Bill Title: Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Removes persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders from the list of persons receiving services under the Act. Changes the type of preventive services the Department may establish to prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of persons in need of long term care who meet the criteria for blindness or disability as defined under the Social Security Act. Removes language allowing the Department to base eligibility standards on the recipient's ability to pay. Removes language concerning the Department's authority to establish a system of recipient cost sharing; provider vouchers; interest payments to providers of chore and housekeeping services; and other matters. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1019 [SB1351 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator David Koehler [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gregory Harris [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Al Riley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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