Full Text of HB4502 93rd General Assembly
HB4502sam003 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. James A. DeLeo
Filed: 5/17/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4502
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4502 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | 5 |
| Disabilities Administrative
Act is amended by changing Section | 6 |
| 57 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1705/57) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-57)
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| Sec. 57. In order to identify the service needs of persons
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| with autism, the Department shall study the needs of the | 10 |
| population.
The Department of Human Services shall | 11 |
| periodically convene a special task force of representatives of | 12 |
| the various State agencies with related programs and services | 13 |
| together with other interested parties and stakeholders to | 14 |
| study and assess
submit service needs of persons with autism
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| reports to the General Assembly
annually which shall supplement | 16 |
| the report submitted in accordance with
Public Act 84-1291 . The | 17 |
| Secretary of Human Services shall submit a report of the task | 18 |
| force's findings and recommendations and the Secretary's | 19 |
| priorities to the Governor and the General Assembly by | 20 |
| September 1, 2005. The Secretary shall provide annual progress | 21 |
| reports to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1 | 22 |
| of each year, beginning on January 1, 2006. The reports shall | 23 |
| include an analysis of progress made
in
since the submission of | 24 |
| that report in the areas outlined in that report,
with emphasis |
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| on the following areas:
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| a. Early intervention services for children with autism and | 3 |
| their parents;
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| b. Enhancement of family support mechanisms to enable | 5 |
| persons with
autism to remain in a home-based or community
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| family home environment in the least-restrictive setting | 7 |
| possible, including progress on the implementation of plans to | 8 |
| provide assistance to individuals and families; the plan shall | 9 |
| include, but not be limited to, (i) identification of the | 10 |
| services required, (ii) the availability of services, | 11 |
| especially those within the home community of the person with | 12 |
| autism, (iii) the number of persons requiring the services, | 13 |
| (iv) the cost of the services, (v) the capacity of the person | 14 |
| with autism and his or her family to independently provide the | 15 |
| services and the extent to which the State may support the | 16 |
| individual and family effort, (vi) the extent of existing and | 17 |
| planned State support, (vii) the availability and utilization | 18 |
| of federal financial participation in the cost of services, and | 19 |
| (viii) the outcomes and impact of services being provided ;
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| c. Services for adequate transition for people with autism | 21 |
| from public
school programs to adult work and day programs; and
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| d. Plans, programs, and services under the Disabilities | 23 |
| Services Act of 2003
Facilitation of placement of persons with | 24 |
| autism in the least
restrictive community setting .
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| The Department of Human Services and the Department of | 26 |
| Public Aid shall determine the availability of federal | 27 |
| financial participation in the cost of developing a family | 28 |
| support program, which would include medical assistance | 29 |
| coverage for children diagnosed with autism who would otherwise | 30 |
| qualify for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid | 31 |
| Code except for family income. The program would include | 32 |
| services to support persons with autism in their homes and | 33 |
| communities that are not provided through local school systems, | 34 |
| early intervention programs, or the medical assistance program |
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| under the Illinois Public Aid Code. The departments shall | 2 |
| determine the feasibility of obtaining federal financial | 3 |
| participation and may apply for any applicable waiver under | 4 |
| Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act.
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| For the purpose of this service needs review, autism means | 6 |
| a severely
incapacitating life-long developmental disability | 7 |
| which:
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| a. may be manifested before a person is 30 months of age,
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| b. may be caused by physical disorders of the brain, and
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| c. is characterized by uneven intellectual development and | 11 |
| a combination
of disturbances in the rates and sequences of | 12 |
| cognitive, affective,
psychomotor, language and speech | 13 |
| development. This syndrome is further
evidenced by abnormal | 14 |
| responses to sensory stimuli, problems in developing
social | 15 |
| relationships, and ritualistic and compulsive behavior.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-971.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.".
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