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92_HB4235
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1 AN ACT concerning the Department of Human Services.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is
5 amended by adding Section 10-30 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 1305/10-30 new)
7 Sec. 10-30. Disability database. The Department of
8 Human Services shall contract with an entity experienced in
9 applied research to compile a cross-disability database of
10 disabled Illinois residents who are potential beneficiaries
11 of the "most integrated setting" requirement of the Americans
12 with Disabilities Act as construed by the United States
13 Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel Zimring, 119 S. Ct.
14 2176 (1999). Within 30 days after the effective date of this
15 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the Secretary of
16 Human Services shall appoint a 7-member cross-disability
17 advisory committee to make recommendations to the Department
18 regarding the compilation of the database. The advisory
19 committee members shall receive no compensation but may be
20 reimbursed for reasonable expenses actually incurred in the
21 performance of their duties.
22 Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental
23 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
24 31b as follows:
25 (20 ILCS 1705/31b new)
26 Sec. 31b. Individuals waiting for community-based
27 services. The Department shall collect and maintain
28 information on the number of individuals with developmental
29 disabilities who have requested (either themselves or through
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1 a parent or guardian) and are waiting for community-based
2 services that are funded through grants from the Department
3 to, and contracts with the Department and, local school
4 districts, individual service coordination organizations, and
5 community-based organizations. The information shall
6 include, but is not limited to, the following:
7 (1) The number of those individuals waiting for
8 community-based residential services such as Community
9 Integrated Living Arrangements, supported apartments,
10 supported living, and other community living
11 arrangements.
12 (2) The number of those individuals waiting for
13 services from intermediate care facilities for the
14 developmentally disabled.
15 (3) The number of those individuals waiting for
16 services from day and vocational programs such as day
17 activity programs, adult day care, developmental
18 training, sheltered workshops, supported employment, job
19 placement, and other day programs.
20 (4) The number of those individuals waiting for
21 family support services, respite care, personal
22 assistance services, case management services, and other
23 services not included in paragraph (3).
24 (5) The ages of those individuals waiting for
25 services under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4).
26 (6) The ages of the parents of those individuals
27 waiting for services under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and
28 (4).
29 (7) The Representative Districts in which those
30 individuals waiting for services live.
31 The information shall be updated annually. The information
32 collected shall be limited to information about individuals
33 who are eligible for services at the time of request or who
34 will be eligible to receive services within 12 months after
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1 the date services are requested. The Department shall, on
2 request, make the information available to other agencies
3 serving persons with developmental disabilities.
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.