97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4721
 
Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Rich Brauer
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
405 ILCS 5/5-100B new

     Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the availability of  services proffered by the listed agencies for adults and children with disabilities. Provides that the system shall be known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to allow primary and secondary customers to develop person-centered  services plans, search for services or supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and track the progress an agency is making in providing needed services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the system. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
5Disabilities Code is amended  by adding Section 5-100B as 
6follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 5/5-100B new)
8    Sec. 5-100B. Electronic system of care (eSOC). The 
9Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the 
10Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of 
11Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of 
12Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and 
13coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the 
14availability of  services proffered by the listed agencies for 
15adults and children with disabilities. The system shall be 
16known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be 
17publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to 
18allow primary and secondary customers to develop 
19person-centered  services plans, search for services or 
20supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and 
21track the progress an agency is making in providing needed 
22services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the 
23system.
 
 
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1    For purposes of this Section, "adults and children with 
2disabilities" means persons with a disability as defined by the 
3Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that is attributable to 
4a developmental disability, a mental illness, or a physical 
5disability, or a combination of those. 
 
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.