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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 the heading of | ||||||
| 6 | Article VI and Sections 6-1 and 6-5 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (405 ILCS 80/Art. VI heading new) | ||||||
| 8 | ARTICLE VI. COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL CHOICES PROGRAM | ||||||
| 9 | (405 ILCS 80/6-1 new) | ||||||
| 10 | Sec. 6-1. Community Residential Choices Program. | ||||||
| 11 | (a) The purpose of this Article is to promote greater | ||||||
| 12 | compatibility among individuals with developmental | ||||||
| 13 | disabilities who live together by allowing individuals with | ||||||
| 14 | developmental disabilities who meet either the emergency or | ||||||
| 15 | critical need criteria of the Department of Human Services as | ||||||
| 16 | defined under the Department's developmental disabilities | ||||||
| 17 | cross-disability database (as required by Section 10-26 of the | ||||||
| 18 | Department of Human Services Act), and who also meet the | ||||||
| 19 | Department's developmental disabilities priority population | ||||||
| 20 | criteria for residential services as defined in the | ||||||
| 21 | Department's developmental disabilities Community Services | ||||||
| 22 | Agreement and whose parents are over the age of 60, to choose | ||||||
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| 1 | to live together in a community-based residential program. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) For purposes of this Article: | ||||||
| 3 | "Community-based residential program" means one of a | ||||||
| 4 | variety of living arrangements for persons with developmental | ||||||
| 5 | disabilities, including existing settings such as | ||||||
| 6 | community-integrated living arrangements, and may also include | ||||||
| 7 | newly developed settings that are consistent with this | ||||||
| 8 | definition. | ||||||
| 9 | "Developmental disability" may include an autism spectrum | ||||||
| 10 | disorder. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) A person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder may | ||||||
| 12 | be assessed for eligibility for services under Home and | ||||||
| 13 | Community-Based Services Waivers for persons with | ||||||
| 14 | developmental disabilities without regard to whether that | ||||||
| 15 | person is also diagnosed with mental retardation, so long as | ||||||
| 16 | the person otherwise meets applicable level-of-care criteria | ||||||
| 17 | under those waivers. This provision does not create any new | ||||||
| 18 | entitlement to a service, program, or benefit, but shall not | ||||||
| 19 | affect any entitlement to a service, program, or benefit | ||||||
| 20 | created by any other law. | ||||||
| 21 | (405 ILCS 80/6-5 new) | ||||||
| 22 | Sec. 6-5. Placements. Commencing with the State fiscal year | ||||||
| 23 | beginning on July 1, 2007, subject to appropriation, the | ||||||
| 24 | Department of Human Services shall fund residential capacities | ||||||
| 25 | in geographic locations in the State with the goal of placing | ||||||
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| 1 | no fewer than 80 individuals who meet the emergency or critical | ||||||
| 2 | need criteria of the Department's developmental disabilities | ||||||
| 3 | cross-disabilities database, and who also meet the | ||||||
| 4 | Department's developmental disabilities priority population | ||||||
| 5 | criteria for residential services as defined in the | ||||||
| 6 | Department's developmental disabilities Community Services | ||||||
| 7 | Agreement and whose parents are over the age of 60, in | ||||||
| 8 | community-based residential programs with chosen housemates. | ||||||
| 9 | Priority in the allocation of funds for this program shall be | ||||||
| 10 | given to individuals who choose to reside with 3 or fewer | ||||||
| 11 | individuals.
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.
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