093_HB0192

                                     LRB093 02672 MKM 02682 b

 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 10-35 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-35 new)
 7        Sec.  10-35.  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.