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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 252
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 252 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is
5 amended by adding Section 10-26 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 1305/10-26 new)
7 Sec. 10-26. Disability database.
8 (a) The Department of Human Services shall compile and
9 maintain a cross-disability database of Illinois residents
10 with a disability who are potentially in need of disability
11 services funded by the Department. The database shall consist
12 of individuals with mental illness, physical disabilities,
13 and developmental disabilities, and shall include, but not be
14 limited to, individuals transitioning from special education
15 to adulthood, individuals in State-operated facilities,
16 individuals in private nursing and residential facilities,
17 and individuals in community integrated living arrangements.
18 Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory
19 Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Secretary of Human
20 Services shall seek input from advisory bodies to the
21 Department, including advisory councils and committees
22 working with the Department in the areas of mental illness,
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1 physical disabilities, and developmental disabilities. The
2 database shall be operational by July 1, 2004. The
3 information collected and maintained for the disability
4 database shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
5 (i) the types of services of which the individual is
6 potentially in need; (ii) demographic and identifying
7 information about the individual; (iii) factors indicating
8 need, including diagnoses, assessment information, age of
9 primary caregivers, and current living situation; (iv) if
10 applicable, the date information about the individual is
11 submitted for inclusion in the database and the types of
12 services sought by the individual; and (v) the representative
13 district in which the individual resides. In collecting and
14 maintaining information under this Section, the Department
15 shall give consideration to cost-effective appropriate
16 services for individuals.
17 (b) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
18 does not create any new entitlement to a service, program, or
19 benefit, but shall not affect any entitlement to a service,
20 program, or benefit created by any other law. Except for a
21 service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a
22 service, program, or benefit provided as a result of the
23 collection and maintenance of the disability database shall
24 be subject to appropriations made by the General Assembly.
25 (c) The Department, consistent with applicable federal
26 and State law, shall make general information from the
27 disability database available to the public such as: (i) the
28 number of individuals potentially in need of each type of
29 service, program, or benefit and (ii) the general
30 characteristics of those individuals. The Department shall
31 protect the confidentiality of each individual in the
32 database when releasing database information by not
33 disclosing any personally identifying information.
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1 Section 99. Effective Date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.".