98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5628

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dwight Kay

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2405/3  from Ch. 23, par. 3434

    Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. In provisions concerning personal assistants contained in Public Acts 97-732 and 97-1019, provides that any person providing services as a personal assistant under the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program shall complete standardized training as determined by the Department before enrollment under the Program. Provides that the training must be available in languages other than English and to those who need accommodations due to disabilities; and that personal assistant training must include successful completion of the following training components: basic first aid, vulnerable adult, child maltreatment, OSHA universal precautions, and basic roles and responsibilities of personal assistants including information about assistance with lifting and transfers for Program recipients, emergency preparedness, orientation to positive behavioral practices, fraud issues, and completion of time sheets. Provides that upon completion of the training components, the personal assistant must demonstrate the competency to provide assistance to Program recipients. Adds similar requirements to provisions concerning home care and home health workers who function as personal care attendants, personal assistants, or individual maintenance home health workers contained in Public Act 97-1158. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2405/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3434)
7    (Text of Section from P.A. 97-732 and 97-1019)
8    Sec. 3. Powers and duties. The Department shall have the
9powers and duties enumerated herein:
10    (a) To co-operate with the federal government in the
11administration of the provisions of the federal Rehabilitation
12Act of 1973, as amended, of the Workforce Investment Act of
131998, and of the federal Social Security Act to the extent and
14in the manner provided in these Acts.
15    (b) To prescribe and supervise such courses of vocational
16training and provide such other services as may be necessary
17for the habilitation and rehabilitation of persons with one or
18more disabilities, including the administrative activities
19under subsection (e) of this Section, and to co-operate with
20State and local school authorities and other recognized
21agencies engaged in habilitation, rehabilitation and
22comprehensive rehabilitation services; and to cooperate with
23the Department of Children and Family Services regarding the

 

 

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1care and education of children with one or more disabilities.
2    (c) (Blank).
3    (d) To report in writing, to the Governor, annually on or
4before the first day of December, and at such other times and
5in such manner and upon such subjects as the Governor may
6require. The annual report shall contain (1) a statement of the
7existing condition of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
8habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; (2) a statement
9of suggestions and recommendations with reference to the
10development of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
11habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; and (3) an
12itemized statement of the amounts of money received from
13federal, State and other sources, and of the objects and
14purposes to which the respective items of these several amounts
15have been devoted.
16    (e) (Blank).
17    (f) To establish a program of services to prevent the
18unnecessary institutionalization of persons in need of long
19term care and who meet the criteria for blindness or disability
20as defined by the Social Security Act, thereby enabling them to
21remain in their own homes. Such preventive services include any
22or all of the following:
23        (1) personal assistant services;
24        (2) homemaker services;
25        (3) home-delivered meals;
26        (4) adult day care services;

 

 

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1        (5) respite care;
2        (6) home modification or assistive equipment;
3        (7) home health services;
4        (8) electronic home response;
5        (9) brain injury behavioral/cognitive services;
6        (10) brain injury habilitation;
7        (11) brain injury pre-vocational services; or
8        (12) brain injury supported employment.
9    The Department shall establish eligibility standards for
10such services taking into consideration the unique economic and
11social needs of the population for whom they are to be
12provided. Such eligibility standards may be based on the
13recipient's ability to pay for services; provided, however,
14that any portion of a person's income that is equal to or less
15than the "protected income" level shall not be considered by
16the Department in determining eligibility. The "protected
17income" level shall be determined by the Department, shall
18never be less than the federal poverty standard, and shall be
19adjusted each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price
20Index For All Urban Consumers as determined by the United
21States Department of Labor. The standards must provide that a
22person may not have more than $10,000 in assets to be eligible
23for the services, and the Department may increase or decrease
24the asset limitation by rule. The Department may not decrease
25the asset level below $10,000.
26    The services shall be provided, as established by the

 

 

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1Department by rule, to eligible persons to prevent unnecessary
2or premature institutionalization, to the extent that the cost
3of the services, together with the other personal maintenance
4expenses of the persons, are reasonably related to the
5standards established for care in a group facility appropriate
6to their condition. These non-institutional services, pilot
7projects or experimental facilities may be provided as part of
8or in addition to those authorized by federal law or those
9funded and administered by the Illinois Department on Aging.
10The Department shall set rates and fees for services in a fair
11and equitable manner. Services identical to those offered by
12the Department on Aging shall be paid at the same rate.
13    Personal assistants shall be paid at a rate negotiated
14between the State and an exclusive representative of personal
15assistants under a collective bargaining agreement. In no case
16shall the Department pay personal assistants an hourly wage
17that is less than the federal minimum wage.
18    Solely for the purposes of coverage under the Illinois
19Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/), personal assistants
20providing services under the Department's Home Services
21Program shall be considered to be public employees and the
22State of Illinois shall be considered to be their employer as
23of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
24General Assembly, but not before. The State shall engage in
25collective bargaining with an exclusive representative of
26personal assistants working under the Home Services Program

 

 

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1concerning their terms and conditions of employment that are
2within the State's control. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
3understood to limit the right of the persons receiving services
4defined in this Section to hire and fire personal assistants or
5supervise them within the limitations set by the Home Services
6Program. The State shall not be considered to be the employer
7of personal assistants for any purposes not specifically
8provided in this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly,
9including but not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability
10in tort and purposes of statutory retirement or health
11insurance benefits. Personal assistants shall not be covered by
12the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 (5 ILCS 375/).
13    Any person providing services as a personal assistant under
14the Department's Home Services Program shall complete
15standardized training as determined by the Department before
16enrollment under the Program. The training must be available in
17languages other than English and to those who need
18accommodations due to disabilities. Personal assistant
19training must include successful completion of the following
20training components: basic first aid, vulnerable adult, child
21maltreatment, OSHA universal precautions, and basic roles and
22responsibilities of personal assistants including information
23about assistance with lifting and transfers for Program
24recipients, emergency preparedness, orientation to positive
25behavioral practices, fraud issues, and completion of time
26sheets. Upon completion of the training components, the

 

 

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1personal assistant must demonstrate the competency to provide
2assistance to Program recipients.
3    The Department shall execute, relative to nursing home
4prescreening, as authorized by Section 4.03 of the Illinois Act
5on the Aging, written inter-agency agreements with the
6Department on Aging and the Department of Healthcare and Family
7Services, to effect the intake procedures and eligibility
8criteria for those persons who may need long term care. On and
9after July 1, 1996, all nursing home prescreenings for
10individuals 18 through 59 years of age shall be conducted by
11the Department, or a designee of the Department.
12    The Department is authorized to establish a system of
13recipient cost-sharing for services provided under this
14Section. The cost-sharing shall be based upon the recipient's
15ability to pay for services, but in no case shall the
16recipient's share exceed the actual cost of the services
17provided. Protected income shall not be considered by the
18Department in its determination of the recipient's ability to
19pay a share of the cost of services. The level of cost-sharing
20shall be adjusted each year to reflect changes in the
21"protected income" level. The Department shall deduct from the
22recipient's share of the cost of services any money expended by
23the recipient for disability-related expenses.
24    To the extent permitted under the federal Social Security
25Act, the Department, or the Department's authorized
26representative, may recover the amount of moneys expended for

 

 

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1services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
2Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
3estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery may be
4had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any, and
5then only at such time when there is no surviving child who is
6under age 21, blind, or permanently and totally disabled. This
7paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery, at the death of the
8person, of moneys for services provided to the person or in
9behalf of the person under this Section to which the person was
10not entitled; provided that such recovery shall not be enforced
11against any real estate while it is occupied as a homestead by
12the surviving spouse or other dependent, if no claims by other
13creditors have been filed against the estate, or, if such
14claims have been filed, they remain dormant for failure of
15prosecution or failure of the claimant to compel administration
16of the estate for the purpose of payment. This paragraph shall
17not bar recovery from the estate of a spouse, under Sections
181915 and 1924 of the Social Security Act and Section 5-4 of the
19Illinois Public Aid Code, who precedes a person receiving
20services under this Section in death. All moneys for services
21paid to or in behalf of the person under this Section shall be
22claimed for recovery from the deceased spouse's estate.
23"Homestead", as used in this paragraph, means the dwelling
24house and contiguous real estate occupied by a surviving spouse
25or relative, as defined by the rules and regulations of the
26Department of Healthcare and Family Services, regardless of the

 

 

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1value of the property.
2    The Department shall submit an annual report on programs
3and services provided under this Section. The report shall be
4filed with the Governor and the General Assembly on or before
5March 30 each year.
6    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
7be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
8the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
9Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
10Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
11required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
12Act, and filing additional copies with the State Government
13Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as required
14under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
15    (g) To establish such subdivisions of the Department as
16shall be desirable and assign to the various subdivisions the
17responsibilities and duties placed upon the Department by law.
18    (h) To cooperate and enter into any necessary agreements
19with the Department of Employment Security for the provision of
20job placement and job referral services to clients of the
21Department, including job service registration of such clients
22with Illinois Employment Security offices and making job
23listings maintained by the Department of Employment Security
24available to such clients.
25    (i) To possess all powers reasonable and necessary for the
26exercise and administration of the powers, duties and

 

 

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1responsibilities of the Department which are provided for by
2law.
3    (j) (Blank).
4    (k) (Blank).
5    (l) To establish, operate and maintain a Statewide Housing
6Clearinghouse of information on available, government
7subsidized housing accessible to disabled persons and
8available privately owned housing accessible to disabled
9persons. The information shall include but not be limited to
10the location, rental requirements, access features and
11proximity to public transportation of available housing. The
12Clearinghouse shall consist of at least a computerized database
13for the storage and retrieval of information and a separate or
14shared toll free telephone number for use by those seeking
15information from the Clearinghouse. Department offices and
16personnel throughout the State shall also assist in the
17operation of the Statewide Housing Clearinghouse. Cooperation
18with local, State and federal housing managers shall be sought
19and extended in order to frequently and promptly update the
20Clearinghouse's information.
21    (m) To assure that the names and case records of persons
22who received or are receiving services from the Department,
23including persons receiving vocational rehabilitation, home
24services, or other services, and those attending one of the
25Department's schools or other supervised facility shall be
26confidential and not be open to the general public. Those case

 

 

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1records and reports or the information contained in those
2records and reports shall be disclosed by the Director only to
3proper law enforcement officials, individuals authorized by a
4court, the General Assembly or any committee or commission of
5the General Assembly, and other persons and for reasons as the
6Director designates by rule. Disclosure by the Director may be
7only in accordance with other applicable law.
8(Source: P.A. 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 97-1019, eff. 8-17-12;
9revised 8-23-12.)
 
10    (Text of Section from P.A. 97-732 and 97-1158)
11    Sec. 3. Powers and duties. The Department shall have the
12powers and duties enumerated herein:
13    (a) To co-operate with the federal government in the
14administration of the provisions of the federal Rehabilitation
15Act of 1973, as amended, of the Workforce Investment Act of
161998, and of the federal Social Security Act to the extent and
17in the manner provided in these Acts.
18    (b) To prescribe and supervise such courses of vocational
19training and provide such other services as may be necessary
20for the habilitation and rehabilitation of persons with one or
21more disabilities, including the administrative activities
22under subsection (e) of this Section, and to co-operate with
23State and local school authorities and other recognized
24agencies engaged in habilitation, rehabilitation and
25comprehensive rehabilitation services; and to cooperate with

 

 

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1the Department of Children and Family Services regarding the
2care and education of children with one or more disabilities.
3    (c) (Blank).
4    (d) To report in writing, to the Governor, annually on or
5before the first day of December, and at such other times and
6in such manner and upon such subjects as the Governor may
7require. The annual report shall contain (1) a statement of the
8existing condition of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
9habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; (2) a statement
10of suggestions and recommendations with reference to the
11development of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
12habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; and (3) an
13itemized statement of the amounts of money received from
14federal, State and other sources, and of the objects and
15purposes to which the respective items of these several amounts
16have been devoted.
17    (e) (Blank).
18    (f) To establish a program of services to prevent
19unnecessary institutionalization of persons with Alzheimer's
20disease and related disorders or persons in need of long term
21care who are established as blind or disabled as defined by the
22Social Security Act, thereby enabling them to remain in their
23own homes or other living arrangements. Such preventive
24services may include, but are not limited to, any or all of the
25following:
26        (1) home health services;

 

 

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1        (2) home nursing services;
2        (3) homemaker services;
3        (4) chore and housekeeping services;
4        (5) day care services;
5        (6) home-delivered meals;
6        (7) education in self-care;
7        (8) personal care services;
8        (9) adult day health services;
9        (10) habilitation services;
10        (11) respite care; or
11        (12) other nonmedical social services that may enable
12    the person to become self-supporting.
13    The Department shall establish eligibility standards for
14such services taking into consideration the unique economic and
15social needs of the population for whom they are to be
16provided. Such eligibility standards may be based on the
17recipient's ability to pay for services; provided, however,
18that any portion of a person's income that is equal to or less
19than the "protected income" level shall not be considered by
20the Department in determining eligibility. The "protected
21income" level shall be determined by the Department, shall
22never be less than the federal poverty standard, and shall be
23adjusted each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price
24Index For All Urban Consumers as determined by the United
25States Department of Labor. The standards must provide that a
26person may have not more than $10,000 in assets to be eligible

 

 

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1for the services, and the Department may increase the asset
2limitation by rule. Additionally, in determining the amount and
3nature of services for which a person may qualify,
4consideration shall not be given to the value of cash, property
5or other assets held in the name of the person's spouse
6pursuant to a written agreement dividing marital property into
7equal but separate shares or pursuant to a transfer of the
8person's interest in a home to his spouse, provided that the
9spouse's share of the marital property is not made available to
10the person seeking such services.
11    The services shall be provided to eligible persons to
12prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization, to the
13extent that the cost of the services, together with the other
14personal maintenance expenses of the persons, are reasonably
15related to the standards established for care in a group
16facility appropriate to their condition. These
17non-institutional services, pilot projects or experimental
18facilities may be provided as part of or in addition to those
19authorized by federal law or those funded and administered by
20the Illinois Department on Aging. The Department shall set
21rates and fees for services in a fair and equitable manner.
22Services identical to those offered by the Department on Aging
23shall be paid at the same rate.
24    Personal care attendants shall be paid:
25        (i) A $5 per hour minimum rate beginning July 1, 1995.
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1    1997.
2        (iii) A $5.40 per hour minimum rate beginning July 1,
3    1998.
4    Solely for the purposes of coverage under the Illinois
5Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/), personal care
6attendants and personal assistants providing services under
7the Department's Home Services Program shall be considered to
8be public employees, and the State of Illinois shall be
9considered to be their employer as of the effective date of
10this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, but not
11before. Solely for the purposes of coverage under the Illinois
12Public Labor Relations Act, home care and home health workers
13who function as personal care attendants, personal assistants,
14and individual maintenance home health workers and who also
15provide services under the Department's Home Services Program
16shall be considered to be public employees, no matter whether
17the State provides such services through direct
18fee-for-service arrangements, with the assistance of a managed
19care organization or other intermediary, or otherwise, and the
20State of Illinois shall be considered to be the employer of
21those persons as of the effective date of this amendatory Act
22of the 97th General Assembly, but not before except as
23otherwise provided under this subsection (f). The State shall
24engage in collective bargaining with an exclusive
25representative of home care and home health workers who
26function as personal care attendants, personal assistants, and

 

 

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1individual maintenance home health workers working under the
2Home Services Program concerning their terms and conditions of
3employment that are within the State's control. Nothing in this
4paragraph shall be understood to limit the right of the persons
5receiving services defined in this Section to hire and fire
6home care and home health workers who function as personal care
7attendants, personal assistants, and individual maintenance
8home health workers working under the Home Services Program or
9to supervise them within the limitations set by the Home
10Services Program. The State shall not be considered to be the
11employer of home care and home health workers who function as
12personal care attendants, personal assistants, and individual
13maintenance home health workers working under the Home Services
14Program for any purposes not specifically provided in Public
15Act 93-204 or this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly,
16including but not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability
17in tort and purposes of statutory retirement or health
18insurance benefits. Home care and home health workers who
19function as personal care attendants, personal assistants, and
20individual maintenance home health workers and who also provide
21services under the Department's Home Services Program shall not
22be covered by the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
23(5 ILCS 375/).
24    Any home care and home health worker who functions as a
25personal care attendant, personal assistant, or individual
26maintenance home health worker and provides services under the

 

 

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1Department's Home Services Program shall complete standardized
2training as determined by the Department before enrollment
3under the Program. The training must be available in languages
4other than English and to those who need accommodations due to
5disabilities. Home care and home health worker training must
6include successful completion of the following training
7components: basic first aid, vulnerable adult, child
8maltreatment, OSHA universal precautions, and basic roles and
9responsibilities of home care and home health workers including
10information about assistance with lifting and transfers for
11Program recipients, emergency preparedness, orientation to
12positive behavioral practices, fraud issues, and completion of
13time sheets. Upon completion of the training components, the
14home care and home health worker must demonstrate the
15competency to provide assistance to Program recipients.
16    The Department shall execute, relative to the nursing home
17prescreening project, as authorized by Section 4.03 of the
18Illinois Act on the Aging, written inter-agency agreements with
19the Department on Aging and the Department of Public Aid (now
20Department of Healthcare and Family Services), to effect the
21following: (i) intake procedures and common eligibility
22criteria for those persons who are receiving non-institutional
23services; and (ii) the establishment and development of
24non-institutional services in areas of the State where they are
25not currently available or are undeveloped. On and after July
261, 1996, all nursing home prescreenings for individuals 18

 

 

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1through 59 years of age shall be conducted by the Department.
2    The Department is authorized to establish a system of
3recipient cost-sharing for services provided under this
4Section. The cost-sharing shall be based upon the recipient's
5ability to pay for services, but in no case shall the
6recipient's share exceed the actual cost of the services
7provided. Protected income shall not be considered by the
8Department in its determination of the recipient's ability to
9pay a share of the cost of services. The level of cost-sharing
10shall be adjusted each year to reflect changes in the
11"protected income" level. The Department shall deduct from the
12recipient's share of the cost of services any money expended by
13the recipient for disability-related expenses.
14    The Department, or the Department's authorized
15representative, shall recover the amount of moneys expended for
16services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
17Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
18estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery may be
19had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any, and
20then only at such time when there is no surviving child who is
21under age 21, blind, or permanently and totally disabled. This
22paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery, at the death of the
23person, of moneys for services provided to the person or in
24behalf of the person under this Section to which the person was
25not entitled; provided that such recovery shall not be enforced
26against any real estate while it is occupied as a homestead by

 

 

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1the surviving spouse or other dependent, if no claims by other
2creditors have been filed against the estate, or, if such
3claims have been filed, they remain dormant for failure of
4prosecution or failure of the claimant to compel administration
5of the estate for the purpose of payment. This paragraph shall
6not bar recovery from the estate of a spouse, under Sections
71915 and 1924 of the Social Security Act and Section 5-4 of the
8Illinois Public Aid Code, who precedes a person receiving
9services under this Section in death. All moneys for services
10paid to or in behalf of the person under this Section shall be
11claimed for recovery from the deceased spouse's estate.
12"Homestead", as used in this paragraph, means the dwelling
13house and contiguous real estate occupied by a surviving spouse
14or relative, as defined by the rules and regulations of the
15Department of Healthcare and Family Services, regardless of the
16value of the property.
17    The Department and the Department on Aging shall cooperate
18in the development and submission of an annual report on
19programs and services provided under this Section. Such joint
20report shall be filed with the Governor and the General
21Assembly on or before March 30 each year.
22    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
23be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
24the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
25Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
26Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as

 

 

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1required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
2Act, and filing additional copies with the State Government
3Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as required
4under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
5    (g) To establish such subdivisions of the Department as
6shall be desirable and assign to the various subdivisions the
7responsibilities and duties placed upon the Department by law.
8    (h) To cooperate and enter into any necessary agreements
9with the Department of Employment Security for the provision of
10job placement and job referral services to clients of the
11Department, including job service registration of such clients
12with Illinois Employment Security offices and making job
13listings maintained by the Department of Employment Security
14available to such clients.
15    (i) To possess all powers reasonable and necessary for the
16exercise and administration of the powers, duties and
17responsibilities of the Department which are provided for by
18law.
19    (j) To establish a procedure whereby new providers of
20personal care attendant services shall submit vouchers to the
21State for payment two times during their first month of
22employment and one time per month thereafter. In no case shall
23the Department pay personal care attendants an hourly wage that
24is less than the federal minimum wage.
25    (k) To provide adequate notice to providers of chore and
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1an interest payment on bills which are not promptly paid
2pursuant to Section 3 of the State Prompt Payment Act.
3    (l) To establish, operate and maintain a Statewide Housing
4Clearinghouse of information on available, government
5subsidized housing accessible to disabled persons and
6available privately owned housing accessible to disabled
7persons. The information shall include but not be limited to
8the location, rental requirements, access features and
9proximity to public transportation of available housing. The
10Clearinghouse shall consist of at least a computerized database
11for the storage and retrieval of information and a separate or
12shared toll free telephone number for use by those seeking
13information from the Clearinghouse. Department offices and
14personnel throughout the State shall also assist in the
15operation of the Statewide Housing Clearinghouse. Cooperation
16with local, State and federal housing managers shall be sought
17and extended in order to frequently and promptly update the
18Clearinghouse's information.
19    (m) To assure that the names and case records of persons
20who received or are receiving services from the Department,
21including persons receiving vocational rehabilitation, home
22services, or other services, and those attending one of the
23Department's schools or other supervised facility shall be
24confidential and not be open to the general public. Those case
25records and reports or the information contained in those
26records and reports shall be disclosed by the Director only to

 

 

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1proper law enforcement officials, individuals authorized by a
2court, the General Assembly or any committee or commission of
3the General Assembly, and other persons and for reasons as the
4Director designates by rule. Disclosure by the Director may be
5only in accordance with other applicable law.
6(Source: P.A. 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 97-1158, eff. 1-29-13;
7revised 2-21-13.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.