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HR0109 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental
3Disabilities believe that every person with a developmental
4disability, supported appropriately, can live safe,
5meaningful, and connected lives in their home community; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Persons with disabilities have been historically
7isolated and segregated from their home communities, often in
8institutional settings, and Illinois currently
9institutionalizes more people with developmental disabilities
10than 47 other states; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court decreed in
12Olmstead v. L.C., on June 22, 1999, that the unjustified
13institutionalization of people with disabilities is illegal
14discrimination, and the decision was affirmed in Illinois by
15the U.S. District Court in Ligas v. Harnos on June 15, 2011;
16therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
18HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19declare June 22, 2017 and 2018 as "Illinois Community Living
20Day" in the State of Illinois, and we urge the citizens of
21Illinois to celebrate with both service and awareness; and be
22it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
2presented to Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental
3Disabilities Board Members Laurie Jerue, Ellen Garber
4Bronfeld, and Deb Hamilton.