Full Text of HR0410 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On June 22, 1999, in Olmstead v. L.C., the United | 3 | | States Supreme Court held that the unjustified segregation of | 4 | | persons with disabilities constitutes discrimination in | 5 | | violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Olmstead ruling held that a person with a | 8 | | disability has the right to receive State-funded services and | 9 | | supports in the community rather than in an institution when | 10 | | the person's treatment professionals determine that the person | 11 | | is appropriate for community-based services, the person is not | 12 | | opposed to community-based services, and the provision of | 13 | | community-based services to the individual is a reasonable | 14 | | accommodation and not a fundamental alteration of the State's | 15 | | services; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In 2011, the State of Illinois entered into a | 17 | | consent decree in settlement of the Ligas class action lawsuit | 18 | | that was based upon the Olmstead decision and filed on behalf | 19 | | of a class of persons with developmental disabilities who were | 20 | | residing in private, State-funded facilities of nine or more | 21 | | persons or who were at risk of being placed in such facilities; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Illinois ranks 47th out of 50 states in annual | 2 | | spending for community-based services and supports; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has the second highest number of persons | 4 | | with intellectual or developmental disabilities living in | 5 | | institutions, exceeded only by Texas; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Almost 20,000 persons with intellectual or | 7 | | developmental disabilities are on the waiting list for | 8 | | developmental disabilities services in Illinois, including | 9 | | almost 7,500 who want services immediately; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Going Home Coalition is a statewide Illinois | 11 | | network of self-advocates, family members, educators, | 12 | | advocates, and community leaders who support person-centered | 13 | | and responsive programs and systems that ensure persons with | 14 | | disabilities in Illinois the opportunity to live full and | 15 | | dignified lives in their own homes with full integration into | 16 | | their communities; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Going Home Coalition commemorates the 20th | 18 | | anniversary of the Olmstead decision on June 22, 2019; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Twenty years after Olmstead, the State of Illinois | 20 | | continues to isolate and segregate persons with intellectual or | 21 | | developmental disabilities to a higher degree than most other |
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| 1 | | states; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we declare June 22, 2019 as Olmstead 20th Anniversary Day in | 5 | | the State of Illinois, and we urge the citizens of Illinois to | 6 | | recognize that day and be aware of its significance to persons | 7 | | with disabilities in Illinois; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the Going Home Coalition as a symbol of our | 10 | | respect and esteem.
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