Public Act 095-0251
 
SB0051 Enrolled LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b

    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
by changing Section 10-26 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 1305/10-26)
    Sec. 10-26. Disability database.
    (a) The Department of Human Services shall compile and
maintain a cross-disability database of Illinois residents
with a disability who are potentially in need of disability
services funded by the Department. The database shall consist
of individuals with mental illness, physical disabilities, and
developmental disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders and
shall include, but not be limited to, individuals transitioning
from special education to adulthood, individuals in
State-operated facilities, individuals in private nursing and
residential facilities, and individuals in community
integrated living arrangements. Within 30 days after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly, the Secretary of Human Services shall seek input from
advisory bodies to the Department, including advisory councils
and committees working with the Department in the areas of
mental illness, physical disabilities, and developmental
disabilities. The database shall be operational by July 1,
2004. The information collected and maintained for the
disability database shall include, but is not limited to, the
following: (i) the types of services of which the individual is
potentially in need; (ii) demographic and identifying
information about the individual; (iii) factors indicating
need, including diagnoses, assessment information, age of
primary caregivers, and current living situation; (iv) if
applicable, the date information about the individual is
submitted for inclusion in the database and the types of
services sought by the individual; and (v) the representative
district in which the individual resides. In collecting and
maintaining information under this Section, the Department
shall give consideration to cost-effective appropriate
services for individuals.
    (b) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly does
not create any new entitlement to a service, program, or
benefit, but shall not affect any entitlement to a service,
program, or benefit created by any other law. Except for a
service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a service,
program, or benefit provided as a result of the collection and
maintenance of the disability database shall be subject to
appropriations made by the General Assembly.
    (c) The Department, consistent with applicable federal and
State law, shall make general information from the disability
database available to the public such as: (i) the number of
individuals potentially in need of each type of service,
program, or benefit and (ii) the general characteristics of
those individuals. The Department shall protect the
confidentiality of each individual in the database when
releasing database information by not disclosing any
personally identifying information.
(Source: P.A. 93-503, eff. 8-11-03.)
 
    Section 10. The Developmental Disability and Mental
Disability Services Act is amended by adding Section 5-4 as
follows:
 
    (405 ILCS 80/5-4 new)
    Sec. 5-4. Home and Community-Based Services Waivers;
autism spectrum disorder. A person diagnosed with an autism
spectrum disorder may be assessed for eligibility for services
under Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for persons
with developmental disabilities, without regard to whether
that person is also diagnosed with mental retardation, so long
as the person otherwise meets applicable level-of-care
criteria under those waivers. This amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly does not create any new entitlement to a
service, program, or benefit, but shall not affect any
entitlement to a service, program, or benefit created by any
other law.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.