Full Text of HR0897 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of | 3 | | people with disabilities continues to plague our State; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Studies indicate that people with disabilities | 5 | | make up nearly 20 percent of all cases of abuse, neglect, and | 6 | | financial exploitation reported in 2015, and that the total | 7 | | number of reports of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation | 8 | | has risen nearly 62 percent in the past ten years; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Studies indicate that three out of five victims | 10 | | suffered from some barrier to independent living, with 37 | 11 | | percent of all victims being functionally impaired and 16 | 12 | | percent being cognitively impaired; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Studies indicate that 74 percent of all reports of | 14 | | abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation occur to | 15 | | individuals living independently in their own dwellings; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, There are approximately 26,000 people with | 17 | | disabilities living independently in Illinois and receiving | 18 | | services through Illinois' Home and Community Based Services | 19 | | Program; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The percentage of self-reports of abuse, neglect, |
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| 1 | | and financial exploitation are very low, at only nine percent | 2 | | of all reports, and the typical reasons for this low number are | 3 | | lack of knowledge by the victim as to what constitutes abuse, | 4 | | how to report it, and what help is available; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation incur | 6 | | health and economic consequences as a result of these | 7 | | situations, which cost the state Medicaid dollars; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Caseworkers at Home and Community Based Services | 9 | | have direct contact with customers when they enter the program | 10 | | and at least annually subsequent to that; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Many screening tools already exist for abuse, | 12 | | neglect, and exploitation; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | declare our intent to eradicate abuse, neglect, and financial | 16 | | exploitation of people with disabilities in Illinois; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Department of Public Health and | 19 | | the Department of Rehabilitation Services to work together to | 20 | | produce educational materials for people with disabilities in | 21 | | the Home and Community based Services Program in Illinois and |
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| 1 | | explain their rights, the warning signs of abuse, neglect, and | 2 | | financial exploitation, and appropriate reporting methods; and | 3 | | be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Department of Public Health and | 5 | | the Department of Rehabilitation Services in their respective | 6 | | regions to provide appropriate educational information and | 7 | | reporting methods to their clients on an annual basis; and be | 8 | | it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois State Medical Society | 10 | | and the Illinois Nurses Association to provide their respective | 11 | | members with appropriate educational materials to assist them | 12 | | with identifying and reporting suspected abuse, neglect, and | 13 | | exploitation of disabled Illinois citizens in the Home and | 14 | | Community Based Services Program; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | delivered to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the | 17 | | Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Illinois | 18 | | State Medical Society, and the Illinois Nurses Association.
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