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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Several State-operated facilities and State
3 psychiatric hospitals that serve adults with developmental
4 disabilities and mental illness have closed in recent years;
5 and
 
6     WHEREAS, It is critical that former residents of these
7 facilities do not lose vital health care services as they
8 transition to a new service provider, whether it be a
9 community-based agency, another State-operated facility or
10 State psychiatric hospital, or home care; therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 the Department of Human Services shall file a report detailing
14 the number of individuals that have been transferred or
15 transitioned out of a State-operated facility or State
16 psychiatric hospital due to facility closures; where these
17 individuals were transferred or transitioned to; how these
18 individuals are meeting their health care needs following
19 transfer or transition; whether these individuals have
20 experienced a break in health care service and, if applicable,
21 the length of time these individuals went without health care
22 service; and how these individuals are meeting their health
23 care needs one year later; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That the Department shall submit this report to
2 the Governor and the General Assembly by January 31, 2011 and
3 January 31 of every year thereafter, and that the report shall
4 be made available to the public; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 delivered to the Secretary of Human Services.