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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1835
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - William Delgado 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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HB1835 |
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LRB094 02853 DRJ 32854 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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. An application for the
the Program shall be |
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| submitted to the
Department by the mentally disabled adult or, |
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| if the mentally disabled adult
requires a guardian, by his or |
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| her legal guardian. If the application for
participation in the |
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| Program is approved by the Department and the mentally
disabled |
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| adult is eligible to receive services under this Article, the |
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| mentally
disabled adult shall be made aware of the availability |
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| of a community support
team and shall be offered case |
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| management services. The amount of the
home-based services |
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| provided by the Department in any month shall be determined
by |
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| the service plan of the mentally disabled adult, but in no case |
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| shall it be
more than 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 |
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| eligible adult or the adult's parent or guardian to
pay for |