Full Text of SB1622 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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, | 17 | | dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, advanced | 18 | | practice nurses, licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, | 19 | | psychiatrists, psychologists, and qualified mental health | 20 | | professionals. | 21 | | "Supports and services" means direct support | 22 | | professionals, licensed professionals, and residential | 23 | | services, including, but not limited to, private residences, |
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| 1 | | community-integrated living arrangements, supported | 2 | | residential programs, supervised residential programs, or | 3 | | supportive housing programs. | 4 | | (b) Long-term care rebalancing. Pursuant to Public Act | 5 | | 96-1501, the State of Illinois has established a long-term care | 6 | | rebalancing initiative. This amendatory Act of the 97th General | 7 | | Assembly seeks to further the goals of that initiative by | 8 | | ensuring that individuals with developmental disabilities or | 9 | | mental illness who utilize long-term care services under the | 10 | | medical assistance program and other long-term care related | 11 | | benefit programs administered by the State have meaningful | 12 | | access to a reasonable array of community-based and | 13 | | institutional program options. Furthermore, the General | 14 | | Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State to ensure | 15 | | that the clinical, habilitative, and social needs of | 16 | | individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness | 17 | | who choose to reside in integrated community-based settings can | 18 | | have those needs met in integrated community-based settings. In | 19 | | order to meaningfully comply with this policy, the General | 20 | | Assembly must have an understanding of the existing capacity in | 21 | | integrated-community based settings, including direct support | 22 | | professionals and licensed professionals, such as dentists, | 23 | | nurses, and psychiatrists, as well as residential capacity to | 24 | | provide for these needs. | 25 | | (c) By no later than July 1, 2012, subject to | 26 | | appropriation, the Department shall conduct a geographic |
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| 1 | | analysis of supports and services for individuals with | 2 | | developmental disabilities or mental illness. The Department | 3 | | may work with other State agencies to perform the geographic | 4 | | analysis or to gather data for purposes of performing the | 5 | | geographic analysis. This analysis shall also identify gaps | 6 | | between required supports and services by region of the State. | 7 | | The Department shall prepare a final report by no later than | 8 | | January 1, 2013 that shall be made available to the Governor | 9 | | and shall be presented by the Department to the appropriate | 10 | | standing committees in the Senate, as determined by and on a | 11 | | date determined by the President of the Senate, and the House | 12 | | of Representatives, as determined by and on a date determined | 13 | | by the Speaker of the House. The final report shall be made | 14 | | available to the public and shall be published on the | 15 | | Department's website in an appropriate location a minimum of | 16 | | one week prior to presentation of the report to the General | 17 | | Assembly.
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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