care rebalancing. Pursuant to Public Act | 12 | | 96-1501, the State of Illinois has established a long-term care | 13 | | rebalancing initiative. This amendatory Act of the 97th General | 14 | | Assembly seeks to further the goals of that initiative by | 15 | | ensuring that individuals with developmental disabilities or | 16 | | mental illness who utilize long-term care services under the | 17 | | medical assistance program and other long-term care related | 18 | | benefit programs administered by the State have meaningful | 19 | | access to a reasonable array of community-based and | 20 | | institutional program options. Furthermore, the General | 21 | | Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State to ensure | 22 | | that the clinical, habilitative, and social needs of | 23 | | individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness | 24 | | who chose to reside in integrated community-based settings can | 25 | | have those needs met in integrated community-based settings. In | 26 | | order to meaningfully comply with this policy, the General |
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| 1 | | Assembly must have an understanding of the existing capacity in | 2 | | integrated-community based settings, including direct support | 3 | | professionals and licensed professionals, such as dentists, | 4 | | nurses, and psychiatrists, as well as residential capacity to | 5 | | provide for these needs. | 6 | | (c) By no later than July 1, 2012, the Department shall | 7 | | conduct a geographic analysis of supports and services for | 8 | | individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness. | 9 | | This analysis shall also identify gaps between required | 10 | | supports and services by region of the State. The Department | 11 | | shall prepare a final report by no later than January 1, 2013 | 12 | | that shall be made available to the Governor and shall be | 13 | | presented by the Department to the appropriate standing | 14 | | committees in the Senate, as determined by and on a date | 15 | | determined by the President of the Senate, and the House of | 16 | | Representatives, as determined by and on a date determined by | 17 | | the Speaker of the House. The final report shall be made | 18 | | available to the public and shall be published on the | 19 | | Department's website in an appropriate location a minimum of | 20 | | one week prior to presentation of the report to the General | 21 | | Assembly.
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law.".
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