Full Text of HR0789 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In the United States, approximately 15 percent of | 3 | | children aged three through 17 have a developmental disability; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Community-based services provide people with | 6 | | developmental disabilities the opportunity to live full lives | 7 | | that maximize their independence; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Individuals with developmental disabilities | 9 | | deserve the same opportunities, experiences, and freedoms | 10 | | others enjoy; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a statewide database called the | 12 | | Prioritization for Urgency of Need for Services (PUNS), which | 13 | | records information about individuals with developmental | 14 | | disabilities who are potentially in need of services; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, As funding becomes available, the State uses the | 16 | | PUNS data to select individuals for services, such as housing, | 17 | | personal support, behavioral services, speech therapy, | 18 | | transportation, and many other necessary services; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, As of March 3, 2019, there were over 19,000 | 20 | | individuals on the PUNS database actively awaiting services; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Section 1115 of the Social Security Act gives the | 3 | | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to | 4 | | approve experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects that | 5 | | are found to be beneficial in assisting the promotion of the | 6 | | objectives of the Medicaid program; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The purpose of these demonstrations, which gives | 8 | | states additional flexibility to design and improve their | 9 | | programs, is to demonstrate and evaluate the state-specific | 10 | | policy approaches to better serving Medicaid populations; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In October 2016, the State of Illinois applied for | 12 | | an 1115 Demonstration Waiver to build a continuum of services | 13 | | for behavioral health disorders; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In May 2018, the federal government approved | 15 | | Illinois's plan to better serve Medicaid beneficiaries with | 16 | | mental health challenges and substance use disorders; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we urge the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family | 21 | | Services and the Illinois Department of Human Services to apply |
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| 1 | | for an 1115 Demonstration Waiver to increase the services | 2 | | available for individuals with developmental disabilities and | 3 | | to serve Illinois citizens who are PUNS waitlisted at a more | 4 | | appropriate pace; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 6 | | delivered to the Office of the Governor, the Director of the | 7 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Secretary | 8 | | of the Department of Human Services.
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