HB5927ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Chapin Rose

Filed: 3/2/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5927

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5927 on page 3, by replacing lines 14 through 21 with the following:

"(e-5) The Department may not deny, suspend, or revoke a license, or refuse to renew a license, on any ground relating to the distance between a community-integrated living arrangement that the licensee or applicant operates or proposes to operate and any other setting licensed or funded to provide residential services for persons with a developmental disability or mental illness, including another community-integrated living arrangement."; and

on page 6, by replacing lines 6 through 14 with the following:

"Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Neither the State plan nor any rule adopted by the Department under this Section may include any restriction or other requirement as to the distance that a community-integrated living arrangement owned or leased by a community mental health or developmental services agency and funded by the Department may or must be located from any other setting licensed or funded to provide residential services for persons with a developmental disability or mental illness, including another community-integrated living arrangement.".