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92_SB1801

 
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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 10-30 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-30 new)
 7        Sec.  10-30.   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    disabled Illinois residents who are  potential  beneficiaries
11    of the "most integrated setting" requirement of the Americans
12    with  Disabilities  Act  as  construed  by  the United States
13    Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel Zimring, 119 S.  Ct.
14    2176  (1999). Within 30 days after the effective date of this
15    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the Secretary of
16    Human Services  shall  appoint  a  7-member  cross-disability
17    advisory  committee to make recommendations to the Department
18    regarding the compilation  of  the  database.   The  advisory
19    committee  members  shall  receive no compensation but may be
20    reimbursed for reasonable expenses actually incurred  in  the
21    performance of their duties.

22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.

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