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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 adding the heading of |
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| Article VI and Sections 6-1, 6-5, and 6-10 as follows: |
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| (405 ILCS 80/Art. VI heading new) |
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| ARTICLE VI. COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL CHOICES PROGRAM |
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| (405 ILCS 80/6-1 new) |
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| Sec. 6-1. Community Residential Choices Program. |
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| (a) The purpose of this Article is to establish a Community |
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| Residential Choices Program to allow a person with a |
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| developmental disability to participate in a community-based |
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| residential program where he or she is grouped in a home with |
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| no more than 3 housemates, each of whom has a developmental |
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| disability, whose disabilities, interests, service needs, |
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| ages, and gender are compatible. Priority placement under the |
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| program shall be allocated to individuals who have chosen to |
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| live together. Each participant in the Community Residential |
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| Choices Program shall have his or her own individual private |
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| bedroom. The Community Residential Choices Program shall be |
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| available to persons over the age of 18 who do not meet the |
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| Department's criteria for being in crisis. |
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| (b) For purposes of this Article: |
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| "Community-based residential program" means one of a |
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| variety of living arrangements for persons with developmental |
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| disabilities, including existing settings such as |
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| community-integrated living arrangements, community |
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| residential alternatives, assisted residential care, supported |
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| residential care, and adult foster care, and may also include |
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| newly developed settings that are consistent with this |
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| definition. |
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| "Developmental disability" includes an autism spectrum |
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| disorder. |
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| A person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder may be |
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| assessed for eligibility for services under Home and |
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| Community-Based Services Waivers for persons with |
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| developmental disabilities, without regard to whether that |
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| person is also diagnosed with mental retardation, so long as |
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| the person otherwise meets applicable level-of-care criteria |
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| under those waivers. This provision does not create any new |
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| entitlement to a service, program, or benefit, but shall not |
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| affect any entitlement to a service, program, or benefit |
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| created by any other law.
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| (405 ILCS 80/6-5 new) |
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| Sec. 6-5. Program sites and placements. Commencing with the |
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| State fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2007, subject to |
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| appropriation, the Department shall establish Community |
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| Residential Choices Program sites in geographic locations |
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| throughout the State. For the State fiscal year beginning July |
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| 1, 2007, the Department shall make non-crisis placements |
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| available to no fewer than 80 persons. For the State fiscal |
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| years beginning on July 1, 2008 and July 1, 2009, the |
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| Department shall establish non-crisis placements for an |
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| additional 80 persons each year. If the non-crisis placements |
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| cannot be filled with individuals who have chosen roommates, |
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| the Department shall reserve those placements for individuals |
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| who are not considered in crisis and shall develop a protocol |
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| for ascertaining the compatibility of individuals living |
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| together. The Department, by rule, shall establish procedures |
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| for application, evaluation, selection of roommates, and |
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| placement into the Community Residential Choices Program. |
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| (405 ILCS 80/6-10 new) |
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| Sec. 6-10. Reimbursement rates. The Department shall |
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| reimburse each provider of a Community Residential Choices |
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| Program at the customary rate for a community-based residential |
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| program for persons with developmental disabilities, including |
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| necessary and appropriate support services.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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