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90_SB1838enr

      20 ILCS 1305/1-30 new
          Amends the Department of Human  Services  Act.   Requires
      the  Department  to  develop  and  implement a Family Support
      Services Pilot Project.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the  Community  Services  Act  by  adding
 2    Section 4.3.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Community  Services  Act  is  amended  by
 6    adding Section 4.3 as follows:
 7        (405 ILCS 30/4.3 new)
 8        Sec. 4.3. Family Support Services Voucher Pilot Program.
 9        (a)  In this Section:
10        "Family member" means a family member as defined by rules
11    adopted by the Department of Human Services.
12        "Family   support   services"   means  the  services  and
13    activities described in subsection (d).
14        (b)  The Department of Human Services shall  establish  a
15    Family  Support Services Voucher Pilot Program which shall be
16    a conversion of  the  program  defined  in  Section  4.   The
17    Department may establish no more than 5 pilot programs.
18        (c)  The  purpose  of  the  pilot  program  is  to do the
19    following:
20             (1)  Increase the number of families who are able to
21        access family support services.
22             (2)  Provide  families  with  greater  control  over
23        family support services.
24             (3)  Ensure that the diverse family support services
25        needs of families can be accommodated.
26             (4)  Encourage  a   family's   contribution   toward
27        payment for the family support services they receive.
28             (5)  Serve as a pilot program to evaluate the merits
29        of   a   family   support  services  voucher  program  in
30        comparison to the traditional respite program.
31        (d)  The  Department  shall   contract   with   community
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 1    agencies  to  issue vouchers to participating families, or to
 2    employ a voucher-like method that  similarly  makes  services
 3    available  based  on the choice of families. A family may use
 4    the  vouchers  to  purchase  the   following   services   and
 5    activities  or  to  otherwise  provide for those services and
 6    activities:
 7             (1)  Services of an in-home caregiver  to  supervise
 8        the  family member with a developmental disability in the
 9        home or in  the  community  or  both  when  other  family
10        members are not present.
11             (2)  Services  of  a  person to accompany the family
12        member  with  a  developmental  disability  on   outings,
13        community activities, and similar activities.
14             (3)  Registration   of  the  family  member  with  a
15        developmental  disability  in  park  district   programs,
16        extracurricular   school  activities,  community  college
17        classes,  and  other  similar  types  of  community-based
18        programs.
19             (4)  Services  of  home  health  care  personnel  if
20        medical training or expertise is  required  to  meet  the
21        needs   of   the   family  member  with  a  developmental
22        disability.
23        (e)  Families  may  employ   the   following   types   of
24    individuals to provide family support services:
25             (1)  Related family members who do not reside in the
26        same  home  as  the  family  member  with a developmental
27        disability.
28             (2)  Friends or neighbors whom the family designates
29        as capable of meeting the needs of the family member with
30        a developmental disability.
31             (3)  Individuals recruited from the  community  (for
32        example, church members or college students).
33             (4)  Individuals  who  work  with  the family member
34        with a developmental disability in a  different  capacity
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 1        (for example, classroom aide or day program staff).
 2             (5)  Persons   whose  services  are  contracted  for
 3        through a home health  agency  licensed  under  the  Home
 4        Health Agency Licensing Act.
 5        (f)  Family  support  services  moneys  under  the  pilot
 6    program may not be used to purchase or provide for any of the
 7    following services or activities:
 8             (1)  Out-of-home medical services.
 9             (2)  Medical,    therapeutic,    or    developmental
10        evaluations.
11             (3)  Any   product  or  item  (for  example,  sports
12        equipment, therapeutic devices, or clothing).
13             (4)  Family support services provided  by  a  family
14        member whose primary residence is the same as that of the
15        family member with a developmental disability.
16             (5)  Services of a person to accompany the family on
17        an overnight trip.
18             (6)  Any service or activity that should be provided
19        by   the  school  in  which  the  family  member  with  a
20        developmental disability is enrolled or  that  occurs  as
21        part of that school's typical school routine.
22             (7)  Child care services while the primary caretaker
23        works.
24        (g)  The  Department  of  Human  Services  shall submit a
25    report to the General Assembly by March  1,  2000  evaluating
26    the merits of the pilot program.
27        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
28    January 1, 1999.

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