100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB3300
 
Introduced 2/16/2018, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
405 ILCS 80/Art. XII heading new
405 ILCS 80/12-1 new
405 ILCS 80/12-5 new

     Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall:  (1)   oversee the transition of adult persons with developmental disabilities in the  State who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities with 9 or more residents, and who affirmatively request to receive community-based services or placement in a community-based setting; and (2)   oversee the transition of adult persons with developmental disabilities in the State who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in a family home, who are in need of community-based services or placement in a community-based setting, and who affirmatively request community-based services or placement in a community-based setting.  Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Developmental Disability and Mental 
5Disability Services Act is amended  by adding Article XII as 
6follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 80/Art. XII heading new)
8
ARTICLE XII.  COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH 
9
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

 
10    (405 ILCS 80/12-1 new)
11    Sec. 12-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to 
12provide an opportunity for persons with developmental 
13disabilities who reside in private, State-funded facilities of 
149 or more persons, or persons who are at risk of being placed 
15in those facilities, to receive community-based services or 
16placement in a community-based setting.
 
17    (405 ILCS 80/12-5 new)
18    Sec. 12-5. Community-based services for persons with 
19developmental disabilities.  The Department of Human Services 
20shall:
21        (1)   Oversee the transition of adult persons with 
 
 
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1    developmental disabilities in this State who qualify for 
2    Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in intermediate care 
3    facilities for persons with developmental disabilities 
4    with 9 or more residents, and who affirmatively request to 
5    receive community-based services or placement in a 
6    community-based setting.
7        (2)   Oversee the transition of adult persons with 
8    developmental disabilities in this State who qualify for 
9    Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in a family home, who 
10    are in need of community-based services or placement in a 
11    community-based setting, and who affirmatively request 
12    community-based services or placement in a community-based 
13    setting.
 
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.