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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6160
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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405 ILCS 80/2-6 |
from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1802-6 |
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Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Makes
a technical change in a Section concerning an application and the amount of
services to be provided.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6160 |
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LRB093 19507 DRJ 45247 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Developmental Disability and Mental |
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| Disability Services Act
is amended by changing Section 2-6 as |
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| follows:
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| (405 ILCS 80/2-6) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1802-6)
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| Sec. 2-6. Application; amount of services. An application |
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| for the
Program shall be submitted to the
Department by the |
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| mentally disabled adult or, if the mentally disabled adult
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| requires a guardian, by his or her legal guardian. If the |
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| application for
participation in the Program is approved by the |
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| Department and the mentally
disabled adult is eligible to |
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| receive services under this Article, the mentally
disabled |
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| adult shall be made aware of the availability of a community |
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| support
team and shall be offered case management services. The |
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| amount of the
home-based services provided by the Department in |
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| any month shall be determined
by the service plan of the |
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| mentally disabled adult, but in no case shall it be
more than |
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| either:
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| (a) three hundred percent of the monthly federal |
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| Supplemental Security
Income payment for an individual |
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| residing alone if the mentally disabled adult
is not |
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| enrolled in a special education program by a local |
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| education agency, or
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| (b) two hundred percent of the monthly Supplemental |
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| Security Income
payment for an individual residing alone if |
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| the mentally disabled adult is
enrolled in a special |
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| education program by a local education agency.
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| Upon approval of the Department, all or part of the monthly |
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| amount approved
for home-based services to participating |
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| adults may be used as a one-time or
continuing payment to the |