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91_SJ0061
LRB9113452CBcbA
1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Community-based human service providers, serving
3 individuals with developmental disabilities in Intermediate
4 Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD) and
5 Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
6 Disabled-Developmental Training (ICF/DD-DT) programs in Will,
7 Grundy, Kankakee, and Kendall counties are grouped by the
8 State of Illinois into Health Service Area IX; and
9 WHEREAS, Community-based human service providers serving
10 individuals with developmental disabilities in Intermediate
11 Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled and
12 Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
13 Disabled-Developmental Training programs in the City of
14 Chicago, Cook, DuPage, McHenry, Lake, and Kane counties are
15 grouped by the State of Illinois into Health Service Areas
16 VI, VII, and VIII; and
17 WHEREAS, For planning purposes, the federal government
18 with the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA)
19 includes Health Service Area IX along with Health Service
20 Area VI, VII, and VIII; and
21 WHEREAS, The State government, for planning purposes, has
22 grouped geographic areas based on population, socio-economic,
23 and utilization statistics, and has included Health Service
24 Area IX along with Health Service Area VI, VII, and VIII; and
25 WHEREAS, The capital rate component, which is the
26 reimbursement amount for the building costs in which the
27 Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled
28 and Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
29 Disabled-Developmental Training services are rendered, is the
30 same for Health Service Areas VI, VII, and VIII as it is for
31 IX; and
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1 WHEREAS, Will County is the fourth largest county in
2 Illinois, the fastest growing county in Illinois and a collar
3 county with a median household income higher than some
4 counties in Health Service Areas VI, VII, and VIII; and
5 WHEREAS, Community-based human service providers in
6 Health Service Area IX serving individuals with developmental
7 disabilities in Intermediate Care Facilities for the
8 Developmentally Disabled and Intermediate Care Facilities for
9 the Developmentally Disabled-Developmental Training programs
10 are funded far less for staff wages and other program costs
11 than community-based human service providers in Health
12 Service Areas VI, VII, and VIII; and
13 WHEREAS, This inequity in funding for staff wages and
14 other program related costs results in problems in staff
15 recruitment and retention; and
16 WHEREAS, Including community-based human service
17 providers serving people with developmental disabilities in
18 Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled
19 and Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
20 Disabled-Development Training programs in Health Service Area
21 IX, with Health Service Areas VI, VII, and VIII, for the
22 funding of wages and other program related costs will enable
23 providers in Health Service Area IX to provide continuity of
24 services for persons with developmental disabilities because
25 turnover of staff will be reduced; therefore, be it
26 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
27 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
28 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we respectfully urge
29 the Governor, the Director of Public Aid, and the Secretary
30 of Human Services to take appropriate steps through the
31 rule-making process, by November 15, 2000, to include
32 community-based human service providers located in Health
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1 Service Area IX along with VI, VII, and VIII for the funding
2 rate determination for staff wages and other related program
3 expenses in Intermediate Care Facilities for the
4 Developmentally Disabled and Intermediate Care Facilities for
5 the Developmentally Disabled-Development Training programs;
6 and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
8 delivered to the Governor, the Secretary of Human Services,
9 the Director of Public Aid, the Director of Public Health,
10 and the members of the Joint Committee on Administrative
11 Rules.