95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2002


 
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. James D. Brosnahan
 
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    Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act.  Provides that, subject to appropriation,  the Department of Children and Family Services shall implement  a project in 3 separate geographical areas of the State for the operation of 3 CILA homes for adolescents diagnosed with autism.  Requires that a single service provider operate all 3 homes and have on its staff a behavior therapist. Effective July 1, 2007.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 Community-Integrated Living Arrangements 
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Licensure and
Certification Act is amended  by adding Section 12 
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as follows:
 
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    (210 ILCS 135/12  new)
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    Sec. 12. CILAs for adolescents diagnosed with autism.
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    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Children 
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and Family Services  shall implement a project for the operation 
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of 3 community-integrated living arrangement homes for 
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adolescents who have been diagnosed with autism and who are at 
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least 13 years of age and not more than 18 years of age.  The 
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homes shall be located in 3 separate geographical areas of the 
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State. The homes shall operate 7 days per week and shall be 
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staffed 24 hours per day.  The homes shall feature maximum 
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family involvement based on a service and support agreement 
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signed by the adolescent's family and the provider. A single 
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service provider shall operate all 3 homes.
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    (b) The service provider must have on its staff a behavior 
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therapist who shall serve as a resource for all 3 homes.  The 
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provider shall ensure that the staff at each home receives 
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appropriate training in matters that include, but need not be 
 


 






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limited to, the following: behavior analysis, skill training, 
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and other methodologies of teaching such as discreet trial and 
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picture exchange communication system.
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    (c) The homes shall provide therapeutic and other support 
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services to the adolescents being served there.  The therapeutic 
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curriculum shall be based on the principles of applied behavior 
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analysis.
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    (d) The Department of Children and Family Services, in 
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consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall adopt 
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rules as necessary to implement this Section.

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2007.