Full Text of SJR0040 94th General Assembly
SJ0040 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Adult day service programs that operate as part of | 3 |
| the Department on Aging's Community Care Program provide vital | 4 |
| services to over 2,100 of Illinois' frailest seniors each | 5 |
| month; and
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| WHEREAS, These adult day services allow frail seniors to | 7 |
| remain independent and in their own homes and communities in | 8 |
| the most appropriate, desirable, and cost-effective setting; | 9 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Adult day service programs provide outpatient | 11 |
| nursing home services including medical monitoring, medication | 12 |
| administration, client activities, a daily meal for each | 13 |
| client, bathing, assistance with activities of daily living, | 14 |
| and transportation, all of which carry significant costs; and
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| WHEREAS, Many adult day service programs are closing and | 16 |
| other programs are struggling due to insufficient | 17 |
| reimbursement for services and transportation; and
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| WHEREAS, Cost reports from one adult day service program | 19 |
| indicate that transportation reimbursement rates equal less | 20 |
| than half of the actual cost of providing service; and
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| WHEREAS, Adult day service programs are required to provide | 22 |
| transportation as part of their contracts with the State of | 23 |
| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The inadequate transportation rate has resulted | 25 |
| in the closing of programs and a reduction in the area served | 26 |
| by others; and
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| WHEREAS, In Illinois, 62 counties remain with no service | 28 |
| despite the efforts of the Department on Aging; therefore, be |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 4 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Department on Aging shall conduct, | 5 |
| in collaboration with the Illinois Adult Day Services | 6 |
| Association and the Community Care Program Advisory Committee, | 7 |
| a rate study of the cost of providing adult day services and | 8 |
| transportation in Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Department on Aging shall submit the | 10 |
| results of the study along with recommendations to the General | 11 |
| Assembly and to the Community Care Program Advisory Committee | 12 |
| no later than January 1, 2006; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be submitted to | 14 |
| the Department on Aging.
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