Full Text of SR0514 94th General Assembly
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| SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 514
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| WHEREAS, Community Integrated Living Arrangements (CILAs) | 3 |
| currently serve approximately 8,500 individuals with | 4 |
| developmental disabilities in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, These individuals manifest a wide range of medical | 6 |
| needs, including chronic and acute diseases, post-surgical | 7 |
| conditions, and ongoing medical assessment and oversight | 8 |
| needs; and
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| WHEREAS, As individuals served in CILAs advance in age, | 10 |
| their medical needs become more acute; and
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| WHEREAS, The administrative rules adopted by the | 12 |
| Department of Human Services require CILA program operators to | 13 |
| provide individuals served in CILAs with the necessary services | 14 |
| of registered nurses; and
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| WHEREAS, Registered nurses are critical to the work of the | 16 |
| community support team and are the key to providing staff | 17 |
| training and oversight with respect to the administration of | 18 |
| medications; and
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| WHEREAS, It is recognized that registered nurses provide | 20 |
| necessary health care analysis and staff consultation in CILAs; | 21 |
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| WHEREAS, Having a sufficient number of registered nurses is | 23 |
| vital to providing high levels of health care to CILA | 24 |
| participants; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, Current levels of reimbursement by the State of | 26 |
| Illinois to CILA providers appear inadequate to recruit and | 27 |
| retain sufficient nursing staff; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Department | 3 |
| of Human Services shall establish a CILA nursing services | 4 |
| reimbursement working group that will examine the scope and | 5 |
| responsibilities of registered nurses working within the CILA | 6 |
| program and make recommendations with respect to appropriate | 7 |
| duties, staffing expertise, salary, wages, and staffing ratios | 8 |
| that recognize the multiple site locations of CILAs; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That the CILA nursing services reimbursement | 11 |
| working group shall also study and evaluate the adequacy of | 12 |
| reimbursement rates for nursing services within the CILA rate | 13 |
| methodology with respect to their sufficiency and | 14 |
| competitiveness of wages; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That the CILA nursing services reimbursement | 16 |
| working group shall be chaired by the Director of the Division | 17 |
| of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Human | 18 |
| Services, shall include CILA providers, representatives from | 19 |
| statewide provider and advocacy organizations, other | 20 |
| representatives of the Department of Human Services Division of | 21 |
| Developmental Disabilities, representatives from the nursing | 22 |
| profession, and other appropriate stakeholders, and shall | 23 |
| issue a written report of its findings and conclusions to the | 24 |
| Secretary of Human Services, the General Assembly, and the | 25 |
| Governor no later than September 1, 2006; and be it further | 26 |
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the | 27 |
| Secretary of Human Services.
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