Sen. Heather A. Steans

Filed: 3/9/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1622

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1622 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by adding
5Section 6 as follows:
 
6    (405 ILCS 30/6 new)
7    Sec. 6. Geographic analysis of supports and services in
8community settings.
9    (a) For purposes of this Section:
10    "Direct support professionals" means direct support
11workers, direct care workers, personal assistants, personal
12attendants, and paraprofessionals that provide assistance to
13individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness
14in the form of daily living, and provide the habilitation,
15rehabilitation, and training needs of these individuals.
16    "Licensed professionals" means, but is not limited to,

 

 

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1dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, advance
2practical nurses, licensed practical nurses, registered
3nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and qualified mental
4health professionals.
5    "Supports and services" means direct support
6professionals, licensed professionals, and residential
7services, including, but not limited to, private residences,
8community-integrated living arrangements, supported
9residential programs, supervised residential programs, or
10supportive housing programs.
11    (b) Long-term care rebalancing. Pursuant to Public Act
1296-1501, the State of Illinois has established a long-term care
13rebalancing initiative. This amendatory Act of the 97th General
14Assembly seeks to further the goals of that initiative by
15ensuring that individuals with developmental disabilities or
16mental illness who utilize long-term care services under the
17medical assistance program and other long-term care related
18benefit programs administered by the State have meaningful
19access to a reasonable array of community-based and
20institutional program options. Furthermore, the General
21Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State to ensure
22that the clinical, habilitative, and social needs of
23individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness
24who chose to reside in integrated community-based settings can
25have those needs met in integrated community-based settings. In
26order to meaningfully comply with this policy, the General

 

 

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1Assembly must have an understanding of the existing capacity in
2integrated-community based settings, including direct support
3professionals and licensed professionals, such as dentists,
4nurses, and psychiatrists, as well as residential capacity to
5provide for these needs.
6    (c) By no later than July 1, 2012, the Department shall
7conduct a geographic analysis of supports and services for
8individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness.
9This analysis shall also identify gaps between required
10supports and services by region of the State. The Department
11shall prepare a final report by no later than January 1, 2013
12that shall be made available to the Governor and shall be
13presented by the Department to the appropriate standing
14committees in the Senate, as determined by and on a date
15determined by the President of the Senate, and the House of
16Representatives, as determined by and on a date determined by
17the Speaker of the House. The final report shall be made
18available to the public and shall be published on the
19Department's website in an appropriate location a minimum of
20one week prior to presentation of the report to the General
21Assembly.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".