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90_HB3069
20 ILCS 1705/31b new
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human
Services to collect and maintain certain information
concerning individuals with developmental disabilities
waiting for community-based services. Provides that the
Department shall make the information available to other
agencies serving persons with developmental disabilities.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Mental Health and Developmental
2 Disabilities Administrative Act by adding Section 31b.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
6 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
7 31b as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 1705/31b new)
9 Sec. 31b. Individuals waiting for community-based
10 services. The Department shall collect and maintain
11 information on the number of individuals with developmental
12 disabilities waiting for community-based services. The
13 information may include, but is not limited to, the
14 following:
15 (1) The number of individuals requesting
16 community-based residential services such as Community
17 Integrated Living Arrangements, supported apartments,
18 supported living, and other community living
19 arrangements.
20 (2) The number of individuals requesting services
21 from day and vocational programs such as day activity
22 programs, adult day care, developmental training,
23 sheltered workshops, supported employment, job placement,
24 and other day programs.
25 (3) The number of individuals requesting family
26 support services, respite care, personal assistance
27 services, case management services, early intervention
28 services, and other services not included in paragraph
29 (2).
30 (4) The ages of the individuals requesting services
31 under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
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1 (5) The ages of the parents of the individuals
2 requesting services under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
3 (6) The Representative Districts in which the
4 individuals requesting services live.
5 The information shall be updated annually. The Department
6 shall, on request, make the information available to other
7 agencies serving persons with developmental disabilities.