Full Text of SB1800 97th General Assembly
SB1800 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB1800 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Heather A. Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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325 ILCS 20/4 | from Ch. 23, par. 4154 |
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Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning children.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
| 6 | | (325 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 4154)
| 7 | | Sec. 4. Illinois Interagency Council on Early | 8 | | Intervention.
| 9 | | (a) There is established the the Illinois Interagency | 10 | | Council on Early
Intervention. The Council shall be composed of | 11 | | at least 15 but not more than
25 members. The members of the | 12 | | Council and the designated chairperson of the
Council shall be | 13 | | appointed by the Governor. The Council member representing the
| 14 | | lead agency may not serve as chairperson of the Council. The | 15 | | Council shall be
composed of the following members:
| 16 | | (1) The Secretary of Human Services (or his or her | 17 | | designee) and 2
additional representatives of the | 18 | | Department of Human Services designated by
the Secretary, | 19 | | plus the Directors (or their designees) of the following | 20 | | State
agencies involved in the provision of or payment for | 21 | | early intervention
services to eligible infants and | 22 | | toddlers and their families:
| 23 | | (A) Illinois State Board of Education;
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| 1 | | (B) (Blank);
| 2 | | (C) (Blank);
| 3 | | (D) Illinois Department of Children and Family | 4 | | Services;
| 5 | | (E) University of Illinois Division of Specialized | 6 | | Care
for Children;
| 7 | | (F) Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family | 8 | | Services;
| 9 | | (G) Illinois Department of Public Health;
| 10 | | (H) (Blank);
| 11 | | (I) Illinois Planning Council on Developmental | 12 | | Disabilities; and
| 13 | | (J) Illinois Department of Insurance.
| 14 | | (2) Other members as follows:
| 15 | | (A) At least 20% of the members of the Council | 16 | | shall be parents,
including minority parents, of | 17 | | infants or toddlers with disabilities or
children with | 18 | | disabilities aged 12 or younger, with knowledge of, or
| 19 | | experience with, programs for infants and toddlers | 20 | | with disabilities. At
least one such member shall be a | 21 | | parent of an infant or toddler with a
disability or a | 22 | | child with a disability aged 6 or younger;
| 23 | | (B) At least 20% of the members of the Council | 24 | | shall be public or
private providers of early | 25 | | intervention services;
| 26 | | (C) One member shall be a representative of the |
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| 1 | | General Assembly; and
| 2 | | (D) One member shall be involved in the preparation | 3 | | of professional
personnel to serve infants and | 4 | | toddlers similar to those eligible for services
under | 5 | | this Act.
| 6 | | The Council shall meet at least quarterly and in such | 7 | | places as it deems
necessary. Terms of the initial members | 8 | | appointed under paragraph (2) shall be
determined by lot at the | 9 | | first Council meeting as follows: of the persons
appointed | 10 | | under subparagraphs (A) and (B), one-third shall serve one year
| 11 | | terms, one-third shall serve 2 year terms, and one-third shall | 12 | | serve 3 year
terms; and of the persons appointed under | 13 | | subparagraphs (C) and (D), one
shall serve a 2 year term and | 14 | | one shall serve a 3 year term. Thereafter,
successors appointed | 15 | | under paragraph (2) shall serve 3 year terms. Once
appointed, | 16 | | members shall continue to serve until their successors are
| 17 | | appointed. No member shall be appointed to serve more than 2 | 18 | | consecutive
terms.
| 19 | | Council members shall serve without compensation but shall | 20 | | be reimbursed
for reasonable costs incurred in the performance | 21 | | of their duties, including
costs related to child care, and | 22 | | parents may be paid a stipend in accordance
with applicable | 23 | | requirements.
| 24 | | The Council shall prepare and approve a budget using funds | 25 | | appropriated
for the purpose to hire staff, and obtain the | 26 | | services of such
professional, technical, and clerical |
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| 1 | | personnel as may be necessary to
carry out its functions under | 2 | | this Act. This funding support and staff
shall be directed by | 3 | | the lead agency.
| 4 | | (b) The Council shall:
| 5 | | (1) advise and assist the lead agency in the | 6 | | performance of its
responsibilities including but not | 7 | | limited to the identification of sources
of fiscal and | 8 | | other support services for early intervention programs, | 9 | | and
the promotion of interagency agreements which assign | 10 | | financial
responsibility to the appropriate agencies;
| 11 | | (2) advise and assist the lead agency in the | 12 | | preparation of applications
and amendments to | 13 | | applications;
| 14 | | (3) review and advise on relevant regulations and | 15 | | standards proposed by
the related State agencies;
| 16 | | (4) advise and assist the lead agency in the | 17 | | development,
implementation and evaluation of the | 18 | | comprehensive early intervention services
system; and
| 19 | | (5) prepare and submit an annual report to the Governor | 20 | | and to the
General Assembly on the status of early | 21 | | intervention programs for eligible
infants and toddlers | 22 | | and their families in Illinois.
The annual report shall | 23 | | include (i) the estimated number of eligible infants
and | 24 | | toddlers in this State, (ii) the number of eligible infants | 25 | | and toddlers
who have received services under this Act and | 26 | | the cost of providing those
services, (iii) the estimated |
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| 1 | | cost of providing services under this Act
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all eligible | 2 | | infants and toddlers in this State, and (iv) data and other
| 3 | | information as is requested to be included by the
| 4 | | Legislative Advisory Committee established under Section | 5 | | 13.50 of this Act.
The report shall be posted by the lead | 6 | | agency on the early intervention website
as required under | 7 | | paragraph (f) of Section 5 of this Act.
| 8 | | No member of the Council shall cast a vote on or | 9 | | participate substantially
in any matter which would provide a | 10 | | direct financial benefit to that member
or otherwise give the | 11 | | appearance of a conflict of interest under State law.
All | 12 | | provisions and reporting requirements of the Illinois | 13 | | Governmental Ethics
Act shall apply to Council members.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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