96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5834

 

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Esther Golar

 

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.


LRB096 18493 KTG 33873 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5834 LRB096 18493 KTG 33873 b

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

 

 

HB5834 - 2 - LRB096 18493 KTG 33873 b

1     For purposes of this Section, "adults and children with
2 disabilities" means persons with a disability as defined by the
3 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that is attributable to
4 a developmental disability, a mental illness, or a physical
5 disability, or a combination of those.
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.