Bill Title: Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Human Services shall appoint a Community Regulatory Advisory Board to consult with the Department. Provides for Advisory Board membership. Requires that the Advisory Board meet at least 4 times each year. Provides that the Advisory Board shall advise the Department on all aspects of the Department's responsibilities under the Act, including the format and content of any rules proposed by the Division of Developmental Disabilities, as requested by the Department. Provides that with certain exceptions, no rule of the Department implementing the Act that is proposed by the Department on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is valid or effective against any person or party, nor may it be invoked by the Department for any purpose, unless the Department has first sought the advice of the Advisory Board with respect to that rule. Provides that if the Department requests the Advisory Board's advice with respect to a proposed rule, and if the Advisory Board fails to advise the Department as to that proposed rule within 90 days after the Department's request, the Advisory Board shall be deemed to have given its approval of that proposed rule. Provides for Department staff and technical support to the Advisory Board. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0531 [SB1655 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator William Haine [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Delgado [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Elgie Sims [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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