HB1456 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1456

Introduced 02/10/05, by Rep. Lee A. Daniels

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 135/2

from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1702

Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that licensed community mental health or developmental services agencies (instead of licensed community mental health or developmental services agencies "in turn") shall be required to certify to the Department of Human Services that the programs and placements provided in community-integrated living arrangements comply with the Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, and applicable Department rules and regulations.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(210 ILCS 135/2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1702)

Sec. 2. The purpose of this Act is to promote the operation of community-integrated living arrangements for the supervision of persons with mental illness and persons with a developmental disability by licensing community mental health or developmental services agencies to provide an array of community-integrated living arrangements for such individuals. These community-integrated living arrangements are intended to promote independence in daily living and economic self-sufficiency. The licensed community mental health or developmental services agencies in turn shall be required to certify to the Department that the programs and placements provided in the community-integrated living arrangements comply with this Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, and applicable Department rules and regulations.

(Source: P.A. 88-380.)