Rep. Ron Stephens
Filed: 3/25/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4015 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4015  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements 
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Licensure and
Certification Act is amended  by adding Section 12 
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as follows:
 
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    (210 ILCS 135/12  new)
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    Sec. 12. Pilot Project; CILAs for adolescents diagnosed 
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with autism.
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    (a) The Department shall implement a pilot project for the 
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operation of 2 community-integrated living arrangement homes 
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for adolescents who have been diagnosed with autism and who are 
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at least 13 years of age and not more than 18 years of age.  The 
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homes shall be located in Will County or southern Cook County. 
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The homes shall operate 7 days per week and shall be staffed 24 
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hours per day.  The homes shall feature maximum family 
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involvement based on a service and support agreement signed by 
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the adolescent's family and the provider.  The duration of the 
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pilot project shall be 3 years.
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    (b) Each home must include on its staff a behavior 
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therapist.  The provider shall ensure that the staff at each 
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home receives appropriate training in matters that include, but 
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need not be limited to, the following: behavior analysis, skill 
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training, and other methodologies of teaching such as discreet 
 


 






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trial and picture exchange communication system.
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    (c) The homes shall provide therapeutic and other support 
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services to the adolescents being served there.  The therapeutic 
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curriculum shall be based on the principles of applied behavior 
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analysis.
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    (d) The Department shall adopt rules as necessary to 
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implement this Section.

 
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    Section 10.  The Developmental Disability and Mental 
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Disability Services Act
is
amended by adding Section 2-4.5 as 
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follows:


 



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    (405 ILCS 80/2-4.5 new)




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    Sec. 2-4.5. Autism; community-based residential services; 
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pilot program.

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    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human 
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Services shall create
a
pilot program to provide 
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community-based residential services to individuals
with 
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severe
autism who are 21 years of age or older. The Department 
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shall contract with one
service
provider located in the Chicago 
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metropolitan area and one provider located in a
county other 
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than Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage, or Will to provide 
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alternative
residential services to persons with severe autism 
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who would otherwise be
served in an
institutional setting.

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    (b) The Department shall be responsible for, but not 
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limited to, providing
the
following:

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        (1) Screening of individuals with severe autism who are 
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21 years of age or
older to determine whether these 
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individuals could be served in a residential
setting at a 
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cost that does not exceed the cost of caring for them in an

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institutional
setting.

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        (2) Training and supports for both adults with severe 
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autism and the staff
working with those individuals.

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        (3) Vocational agricultural opportunities for those 
 


 






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individuals placed at the
designated
community-based 
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setting.

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    (c) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this 
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Section.



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