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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
| 5 | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 6 | 15f as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 1705/15f new)
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| 8 | Sec. 15f. Individualized behavioral support plan. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "Behavioral challenges" means episodes of significant | ||||||
| 11 | property destruction, self-injurious behavior, assaultive | ||||||
| 12 | behavior, or any other behavior that prevents a person from | ||||||
| 13 | successful participation in a Home and Community Based Services | ||||||
| 14 | Program for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, as | ||||||
| 15 | determined by the community support team.
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| 16 | "Home and Community Based Services Program for Persons with | ||||||
| 17 | Developmental Disabilities" means a program that is funded | ||||||
| 18 | through a waiver authorized under Section 1915(c) of the | ||||||
| 19 | federal Social Security Act and that is administered by the | ||||||
| 20 | Department of Human Services' Division of Developmental | ||||||
| 21 | Disabilities. Services under the Program include Community | ||||||
| 22 | Integrated Living Arrangements, Community Living Facilities of | ||||||
| 23 | 16 or fewer individuals, home-based support services, day | ||||||
| 24 | programs, and therapies. The term also includes newly developed | ||||||
| 25 | programs and settings that are funded through the Home and | ||||||
| 26 | Community Based Services Program for Persons with | ||||||
| 27 | Developmental Disabilities.
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| 28 | (b) Each individual participating in a Home and Community | ||||||
| 29 | Based Services Program for Persons with Developmental | ||||||
| 30 | Disabilities, regardless of whether the individual is eligible | ||||||
| 31 | for federal financial participation for these services, who | ||||||
| 32 | exhibits behavioral challenges shall have an individualized | ||||||
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| 1 | behavioral support plan. Each individualized support plan | ||||||
| 2 | shall: (i) be designed to meet individual needs; (ii) be in the | ||||||
| 3 | immediate and long-term best interests of the individual; (iii) | ||||||
| 4 | be non-aversive; (iv) teach the individual new skills; (v) | ||||||
| 5 | provide alternatives to behavioral challenges; (vi) offer | ||||||
| 6 | opportunities for choice and social integration; and (vii) | ||||||
| 7 | allow for environmental modifications. The plan must be based | ||||||
| 8 | on a functional behavioral assessment conducted by a | ||||||
| 9 | professional trained in its use. The plan shall be implemented | ||||||
| 10 | by staff who have been trained in and are qualified to | ||||||
| 11 | effectively apply positive non-aversive intervention. All | ||||||
| 12 | behavioral supports required by the plan shall be applied in a | ||||||
| 13 | humane and caring manner that respects the dignity of the | ||||||
| 14 | individual and shall be implemented in a positive and socially | ||||||
| 15 | supportive environment, including the home. | ||||||
| 16 | Interventions must not: (1) include electric shock; (2) | ||||||
| 17 | withhold essential food and drink; (3) cause physical or | ||||||
| 18 | psychological pain; (4) use drugs as restraints; or (5) produce | ||||||
| 19 | humiliation or discomfort.
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| 20 | Nothing in this subsection shall preclude, for therapeutic | ||||||
| 21 | purposes, variant scheduling of food or drink or the | ||||||
| 22 | application of safe and appropriate time-out procedures. | ||||||
| 23 | (c) The Department of Human Services shall be responsible | ||||||
| 24 | for developing and promulgating rules to implement the | ||||||
| 25 | provisions of this Section and to carry out the intent of this | ||||||
| 26 | Section.
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| 27 | (d) To the extent this Section conflicts with Article I of | ||||||
| 28 | Chapter II of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
| 29 | Code, that Article controls.
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| 30 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 31 | becoming law. | ||||||