Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2005	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

20 ILCS 1705/72 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish in DuPage County 2 group homes, each housing 4 residents with similar diagnoses of mental illness and requiring similar intermittent care. Provides for rental of the homes to a third party who will provide necessary services to the residents of the homes.

House Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the trustee of a special needs trust established in part to provide a permanent residence for a person with mental illness may establish a group home housing up to 4 residents with similar diagnoses of mental illness and requiring similar intermittent care. Provides that the trustee shall rent the home to a provider of services for the mentally ill at a fair market rental value as determined by the county housing authority. Requires the Department of Human Services to contract with the service provider who rents the home to provide all necessary and customary services to the residents of the home. Requires the Department and the service provider to take steps to enroll the residents in Medicaid.

House Amendment No. 2

	Deletes reference to:
	20 ILCS 1705/72 new

	Adds reference to:
	210 ILCS 135/3

Deletes everything. Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. In the definition of "community-integrated living arrangement", adds the following as an additional example: "special needs trust-supported residential care", a living arrangement where recipients are supervised by on-site staff and that supervision is provided 24 hours per day or less, as dictated by the needs of the recipients, and determined by service providers. Provides that "special needs trust" means a trust for the benefit of a disabled beneficiary as described in the Trusts and Trustees Act.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/20/2003	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
2/20/2003	House	First Reading
2/20/2003	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/26/2003	House	Assigned to Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee
3/4/2003	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
3/6/2003	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee
3/6/2003	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; by Voice Vote
3/6/2003	House	Remains in Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee
3/11/2003	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
3/12/2003	House	House Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee
3/12/2003	House	House Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; by Voice Vote
3/12/2003	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; 008-000-000
3/12/2003	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/12/2003	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Art Tenhouse
3/18/2003	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/18/2003	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/20/2003	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
3/20/2003	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
3/20/2003	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
3/20/2003	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
3/21/2003	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/21/2003	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2003
4/7/2003	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
4/8/2003	Senate	First Reading
4/8/2003	Senate	Referred to Rules
5/4/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
1/11/2005	House	Session Sine Die

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