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Full Text of SB0084 100th General Assembly

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SB0084sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Sen. Heather A. Steans
Filed: 2/27/2017

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 84
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 84 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
5 by adding Section 1-65 as follows:

6     (20 ILCS 1305/1-65 new)
7     Sec. 1-65. Intellectual and Developmental Disability Home
8 and Community-Based Services Task Force.
9     (a) The Secretary of Human Services shall appoint a task
10 force to review home and community-based service options for
11 individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
12 The task force shall consist of all of the following persons:
13         (1) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her
14     designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the task force.
15         (2) One representative of the Department of Healthcare
16     and Family Services.

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1         (3) Six persons selected from recommendations of
2     organizations whose membership consists of providers
3     within the intellectual and developmental disabilities
4     service delivery system.
5         (4) Two persons who are guardians or family members of
6     individuals with intellectual or developmental
7     disabilities and who do not have responsibility for
8     management or formation of policy regarding the programs
9     subject to review.
10         (5) Two persons selected from the recommendations of
11     consumer organizations that engage solely in advocacy or
12     legal representation on behalf of individuals with
13     intellectual or developmental disabilities and their
14     immediate families.
15     The task force shall also consist of the following members
16 appointed as follows:
17         (A) One member of the Senate appointed by the President
18     of the Senate.
19         (B) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority
20     Leader of the Senate.
21         (C) One member of the House of Representatives
22     appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
23         (D) One member of the House of Representatives
24     appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
25     Representatives.
26     (b) The task force shall review: the current services

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1 provided in the State; ways to improve the current services
2 provided, including attendant services, housing, and other
3 services to promote independent living; options that require
4 federal approval and federal funding; ways to minimize the
5 impact of constituents awaiting services; all avenues to
6 utilize federal funding; and any other issues involving home
7 and community-based services identified by the task force. The
8 Department shall provide administrative support to the task
9 force.
10     (c) The appointments to the task force must be made by July
11 1, 2017. Task force members shall receive no compensation. The
12 task force must hold at least 4 hearings. The task force shall
13 report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly no
14 later than July 1, 2018, and, upon filing its report, the task
15 force is dissolved.
16     (d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2019.

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

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