Full Text of HB1345 94th General Assembly
HB1345 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1345
Introduced 02/09/05, by Rep. David E. Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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405 ILCS 30/4.4 new |
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405 ILCS 30/4.5 new |
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Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that whenever any appropriation,
or any portion of an appropriation, for any fiscal year relating to the funding
of any State-operated facility operated by the Office of Developmental
Disabilities
within the Department of Human Services or any mental health facility
operated by the Office of Mental Health within the Department is reduced
because of any of the following reasons, those moneys must be directed
toward providing other services and supports for persons with developmental
disabilities or mental health needs: (1) closing of a State-operated
facility; (2) reduction in the number of units or available beds in a State-operated
facility; or (3) reduction in the number of staff at a State-operated
facility.
Provides that in determining whether any savings are realized from
closure of a
State-operated facility or a reduction in the number of units, available beds,
or staff,
sufficient moneys shall be made available to ensure that there is an
appropriate level of
staffing and that life, safety, and care concerns are addressed so as to
provide for the
remaining persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness at
State-operated
facilities. Provides that the plan for using any savings realized from such a closure or
reduction must be shared and discussed with advocates, advocacy organizations, and
advisory groups whose mission includes advocacy for persons with developmental
disabilities or persons with mental illness.
Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT in relation to health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by adding | 5 |
| Sections 4.4 and
4.5 as follows:
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| (405 ILCS 30/4.4 new)
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| Sec. 4.4. Funding reinvestment.
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| (a) The purposes of this Section are as follows:
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| (1) The General Assembly recognizes that the United | 10 |
| States Supreme
Court in Olmstead v. L.C. ex Rel. Zimring, | 11 |
| 119 S. Ct. 2176 (1999), affirmed
that the unjustifiable | 12 |
| institutionalization of a person with a disability who
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| could live in the community with proper support, and wishes | 14 |
| to do so, is
unlawful discrimination in violation of the | 15 |
| Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA). The State of | 16 |
| Illinois, along with all other states, is required to
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| provide appropriate residential and community-based | 18 |
| support services to persons
with disabilities who wish to | 19 |
| live in a less restrictive setting.
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| (2) It is the purpose of this Section to help fulfill | 21 |
| the State's
obligations under the Olmstead decision by | 22 |
| maximizing the level of funds for
both developmental | 23 |
| disability and mental health services and supports in order
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| to maintain and create an array of residential and | 25 |
| supportive services for
people with mental health needs and | 26 |
| developmental disabilities whenever they
are
transferred | 27 |
| into another facility or a community-based setting.
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| (b) In this Section:
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| "Office of Developmental Disabilities" means the Office of | 30 |
| Developmental
Disabilities within the Department of Human | 31 |
| Services.
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| "Office of Mental Health" means the Office of Mental Health |
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| within the
Department of Human Services.
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| (c) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 3 |
| of the 94th
General Assembly, every appropriation of State | 4 |
| moneys relating to funding for
the Office of Developmental | 5 |
| Disabilities or the Office of Mental Health must
comply with | 6 |
| this Section.
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| (d) Whenever any appropriation, or any portion of an | 8 |
| appropriation, for any
fiscal year relating to the funding of | 9 |
| any State-operated facility operated by
the Office of | 10 |
| Developmental Disabilities or any mental health facility | 11 |
| operated
by the Office of Mental Health is reduced because of | 12 |
| any of the reasons set
forth in the following items (1) through | 13 |
| (3), to the extent that savings are
realized from these items, | 14 |
| those moneys must be directed toward providing
other services | 15 |
| and supports for persons with developmental disabilities or
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| mental health needs:
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| (1) The closing of any such State-operated facility for | 18 |
| the
developmentally disabled or mental health facility.
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| (2) Reduction in the number of units or available beds | 20 |
| in any such State-operated
facility for the | 21 |
| developmentally disabled or mental health facility.
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| (3) Reduction in the number of staff employed in any | 23 |
| such State-operated
facility for the developmentally | 24 |
| disabled or mental health facility. | 25 |
| In determining whether any savings are realized from items | 26 |
| (1) through
(3),
sufficient moneys shall be made available to | 27 |
| ensure that there is an
appropriate level of
staffing and that | 28 |
| life, safety, and care concerns are addressed so as to
provide | 29 |
| for the
remaining persons with developmental disabilities or | 30 |
| mental illness at any
facility in the
case of item (2) or (3) | 31 |
| or, in the case of item (1), such remaining persons at
the
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| remaining State-operated facilities that will be expected to | 33 |
| handle the
individuals
previously served at the closed | 34 |
| facility.
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| (e) The purposes of redirecting this funding shall include, | 36 |
| but not be
limited to, providing the following services and |
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| supports for individuals with
developmental disabilities and | 2 |
| mental health needs:
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| (1) Residence in the most integrated setting possible, | 4 |
| whether independent
living in a private residence, a | 5 |
| Community Integrated Living Arrangement
(CILA), a | 6 |
| supported residential program, an Intermediate Care | 7 |
| Facility for
persons with Developmental Disabilities | 8 |
| (ICFDD), a supervised residential
program, or supportive | 9 |
| housing, as appropriate.
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| (2) Residence in another State-operated facility.
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| (3) Rehabilitation and support services, including | 12 |
| assertive community
treatment, case management, supportive | 13 |
| and supervised day treatment, and
psychosocial | 14 |
| rehabilitation.
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| (4) Vocational or developmental training, as | 16 |
| appropriate, that contributes
to the person's independence | 17 |
| and employment potential.
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| (5) Employment or supported employment, as | 19 |
| appropriate, free from
discrimination pursuant to the | 20 |
| Constitution and laws of this State.
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| (6) In-home family supports, such as respite services | 22 |
| and client and
family supports.
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| (7) Periodic reevaluation, as needed.
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| (f) An appropriation may not circumvent the purposes of | 25 |
| this Section by
transferring moneys within the funding system | 26 |
| for services and supports for the
developmentally disabled and | 27 |
| mentally ill and then compensating for this
transfer by | 28 |
| redirecting other moneys away from these services to provide
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| funding for some other governmental purpose or to relieve other | 30 |
| State funding
expenditures.
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| (405 ILCS 30/4.5 new)
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| Sec. 4.5. Consultation with advisory and advocacy groups.
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| Whenever any
appropriation, or any part of an appropriation, | 34 |
| for any fiscal year relating to
the funding
of (i) a | 35 |
| State-operated facility operated by the Office of |
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| Developmental
Disabilities
within the Department of Human | 2 |
| Services or (ii) a mental health facility
operated by the
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| Office of Mental Health within the Department of Human Services | 4 |
| is reduced
because of
any of the reasons set forth in items (1) | 5 |
| through (3) of subsection (d) of
Section 4.4, the
plan for | 6 |
| using any savings realized from those items (1) through (3) | 7 |
| shall be
shared and
discussed with advocates, advocacy | 8 |
| organizations, and advisory groups whose
mission
includes | 9 |
| advocacy for persons with developmental disabilities or | 10 |
| persons with
mental
illness.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 |
| becoming law. |
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