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| continuity of care for clients; to enable disabled persons to |
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| access needed
services, commensurate with their individual |
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| wishes and needs, regardless
of where they reside in the state; |
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| to prevent unnecessary institutionalization
and the |
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| dislocation of individuals from their home communities; to |
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| provide
a range of services so that persons can receive these |
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| services in settings
which do not unnecessarily restrict their |
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| liberty; and to encourage clients
to move among settings as |
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| their needs change.
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| The system shall include provision of services in the areas |
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| of prevention,
client assessment and diagnosis, case |
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| coordination, crisis and emergency
care, treatment and |
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| habilitation and support services, and community
residential |
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| alternatives to institutional settings. The General Assembly
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| recognizes that community programs are an integral part of the |
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| larger service
system, which includes state-operated |
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| facilities for persons who cannot receive
appropriate services |
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| in the community.
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| Towards achievement of these ends, the Department of Human |
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| Services, working
in coordination with other State agencies, |
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| shall assume responsibilities
pursuant to this Act, which |
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| includes activities in the areas of planning,
quality |
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| assurance, program evaluation, community education, and the |
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| provision
of financial and technical assistance to local |
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| provider agencies.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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