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SB1087 93rd General Assembly


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 1        AN ACT concerning the Department of Human Services.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 10-35 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-35 new)
 7        Sec. 10-35.   Disability  database.   The  Department  of
 8    Human  Services  shall contract with an entity experienced in
 9    applied research to compile a  cross-disability  database  of
10    Illinois  residents  with  a  disability  who  are  potential
11    beneficiaries of the "most integrated setting" requirement of
12    the  Americans  with  Disabilities  Act  as  construed by the
13    United States Supreme  Court  in  Olmstead  v.  L.C.  ex  rel
14    Zimring,  119  S.  Ct.  2176 (1999). Within 30 days after the
15    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
16    Assembly,  the  Secretary  of  Human Services shall appoint a
17    7-member  cross-disability   advisory   committee   to   make
18    recommendations  to  the Department regarding the compilation
19    of  the  database.   The  advisory  committee  members  shall
20    receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for  reasonable
21    expenses  actually  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their
22    duties.

23        Section   10.   The   Mental   Health  and  Developmental
24    Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding  Section
25    31b as follows:

26        (20 ILCS 1705/31b new)
27        Sec.   31b.  Individuals   waiting   for  community-based
28    services.   The  Department  shall   collect   and   maintain
29    information  on  the number of individuals with developmental
 
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 1    disabilities who have requested (either themselves or through
 2    a parent or guardian) and  are  waiting  for  community-based
 3    services  that  are funded through grants from the Department
 4    to, and contracts  with  the  Department  and,  local  school
 5    districts, individual service coordination organizations, and
 6    community-based  organizations or funded by the Department of
 7    Public Aid.   The  information  shall  include,  but  is  not
 8    limited to, the following:
 9             (1)  The  number  of  those  individuals waiting for
10        community-based residential services  such  as  Community
11        Integrated  Living  Arrangements,  supported  apartments,
12        supported  living,  intermediate  care facilities for the
13        developmentally  disabled,  and  other  community  living
14        arrangements.
15             (2)  The number of  those  individuals  waiting  for
16        services  from  day  and vocational  programs such as day
17        activity  programs,   adult   day   care,   developmental
18        training,  sheltered workshops, supported employment, job
19        placement, and other day programs.
20             (3)  The number of  those  individuals  waiting  for
21        family   support   services,   respite   care,   personal
22        assistance  services, case management services, and other
23        services not included in paragraph (2).
24             (4)  The  ages  of  those  individuals  waiting  for
25        services under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
26             (5)  The ages of the parents  of  those  individuals
27        waiting for services under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
28             (6)  The  Representative  Districts  in  which those
29        individuals waiting for services live.
30        The  information  shall   be   updated   annually.    The
31    information  collected  shall be limited to information about
32    individuals who are eligible for  services  at  the  time  of
33    request or who will be eligible to receive services within 12
34    months after the date services are requested.
 
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 1        In  collecting  and  maintaining  information  under this
 2    Section, the  Department  shall  give  consideration  to  the
 3    cost-effective appropriate care for individuals.
 4        The  Department  shall,  on request, make the information
 5    available   to   other   agencies   serving   persons    with
 6    developmental disabilities.

 7        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 8    becoming law.