100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0461
 
Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
  
405 ILCS 80/2-6  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1802-6

    Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act.  Makes
a technical change in a Section concerning an application and the amount of
services to be provided.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning health.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Developmental Disability and Mental 
5Disability Services Act is amended by changing Section 2-6 as 
6follows:
 



7    (405 ILCS 80/2-6)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1802-6)



8    Sec. 2-6. 
An application for the
the Program shall be 
9submitted to the
Department by the adult with a mental 
10disability or, if the adult with a mental disability
requires a 
11guardian, by his or her legal guardian.  If the application for

12participation in the Program is approved by the Department and 
13the adult with a mental disability is eligible to receive 
14services under this Article, the adult with a mental disability 
15shall be made aware of the availability of a community support

16team and shall be offered case management services.  The amount 
17of the
home-based services provided by the Department in any 
18month shall be determined
by the service plan of the adult with 
19a mental disability, but in no case shall it be
more than 
20either:

21        (a) three hundred percent of the monthly federal 
22    Supplemental Security
Income payment for an individual 
23    residing alone if the adult with a mental disability
is not 
 
 
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1    enrolled in a special education program by a local 
2    education agency, or


3        (b) two hundred percent of the monthly Supplemental 
4    Security Income
payment for an individual residing alone if 
5    the adult with a mental disability is
enrolled in a special 
6    education program by a local education agency.

7    Upon approval of the Department, all or part of the monthly 
8amount approved
for home-based services to participating 
9adults may be used as a one-time or
continuing payment to the 
10eligible adult or the adult's parent or guardian to
pay for 
11specified tangible items that are directly related to meeting 
12basic
needs related to the person's mental disabilities.

13    Tangible items include, but are not limited to: adaptive 
14equipment,
medication not covered by third-party payments, 
15nutritional supplements, and
residential modifications.

16(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)