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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Community Integrated Living Arrangements (CILAs) |
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| currently serve approximately 8,500 individuals with |
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| developmental disabilities in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, These individuals manifest a wide range of medical |
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| needs, including chronic and acute diseases, post-surgical |
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| conditions, and ongoing medical assessment and oversight |
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| needs; and
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| WHEREAS, As individuals served in CILAs advance in age, |
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| their medical needs become more acute; and
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| WHEREAS, The administrative rules adopted by the |
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| Department of Human Services require CILA program operators to |
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| provide individuals served in CILAs with the necessary services |
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| of registered nurses; and
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| WHEREAS, Registered nurses are critical to the work of the |
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| community support team and are the key to providing staff |
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| training and oversight with respect to the administration of |
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| medications; and
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| WHEREAS, It is recognized that registered nurses provide |
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| necessary health care analysis and staff consultation in CILAs; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Having a sufficient number of registered nurses is |
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| vital to providing high levels of health care to CILA |
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| participants; and
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| WHEREAS, Current levels of reimbursement by the State of |
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| Illinois to CILA providers appear inadequate to recruit and |
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| retain sufficient nursing staff; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Department |
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| of Human Services shall establish a CILA nursing services |
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| reimbursement working group that will examine the scope and |
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| responsibilities of registered nurses working within the CILA |
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| program and make recommendations with respect to appropriate |
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| duties, staffing expertise, salary, wages, and staffing ratios |
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| that recognize the multiple site locations of CILAs; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That the CILA nursing services reimbursement |
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| working group shall also study and evaluate the adequacy of |
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| reimbursement rates for nursing services within the CILA rate |
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| methodology with respect to their sufficiency and |
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| competitiveness of wages; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the CILA nursing services reimbursement |
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| working group shall be chaired by the Director of the Division |
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| of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Human |
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| Services, shall include CILA providers, representatives from |
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| statewide provider and advocacy organizations, other |
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| representatives of the Department of Human Services Division of |
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| Developmental Disabilities, representatives from the nursing |
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| profession, and other appropriate stakeholders, and shall |
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| issue a written report of its findings and conclusions to the |
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| Secretary of Human Services, the General Assembly, and the |
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| Governor no later than March 31, 2006; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the |
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| Secretary of Human Services.
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