Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

Filed: 3/24/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5697

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5697 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1residential facilities, and individuals in community
2integrated living arrangements. Within 30 days after the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
4Assembly, the Secretary of Human Services shall seek input from
5advisory bodies to the Department, including advisory councils
6and committees working with the Department in the areas of
7mental illness, physical disabilities, and developmental
8disabilities. The database shall be operational by July 1,
92004. The information collected and maintained for the
10disability database shall include, but is not limited to, the
11following: (i) the types of services of which the individual is
12potentially in need; (ii) demographic and identifying
13information about the individual; (iii) factors indicating
14need, including diagnoses, assessment information, age of
15primary caregivers, and current living situation; (iv) if
16applicable, the date information about the individual is
17submitted for inclusion in the database and the types of
18services sought by the individual; and (v) the representative
19district in which the individual resides. In collecting and
20maintaining information under this Section, the Department
21shall give consideration to cost-effective appropriate
22services for individuals.
23    (b) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly does
24not create any new entitlement to a service, program, or
25benefit, but shall not affect any entitlement to a service,
26program, or benefit created by any other law. Except for a

 

 

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1service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a service,
2program, or benefit provided as a result of the collection and
3maintenance of the disability database shall be subject to
4appropriations made by the General Assembly.
5    (c) The Department, consistent with applicable federal and
6State law, shall make general information from the disability
7database available to the public such as: (i) the number of
8individuals potentially in need of each type of service,
9program, or benefit and (ii) the general characteristics of
10those individuals. The Department shall protect the
11confidentiality of each individual in the database when
12releasing database information by not disclosing any
13personally identifying information.
14    (d) The Department shall allow legal residents who are
15dependents of a military service member and who are absent from
16the State due to the member's military service to be added to
17the database to indicate the need for services upon return to
18the State. Should an individual in such a situation be selected
19from the database to receive services, the individual shall
20have 6 months from the date of the selection notification to
21apply for services and another 6 months to commence using such
22services. In the event an individual is receiving services
23funded by the Department and the services are disrupted due to
24the military service member's need for the individual to leave
25the State because of his or her military service, the services
26shall be resumed upon the individual's return to the State if

 

 

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1the dependent is otherwise eligible. No payment pursuant to
2this Section or Section 12-4.47 of the Illinois Public Aid Code
3shall be made for home and community based services provided
4outside the State of Illinois. A dependent of a military
5service member shall be required to provide the Department
6with:
7        (1) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or
8    other equivalent discharge paperwork; and
9        (2) proof of the military service member's legal
10    residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department.
11(Source: P.A. 95-251, eff. 8-17-07.)
 
12    Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
13adding Section 12-4.47 as follows:
 
14    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.47 new)
15    Sec. 12-4.47. Continued eligibility for developmental
16disability services for dependents of military service
17members.
18    (a) As used in this Section:
19    "Dependent" means a spouse, birth child, adopted child, or
20stepchild of a military service member.
21    "Legal resident" means a person who maintains Illinois as
22his or her principal establishment, home of record, or
23permanent home and to where, whenever absent due to military
24obligation, he or she intends to return.

 

 

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1    "Military service" means service in the armed forces or
2armed forces reserves of the United States, or membership in
3the Illinois National Guard.
4    "Military service member" means a person who is currently
5in military service or who has separated from military service
6in the previous 18 months through either retirement or military
7separation.
8    (b) A dependent, who is a legal resident of the State,
9having previously been determined to be eligible for
10developmental disability services provided by the Department
11of Human Services, including waiver services provided under the
12home and community based services programs authorized under
13Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, shall retain
14eligibility for those developmental disability services as
15long as he or she remains a legal resident of the State,
16regardless of having left the State due to the military service
17member's military assignment outside the State, and as long as
18he or she is otherwise eligible for such services.
19    (c) The Department of Human Services shall permit a
20dependent who resides out-of-state to be placed on the waiting
21list for developmental disabilities services if the dependent
22left the State due to the military service member's military
23assignment outside the State, is otherwise eligible for those
24services, and furnishes the following:
25        (1) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or
26    other equivalent discharge paperwork; and

 

 

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1        (2) proof of the military service member's legal
2    residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department.
3    (d) For dependents who received developmental disability
4services and who left the State due to the military service
5member's military assignment outside the State, upon the
6dependent's return to the State and when a request for services
7is made, the Department shall:
8        (1) determine the dependent's eligibility for
9    services, which may include a request for waiver services
10    provided under the home and community based services
11    programs authorized under Section 1915(c) of the Social
12    Security Act;
13        (2) provide to the dependent notification of the
14    determination of eligibility for services, which includes
15    notification of a denial of services if applicable;
16        (3) provide the dependent an opportunity to contest the
17    Department's determination through the appeals processes
18    established by the Department; and
19        (4) resume services if the individual remains
20    eligible.
21    (e) As a condition of continued eligibility for services
22under subsection (b) of this Section, a dependent must inform
23the Department of his or her current address and provide
24updates as requested by the Department.
25    (f) No payment pursuant to this Section shall be made for
26developmental disability services authorized under the

 

 

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1Illinois Title XIX State Plan and provided outside the State
2unless those services satisfy the conditions specified in 42
3CFR 431.52. No payment pursuant to this Section shall be made
4for home and community based services provided outside the
5State of Illinois.
6    (g) The Department shall request a waiver from the
7appropriate federal agency if a waiver is necessary to
8implement the provisions of this Section.
9    (h) The Department may adopt rules necessary to implement
10the provisions of this Section.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.".