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92_SB1801
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1 AN ACT concerning the Department of Human Services.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is
5 amended by adding Section 10-30 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 1305/10-30 new)
7 Sec. 10-30. Disability database. The Department of
8 Human Services shall contract with an entity experienced in
9 applied research to compile a cross-disability database of
10 disabled Illinois residents who are potential beneficiaries
11 of the "most integrated setting" requirement of the Americans
12 with Disabilities Act as construed by the United States
13 Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel Zimring, 119 S. Ct.
14 2176 (1999). Within 30 days after the effective date of this
15 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the Secretary of
16 Human Services shall appoint a 7-member cross-disability
17 advisory committee to make recommendations to the Department
18 regarding the compilation of the database. The advisory
19 committee members shall receive no compensation but may be
20 reimbursed for reasonable expenses actually incurred in the
21 performance of their duties.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.