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92_HB2229
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1 AN ACT concerning the administration of mental health and
2 developmental disabilities services.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
6 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
7 31b as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 1705/31b new)
9 Sec. 31b. Individuals waiting for community-based
10 services. The Department shall collect and maintain
11 information on the number of individuals with developmental
12 disabilities who have requested (either themselves or through
13 a parent or guardian) and are waiting for community-based
14 services that are funded through grants from the Department
15 to, and contracts with the Department and, local school
16 districts, individual service coordination organizations, and
17 community-based organizations. The information shall
18 include, but is not limited to, the following:
19 (1) The number of those individuals waiting for
20 community-based residential services such as Community
21 Integrated Living Arrangements, supported apartments,
22 supported living, and other community living
23 arrangements.
24 (2) The number of those individuals waiting for
25 services from intermediate care facilities for the
26 developmentally disabled.
27 (3) The number of those individuals waiting for
28 services from day and vocational programs such as day
29 activity programs, adult day care, developmental
30 training, sheltered workshops, supported employment, job
31 placement, and other day programs.
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1 (4) The number of those individuals waiting for
2 family support services, respite care, personal
3 assistance services, case management services, and other
4 services not included in paragraph (3).
5 (5) The ages of those individuals waiting for
6 services under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4).
7 (6) The ages of the parents of those individuals
8 waiting for services under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and
9 (4).
10 (7) The Representative Districts in which those
11 individuals waiting for services live.
12 The information shall be updated annually. The information
13 collected shall be limited to information about individuals
14 who are eligible for services at the time of request or who
15 will be eligible to receive services within 12 months after
16 the date services are requested. The Department shall, on
17 request, make the information available to other agencies
18 serving persons with developmental disabilities.
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.