Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Community First Act. Provides that all persons who reside in, or are eligible to reside in, institutional care facilities have the right to have the amount of public funds that are or would have been expended on him or her for services provided by an institutional facility transferred to pay for community services. Requires the Department of Human Services, Department of Public Health, Department on Aging, and institutional facilities to inform eligible persons of their right to funding for community services under this Act. Requires the Department of Public Aid and the Department of Public Health to publish, annually, a report describing the implementation of the Act. Provides that the Act shall not alter or affect the manner in which persons with disabilities are determined eligible or appropriate for community services, except to the extent the determinations are based on the availability of community services, and shall not be read to limit in any way the rights of people with disabilities under federal or State law. Requires the Department of Public Aid, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Department on Aging, to adopt any rules necessary for the implementation and administration of this Act.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/18/2005	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
2/18/2005	Senate	First Reading
2/18/2005	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/22/2005	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
2/23/2005	Senate	Assigned to Health & Human Services
2/24/2005	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
2/24/2005	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
2/24/2005	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2/25/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
3/1/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward Petka
3/1/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
3/2/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
3/3/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
3/3/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
3/10/2005	Senate	Postponed - Health & Human Services
3/17/2005	Senate	Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000
3/17/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
4/6/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
4/6/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
4/11/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
4/12/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
4/13/2005	Senate	Second Reading
4/13/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2005
4/13/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
4/15/2005	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to May 31, 2005
5/5/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
5/5/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
5/12/2005	Senate	Sponsor Removed Sen. Dale A. Righter
5/17/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
5/17/2005	Senate	Sponsor Removed Sen. Gary G. Dahl
5/17/2005	Senate	Sponsor Removed Sen. Dale E. Risinger
5/23/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
5/23/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
5/31/2005	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005
7/1/2005	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules
11/4/2005	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to January 9, 2007
12/16/2005	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
1/9/2007	Senate	Session Sine Die

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