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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
5by changing Section 10-26 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1305/10-26)
7    Sec. 10-26. Disability database.
8    (a) The Department of Human Services shall compile and
9maintain a cross-disability database of Illinois residents
10with a disability who are potentially in need of disability
11services funded by the Department. The database shall consist
12of individuals with mental illness, physical disabilities,
13developmental disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders and
14shall include, but not be limited to, individuals transitioning
15from special education to adulthood, individuals in
16State-operated facilities, individuals in private nursing and
17residential facilities, and individuals in community
18integrated living arrangements. Within 30 days after the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
20Assembly, the Secretary of Human Services shall seek input from
21advisory bodies to the Department, including advisory councils
22and committees working with the Department in the areas of
23mental illness, physical disabilities, and developmental

 

 

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1disabilities. The database shall be operational by July 1,
22004. The information collected and maintained for the
3disability database shall include, but is not limited to, the
4following: (i) the types of services of which the individual is
5potentially in need; (ii) demographic and identifying
6information about the individual; (iii) factors indicating
7need, including diagnoses, assessment information, age of
8primary caregivers, and current living situation; (iv) if
9applicable, the date information about the individual is
10submitted for inclusion in the database and the types of
11services sought by the individual; and (v) the representative
12district in which the individual resides. In collecting and
13maintaining information under this Section, the Department
14shall give consideration to cost-effective appropriate
15services for individuals.
16    (b) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly does
17not create any new entitlement to a service, program, or
18benefit, but shall not affect any entitlement to a service,
19program, or benefit created by any other law. Except for a
20service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a service,
21program, or benefit provided as a result of the collection and
22maintenance of the disability database shall be subject to
23appropriations made by the General Assembly.
24    (c) The Department, consistent with applicable federal and
25State law, shall make general information from the disability
26database available to the public such as: (i) the number of

 

 

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1individuals potentially in need of each type of service,
2program, or benefit and (ii) the general characteristics of
3those individuals. The Department shall protect the
4confidentiality of each individual in the database when
5releasing database information by not disclosing any
6personally identifying information.
7    (d) The Department shall allow legal residents who are
8dependents of a military service member and who are absent from
9the State due to the member's military service to be added to
10the database to indicate the need for services upon return to
11the State. Should an individual in such a situation be selected
12from the database to receive services, the individual shall
13have 6 months from the date of the selection notification to
14apply for services and another 6 months to commence using such
15services. In the event an individual is receiving services
16funded by the Department and the services are disrupted due to
17the military service member's need for the individual to leave
18the State because of his or her military service, the services
19shall be resumed upon the individual's return to the State if
20the dependent is otherwise eligible. No payment pursuant to
21this Section or Section 12-4.47 of the Illinois Public Aid Code
22shall be made for home and community based services provided
23outside the State of Illinois. A dependent of a military
24service member shall be required to provide the Department
25with:
26        (1) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or

 

 

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1    other equivalent discharge paperwork; and
2        (2) proof of the military service member's legal
3    residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department.
4(Source: P.A. 95-251, eff. 8-17-07.)
 
5    Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6adding Section 12-4.47 as follows:
 
7    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.47 new)
8    Sec. 12-4.47. Continued eligibility for developmental
9disability services for dependents of military service
10members.
11    (a) As used in this Section:
12    "Dependent" means a spouse, birth child, adopted child, or
13stepchild of a military service member.
14    "Legal resident" means a person who maintains Illinois as
15his or her principal establishment, home of record, or
16permanent home and to where, whenever absent due to military
17obligation, he or she intends to return.
18    "Military service" means service in the armed forces or
19armed forces reserves of the United States, or membership in
20the Illinois National Guard.
21    "Military service member" means a person who is currently
22in military service or who has separated from military service
23in the previous 18 months through either retirement or military
24separation.

 

 

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1    (b) A dependent, who is a legal resident of the State,
2having previously been determined to be eligible for
3developmental disability services provided by the Department
4of Human Services, including waiver services provided under the
5home and community based services programs authorized under
6Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, shall retain
7eligibility for those developmental disability services as
8long as he or she remains a legal resident of the State,
9regardless of having left the State due to the military service
10member's military assignment outside the State, and as long as
11he or she is otherwise eligible for such services.
12    (c) The Department of Human Services shall permit a
13dependent who resides out-of-state to be placed on the waiting
14list for developmental disabilities services if the dependent
15left the State due to the military service member's military
16assignment outside the State, is otherwise eligible for those
17services, and furnishes the following:
18        (1) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or
19    other equivalent discharge paperwork; and
20        (2) proof of the military service member's legal
21    residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department.
22    (d) For dependents who received developmental disability
23services and who left the State due to the military service
24member's military assignment outside the State, upon the
25dependent's return to the State and when a request for services
26is made, the Department shall:

 

 

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1        (1) determine the dependent's eligibility for
2    services, which may include a request for waiver services
3    provided under the home and community based services
4    programs authorized under Section 1915(c) of the Social
5    Security Act;
6        (2) provide to the dependent notification of the
7    determination of eligibility for services, which includes
8    notification of a denial of services if applicable;
9        (3) provide the dependent an opportunity to contest the
10    Department's determination through the appeals processes
11    established by the Department; and
12        (4) resume services if the individual remains
13    eligible.
14    (e) As a condition of continued eligibility for services
15under subsection (b) of this Section, a dependent must inform
16the Department of his or her current address and provide
17updates as requested by the Department.
18    (f) No payment pursuant to this Section shall be made for
19developmental disability services authorized under the
20Illinois Title XIX State Plan and provided outside the State
21unless those services satisfy the conditions specified in 42
22CFR 431.52. No payment pursuant to this Section shall be made
23for home and community based services provided outside the
24State of Illinois.
25    (g) The Department shall request a waiver from the
26appropriate federal agency if a waiver is necessary to

 

 

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1implement the provisions of this Section.
2    (h) The Department may adopt rules necessary to implement
3the provisions of this Section.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.