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| Public Act 101-0284
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| HB3483 Enrolled | LRB101 07274 KTG 52313 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
by changing Section 10-26 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1305/10-26)
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Sec. 10-26. The PUNS database Disability database.
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(a) The Department of Human Services shall compile and |
maintain a database of Illinois residents with an intellectual |
disability or a developmental disability, including an autism |
spectrum disorder, and Illinois residents with an intellectual |
disability or a developmental disability who are also diagnosed |
with a physical disability or mental illness and are in need of |
developmental disability services funded by the Department. |
The database shall be referred to as the Prioritization of |
Urgency of Need
for Services (PUNS) and shall include, but not |
be limited to, children and youth, individuals transitioning |
from special education to post-secondary activities, |
individuals living at home or in the community, individuals in |
private nursing and residential facilities, and individuals in |
intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental |
disabilities. Individuals who are receiving services under any |
home and community-based services waiver program authorized |
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under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act may remain on |
the PUNS database until they are offered services through a |
PUNS selection or demonstrate the need for and are awarded |
alternative services. |
(b) The PUNS database shall be used to foster a fair and |
orderly process for processing applications for developmental |
disabilities services funded by the Department, verifying |
information, keeping individuals and families who have applied |
for services informed of available services and anticipated |
wait times, determining unmet need, and informing the General |
Assembly and the Governor of unmet need statewide and within |
each representative district. |
(c) Independent service coordination agencies shall be the |
points of entry for individuals and families applying for |
developmental disability services funded by the Department. |
The information collected and maintained for PUNS shall |
include, but is not limited to, the following: (i) the types of |
services of which the individual is potentially in need; (ii) |
demographic and identifying information about the individual; |
(iii) factors indicating need, including diagnoses, assessment |
information, ages of primary caregivers, and current living |
situation; (iv) the date information about the individual is |
submitted for inclusion in PUNS, and the types of services |
sought by the individual; and (v) the representative district |
in which the individual resides. In collecting and maintaining |
information under this Section, the Department shall give |
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consideration to cost-effective appropriate services for |
individuals. |
(d) The Department shall respond to inquiries about |
anticipated PUNS selection dates and make available a |
Department e-mail address for such inquiries. Subject to |
appropriation, the Department shall offer a web-based |
verification and information-update application. The |
Department shall make all reasonable efforts to contact |
individuals on the PUNS database at least 2 times each year and |
provide information about the PUNS process, information |
regarding services that may be available to them prior to the |
time they are selected from PUNS, and advice on preparing for |
and seeking developmental disability services. At least one of |
the contacts must be from an independent service coordination |
agency. The Department may contact individuals on the PUNS |
database through a newsletter prepared by the Division of |
Developmental Disabilities. The Department shall provide |
information about PUNS to the general public on its website. |
(e) This amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly does |
not create any new entitlement to a service, program, or |
benefit but shall not affect any entitlement to a service, |
program, or benefit created by any other law. Except for a |
service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a service, |
program, or benefit provided as a result of the collection and |
maintenance of PUNS shall be subject to appropriations made by |
the General Assembly. |
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(f) The Department, consistent with applicable federal and |
State law, shall make general information about PUNS available |
to the public such as: (i) the number of individuals |
potentially in need of each type of service, program, or |
benefit; and (ii) the general characteristics of those |
individuals. The Department shall protect the confidentiality |
of each individual in PUNS when releasing database information |
by not disclosing any personally identifying information. |
(g) The Department shall allow an individual who is: |
(1) a legal resident; |
(2) a dependent of a military service member; and |
(3) absent from the State due to the member's military |
service; |
to be added to PUNS to indicate the need for services upon |
return to the State. If the individual is selected from PUNS to |
receive services, the individual shall have 6 months from the |
date of the selection notification to apply for services and |
another 6 months to commence using the services. If an |
individual is receiving services funded by the Department and |
the services are disrupted due to the military service member's |
need for the individual to leave the State because of the |
member's military service, the services shall be resumed upon |
the individual's return to the State if the individual is |
otherwise eligible. No payment made in accordance with this |
Section or Section 12-4.47 of the Illinois Public Aid Code |
shall be made for home and community based services provided |
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outside the State of Illinois. The individual is required to |
provide the following to the Department: |
(i) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or |
other equivalent discharge paperwork; and |
(ii) proof of the military service member's legal |
residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department. |
(a) The Department of Human Services shall compile and |
maintain a
cross-disability database of Illinois residents |
with a disability who are
potentially
in need of disability |
services funded by the Department. The database shall
consist |
of individuals with mental illness, physical disabilities,
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developmental
disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders and |
shall include, but not be limited to, individuals
transitioning |
from
special education to adulthood, individuals in |
State-operated facilities, individuals
in private nursing and |
residential facilities, and individuals in community
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integrated living arrangements. Within 30 days after the |
effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General |
Assembly, the Secretary of Human Services
shall seek input from |
advisory bodies to the Department, including advisory
councils |
and committees working with the Department in the areas of |
mental
illness, physical disabilities, and developmental |
disabilities. The database
shall be
operational by July 1, |
2004. The information collected and maintained for the
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disability database shall include, but is not limited to, the |
following: (i)
the types of
services of which the individual is |
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potentially in need; (ii) demographic and
identifying |
information about the individual; (iii) factors indicating |
need,
including
diagnoses, assessment information, age of |
primary caregivers, and current
living
situation; (iv) if |
applicable, the date information about the individual is
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submitted for inclusion in the database and
the
types of |
services sought by the individual; and (v) the representative
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district
in which the individual resides. In collecting and |
maintaining information
under
this Section, the Department |
shall give consideration to cost-effective
appropriate |
services for individuals.
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(b) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly does |
not create
any new entitlement to a service, program, or |
benefit, but shall not affect any
entitlement to a service, |
program, or benefit created by any other law. Except
for
a |
service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a service, |
program, or
benefit provided as a result of the collection and |
maintenance of the
disability
database shall be subject to |
appropriations made by the General Assembly.
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(c) The Department, consistent with applicable federal and |
State law, shall
make general information from the disability
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database available to the public such as: (i) the number of |
individuals
potentially
in need of each type of service, |
program, or benefit and (ii) the general
characteristics of |
those individuals. The Department shall protect the
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confidentiality of each individual in the database when |
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releasing database
information by
not disclosing any |
personally identifying information.
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(d) The Department shall allow legal residents who are |
dependents of a military service member and who are absent from |
the State due to the member's military service to be added to |
the database to indicate the need for services upon return to |
the State. Should an individual in such a situation be selected |
from the database to receive services, the individual shall |
have 6 months from the date of the selection notification to |
apply for services and another 6 months to commence using such |
services. In the event an individual is receiving services |
funded by the Department and the services are disrupted due to |
the military service member's need for the individual to leave |
the State because of his or her military service, the services |
shall be resumed upon the individual's return to the State if |
the dependent is otherwise eligible. No payment pursuant to |
this Section or Section 12-4.47 of the Illinois Public Aid Code |
shall be made for home and community based services provided |
outside the State of Illinois. A dependent of a military |
service member shall be required to provide the Department |
with: |
(1) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or |
other equivalent discharge paperwork; and |
(2) proof of the military service member's legal |
residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department. |
(Source: P.A. 98-1000, eff. 8-18-14.)
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