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92_SB1605

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning disabilities.

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

 4        Section  5.   The   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 5    Disabilities   Administrative  Act  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 15.2 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 1705/15.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.2)
 8        Sec. 15.2.  Quality  Assurance  for  Adult  Developmental
 9    Training  Services.  Whenever the Department of Public Aid or
10    the Department of Human Services pays the cost,  directly  or
11    indirectly,   in  whole  or  part,  for  adult  developmental
12    training  day  services  for   persons   with   developmental
13    disabilities,  the  provider  of  such  services  shall  meet
14    minimum   standards  established  by  the  Department.   Such
15    minimum  standards  shall  become  effective  July  1,  1986.
16    Interim program guidelines, established  by  the  Department,
17    shall  be  utilized for programs operational prior to July 1,
18    1985.
19        Once every 3 years, the Department shall annually certify
20    that adult developmental training day services providers meet
21    minimum  standards.   The  Department  may   determine   that
22    providers     accredited    under    nationally    recognized
23    accreditation programs are deemed to have met  the  standards
24    established  by  the  Department  under  this  Section.   The
25    Department  shall,  at  least  quarterly, review the services
26    being provided to assure compliance with the standards.   The
27    Department may suspend, refuse to renew or deny certification
28    to  any provider who fails to meet any or all such standards,
29    as provided by rule.
30        For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "adult   developmental
31    training day service" means services designed to help persons
 
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 1    with  developmental disabilities to develop functional skills
 2    for living in such areas as motoric development, dressing and
 3    grooming, toileting, eating, language, reading  and  writing,
 4    quantitative   skills  development,  independent  living  and
 5    reduction of maladaptive behavior.  Such programs may include
 6    services designed  to  improve  an  individual's  ability  to
 7    engage  in  productive  work  as  defined  for  work activity
 8    centers in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.
 9        For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "providers  of   adult
10    developmental training day services" means any person, agency
11    or  organization that provides such services for persons with
12    developmental disabilities as defined by  the  Mental  Health
13    and Developmental Disabilities Code.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

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