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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3069 Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 405 ILCS 80/Art. 12 heading new | | 405 ILCS 80/12-1 new | | 405 ILCS 80/12-5 new | | 405 ILCS 80/12-10 new | |
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Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Provides for the transition to community-based services of persons over 18 years of age with developmental disabilities in the State who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities with 9 or more residents, and who affirmatively request to receive community-based services or placement in a community-based setting and persons with developmental disabilities in the State who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in a family home, who are in need of community-based services or placement in a community-based setting, and who affirmatively request community-based services or placement in a community-based setting. Establishes a schedule for the transition to community-based services. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall oversee the transition of persons to receive community-based services or placement in a community-based setting. Provides that nothing in these provisions forces persons who do not want community-based services or placement to move. Nor does it force providers to close beds or enter into downsizing agreements with the State against their will. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Developmental Disability and Mental |
| 5 | | Disability Services Act is amended by adding Article 12 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 80/Art. 12 heading new) |
| 8 | | ARTICLE 12. COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH |
| 9 | | DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
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| 10 | | (405 ILCS 80/12-1 new) |
| 11 | | Sec. 12-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to |
| 12 | | provide an opportunity for persons with developmental |
| 13 | | disabilities who reside in private, State-funded facilities of |
| 14 | | 9 or more persons, or persons who are at risk of being placed |
| 15 | | in those facilities, to receive community-based services or |
| 16 | | placement in a community-based setting.
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| 17 | | (405 ILCS 80/12-5 new) |
| 18 | | Sec. 12-5. Definitions. In this Article: |
| 19 | | "Adult" means a person over the age of 18 years. |
| 20 | | "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
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| 1 | | (405 ILCS 80/12-10 new) |
| 2 | | Sec. 12-10. Community-based services for persons with |
| 3 | | developmental disabilities. |
| 4 | | (a) For purposes of this Article, persons with |
| 5 | | developmental disabilities must meet the following terms in |
| 6 | | order to qualify for services: |
| 7 | | (1) Adult persons with developmental disabilities in |
| 8 | | this State who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services, who |
| 9 | | reside in intermediate care facilities for persons with |
| 10 | | developmental disabilities with 9 or more residents, and |
| 11 | | who affirmatively request to receive community-based |
| 12 | | services or placement in a community-based setting. |
| 13 | | (2) Adult persons with developmental disabilities in |
| 14 | | this State who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services, who |
| 15 | | reside in a family home, who are in need of community-based |
| 16 | | services or placement in a community-based setting, and who |
| 17 | | affirmatively request community-based services or |
| 18 | | placement in a community-based setting. |
| 19 | | (b) The Department shall oversee the transition of persons |
| 20 | | described in subsection (a) of this Section to receive |
| 21 | | community-based services or placement in a community-based |
| 22 | | setting. The transition shall be in accordance with the |
| 23 | | following schedule: |
| 24 | | (1) 500 persons described in subsection (a) of this |
| 25 | | Section shall begin the transition by June 15, 2016. |
| 26 | | (2) An additional 500 persons described in subsection |
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| 1 | | (a) of this Section shall begin the transition by June 15, |
| 2 | | 2017. |
| 3 | | (3) An additional 500 persons described in subsection |
| 4 | | (a) of this Section shall begin the transition by June 15, |
| 5 | | 2018. |
| 6 | | (4) An additional 500 persons described in subsection |
| 7 | | (a) of this Section shall begin the transition by June 15, |
| 8 | | 2019. |
| 9 | | (5) An additional 500 persons described in subsection |
| 10 | | (a) of this Section shall begin the transition by June 15, |
| 11 | | 2020. |
| 12 | | (6) After June 15, 2020, persons described in |
| 13 | | subsection (a) of this Section shall receive |
| 14 | | community-based services or placement in a community-based |
| 15 | | setting at a reasonable pace. |
| 16 | | (c) Nothing in this Article forces persons who do not want |
| 17 | | community-based services or placement to move; nor does it |
| 18 | | force providers to close beds or enter into downsizing |
| 19 | | agreements with the State against their will.
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.
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