Sen. David Koehler
Filed: 5/3/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5463




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5463 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
5Disabilities Administrative Act is amended  by changing Section 
653 as follows:
 



7    (20 ILCS 1705/53)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-53)



8    Sec. 53. 
The Department shall create a consistent case 
9coordination system
for persons with a developmental 
10disability who receive services provided or
funded by the 
11Department. The objectives of this system shall be to ensure 
12that
a full range of an individual's needs is identified and 
13assessed through
statewide use of an individual client 
14assessment tool; to ensure that each
individual actually 
15receives, in the most effective and efficient combination
and 
16sequence, the full range and continuum of services needed; to 
 
 
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1ensure that
all available resources are applied appropriately 
2to each individual served;
and to provide a systematic 
3procedure for serving individuals which generates
among and 
4within the local service delivery agencies information 
5required for
effective system management.

6    Each individual residing in a community integrated living 
7arrangement shall receive an annual assessment to screen that 
8individual for any health issues or risks.  Beginning July 1, 
92019, each individual shall receive his or her annual client 
10assessment via a web-based, electronic screening tool.  The 
11electronic screening tool shall replace the current 
12paper-based assessment. A provider may make a request, along 
13with justifications, to the Department to complete the 
14assessment on paper.  Subject to appropriation, the Department 
15may contract with a third-party entity to create and implement 
16the web-based, electronic screening tool.  The Department shall 
17make changes to its rules in the Illinois Administrative Code 
18to incorporate a web-based, electronic assessment tool. 
19    "Case coordination" means a mechanism for linking and 
20coordinating segments
of the service delivery system to ensure 
21the most comprehensive program
for meeting an individual 
22client's needs. It facilitates client movement
through an array 
23of services so that at any given time, services received are

24matched to the needs of the individual.

25(Source: P.A. 88-380.)".