97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4721

 

Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Rich Brauer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 5/5-100B new

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the availability of services proffered by the listed agencies for adults and children with disabilities. Provides that the system shall be known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to allow primary and secondary customers to develop person-centered services plans, search for services or supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and track the progress an agency is making in providing needed services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the system. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 5-100B as
6follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 5/5-100B new)
8    Sec. 5-100B. Electronic system of care (eSOC). The
9Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the
10Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of
11Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of
12Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and
13coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the
14availability of services proffered by the listed agencies for
15adults and children with disabilities. The system shall be
16known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be
17publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to
18allow primary and secondary customers to develop
19person-centered services plans, search for services or
20supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and
21track the progress an agency is making in providing needed
22services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the
23system.

 

 

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1    For purposes of this Section, "adults and children with
2disabilities" means persons with a disability as defined by the
3Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that is attributable to
4a developmental disability, a mental illness, or a physical
5disability, or a combination of those.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.