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91_HB2571
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 14-15.01.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 14-15.01 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/14-15.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-15.01)
8 Sec. 14-15.01. Community and Residential Services
9 Authority.
10 (a) (1) The Community and Residential Services Authority
11 is hereby created and shall consist of the following members:
12 A representative of the State Board of Education;
13 Three representatives of the Department of Human
14 Services;
15 A representative of the Department of Children and Family
16 Services;
17 A representative of the Department of Public Health;
18 A representative of the Department of Corrections;
19 A representative of the Department of Public Aid;
20 A representative of the Attorney General's Disability
21 Rights Advocacy Division;
22 The Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson of the House
23 and Senate Committees on Elementary and Secondary Education
24 or their designees; and
25 Six persons appointed by the Governor. Five of the such
26 appointees shall be experienced or knowledgeable relative to
27 provision of services for individuals with a behavior
28 disorder or a severe emotional disturbance and shall include
29 representatives of both the private and public sectors,
30 except that no more than 2 of those 5 appointees may be from
31 the public sector and at least 2 must be or have been
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1 directly involved in provision of services to such
2 individuals. The remaining member appointed by the Governor
3 shall be or shall have been a parent of an individual with a
4 behavior disorder or a severe emotional disturbance, and that
5 appointee may be from either the private or the public
6 sector.
7 (2) Members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed
8 for terms of 4 years and shall continue to serve until their
9 respective successors are appointed; provided that the terms
10 of the original appointees shall expire on August 1, 1990,
11 and the term of the additional member appointed under this
12 amendatory Act of 1992 shall commence upon the appointment
13 and expire August 1, 1994. Any vacancy in the office of a
14 member appointed by the Governor shall be filled by
15 appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the term.
16 A vacancy in the office of a member appointed by the
17 Governor exists when one or more of the following events
18 occur:
19 (i) An appointee dies;
20 (ii) An appointee files a written resignation with
21 the Governor;
22 (iii) An appointee ceases to be a legal resident of
23 the State of Illinois; or
24 (iv) An appointee fails to attend a majority of
25 regularly scheduled Authority meetings in a fiscal year.
26 Members who are representatives of an agency shall serve
27 at the will of the agency head. Membership on the Authority
28 shall cease immediately upon cessation of their affiliation
29 with the agency. If such a vacancy occurs, the appropriate
30 agency head shall appoint another person to represent the
31 agency.
32 If a legislative member of the Authority ceases to be
33 Chairperson or Minority Spokesperson of the designated
34 Committees, they shall automatically be replaced on the
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1 Authority by the person who assumes the position of
2 Chairperson or Minority Spokesperson.
3 (b) The Community and Residential Services Authority
4 shall have the following powers and duties:
5 (1) To conduct surveys to determine the extent of
6 need, the degree to which documented need is currently
7 being met and feasible alternatives for matching need
8 with resources.
9 (2) To develop policy statements for interagency
10 cooperation to cover all aspects of service delivery,
11 including laws, regulations and procedures, and clear
12 guidelines for determining responsibility at all times.
13 (3) To recommend policy statements and provide
14 information regarding effective programs for delivery of
15 services to all individuals with a behavior disorder or a
16 severe emotional disturbance in public or private
17 situations.
18 (4) To review the criteria for service eligibility,
19 provision and availability established by the
20 governmental agencies represented on this Authority, and
21 to recommend changes, additions or deletions to such
22 criteria.
23 (5) To develop and submit to the Governor, the
24 General Assembly, the Directors of the agencies
25 represented on the Authority, and the State Board of
26 Education a master plan for individuals with a behavior
27 disorder or a severe emotional disturbance, including
28 detailed plans of service ranging from the least to the
29 most restrictive options; and to assist local
30 communities, upon request, in developing or strengthening
31 collaborative interagency networks.
32 (6) To develop a process for making determinations
33 in situations where there is a dispute relative to a plan
34 of service for individuals or funding for a plan of
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1 service.
2 (7) To provide technical assistance to parents,
3 service consumers, providers, and member agency personnel
4 regarding statutory responsibilities of human service and
5 educational agencies, and to provide such assistance as
6 deemed necessary to appropriately access needed services.
7 (c) (1) The members of the Authority shall receive no
8 compensation for their services but shall be entitled to
9 reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred while
10 performing their duties.
11 (2) The Authority may appoint special study groups to
12 operate under the direction of the Authority and persons
13 appointed to such groups shall receive only reimbursement of
14 reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their
15 duties.
16 (3) The Authority shall elect from its membership a
17 chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary.
18 (4) The Authority may employ and fix the compensation of
19 such employees and technical assistants as it deems necessary
20 to carry out its powers and duties under this Act. Staff
21 assistance for the Authority shall be provided by the State
22 Board of Education.
23 (5) Funds for the ordinary and contingent expenses of
24 the Authority shall be appropriated to the State Board of
25 Education in a separate line item.
26 (d) (1) The Authority shall have power to promulgate
27 rules and regulations to carry out its powers and duties
28 under this Act.
29 (2) The Authority may accept monetary gifts or grants
30 from the federal government or any agency thereof, from any
31 charitable foundation or professional association or from any
32 other reputable source for implementation of any program
33 necessary or desirable to the carrying out of the general
34 purposes of the Authority. Such gifts and grants may be held
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1 in trust by the Authority and expended in the exercise of its
2 powers and performance of its duties as prescribed by law.
3 (3) The Authority shall submit an annual report of its
4 activities and expenditures to the Governor, the General
5 Assembly, the directors of agencies represented on the
6 Authority, and the State Superintendent of Education.
7 (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97;
8 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)