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1     AN ACT concerning disability services.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
6 18.5 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 1705/18.5 new)
8     Sec. 18.5. Community Developmental Disability Services
9 Medicaid Trust Fund; reimbursement.
10     (a) Any funds paid to the State by the federal government
11 under Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act for
12 services delivered by community developmental disability
13 services providers, and any interest earned thereon, shall be
14 deposited directly into the Community Developmental Disability
15 Services Medicaid Trust Fund.
16     (b) Moneys in the Community Developmental Disability
17 Services Medicaid Trust Fund shall be used to pay for
18 Medicaid-reimbursed community developmental disability
19 services provided to eligible individuals and chosen by the
20 individual or his or her legal guardian from available
21 community services options. Once the individual or legal
22 guardian chooses the desired services, the services are
23 approved by the Department of Human Services, and the provision
24 of services is initiated, the Department shall make payment to
25 the community developmental disability services provider.
26 Prior to choosing a service or services, an eligible individual
27 or his or her legal guardian shall be fully informed by the
28 independent service coordination agency and the provider of all
29 available community services options.
30     (c) Funds spent under this Section shall not supplant other
31 funds appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for
32 community-based developmental disability services.

 

 

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1     (d) For the purposes of this Section:
2     "Medicaid-reimbursed developmental disability services"
3 means services provided by a community developmental
4 disability provider under an agreement with the Department that
5 is eligible for reimbursement under the federal Title XIX
6 program or Title XXI program.
7     "Provider" means a community agency that is funded by the
8 Department to provide a Medicaid-reimbursed service.
 
9     (20 ILCS 1705/18.1 rep.)
10     Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental
11 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by repealing
12 Section 18.1.