Bill Text: IL HB4011 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Community Services Act. Removes language requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a Family Support Services Voucher Pilot Program and instead requires the Department to coordinate and fund the Voucher Respite Program. Provides that the Voucher Respite Program shall be a subset of specified programs with the exception that administration of the Program shall not be limited to agencies that provide respite services. Provides that the purpose of the Program is to increase the number of families who are able to access respite services; provide families with greater flexibility over services; and prevent or delay the need for more intensive long-term care and support. Makes other conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4011 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4011-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4011 Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
405 ILCS 30/4.3
Amends the Community Services Act. Removes language requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a Family Support Services Voucher Pilot Program and instead requires the Department to coordinate and fund the Voucher Respite Program. Provides that the Voucher Respite Program shall be a subset of specified programs with the exception that administration of the Program shall not be limited to agencies that provide respite services. Provides that the purpose of the Program is to increase the number of families who are able to access respite services; provide families with greater flexibility over services; and prevent or delay the need for more intensive long-term care and support. Makes other conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2021.
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AN ACT concerning mental health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by
changing Section 4.3 as follows:
(405 ILCS 30/4.3)
Sec. 4.3. Voucher Respite Program Family Support Services
Voucher Pilot Program.
(a) In this Section:
"Family member" means a family member as defined by rules
adopted by the Department of Human Services.
"Voucher respite services" "Family support services" means
the services and activities described in subsection (d).
(b) The Department of Human Services shall coordinate and
fund the establish a Family Support Services Voucher Respite
Pilot Program which shall be a subset conversion of the
programs program defined in Section 4.1 with the exception
that administration of the Voucher Respite Program shall not
be limited to agencies that provide respite services. The
Voucher Respite Program may be administered by entities
meeting the standards outlined by the Department. The
Department shall establish Voucher Respite contracts with
community entities throughout the State in order to meet the

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service needs of families. The Department may establish no
more than 5 pilot programs.
(c) The purpose of the Voucher Respite Program the pilot
program is to do the following:
(1) Increase the number of families who are able to
access respite family support services.
(2) Provide families with greater flexibility control
over family support services.
(3) Ensure that the diverse family support services
needs of families can be accommodated.
(4) Prevent or delay the need for more intensive
long-term care and support. Encourage a family's
contribution toward payment for the family support
services they receive.
(5) (Blank). Serve as a pilot program to evaluate the
merits of a family support services voucher program in
comparison to the traditional respite program.
(d) The Department shall contract with community entities
agencies to issue vouchers to participating families, or to
employ a voucher-like method that similarly makes services
available based on the choice of families. A family may use the
vouchers to purchase the following services and activities or
to otherwise provide for those services and activities:
(1) Services of an in-home caregiver to supervise the
family member with a developmental disability in the home
or in the community or both when other family members are

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not present.
(2) Services of a person to accompany the family
member with a developmental disability on outings,
community activities, and similar activities.
(3) Registration of the family member with a
developmental disability in park district programs,
extracurricular school activities, community college
classes, and other similar types of community-based
programs.
(4) Services of home health care personnel if medical
training or expertise is required to meet the needs of the
family member with a developmental disability.
(e) Families may employ the following types of individuals
to provide family support services:
(1) Related family members who do not reside in the
same home as the family member with a developmental
disability.
(2) Friends or neighbors whom the family designates as
capable of meeting the needs of the family member with a
developmental disability.
(3) Individuals recruited from the community (for
example, church members or college students).
(4) Individuals who work with the family member with a
developmental disability in a different capacity (for
example, classroom aide or day program staff).
(5) Persons whose services are contracted for through

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a home health agency licensed under the Home Health, Home
Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act.
(f) Voucher respite services Family support services
moneys under the pilot program may not be used to purchase or
provide for any of the following services or activities:
(1) Out-of-home medical services.
(2) Medical, therapeutic, or developmental
evaluations.
(3) Any product or item (for example, sports
equipment, therapeutic devices, or clothing).
(4) Respite Family support services provided by a
family member whose primary residence is the same as that
of the family member with a developmental disability.
(5) Services of a person to accompany the family on an
overnight trip.
(6) Any service or activity that should be provided by
the school in which the family member with a developmental
disability is enrolled or that occurs as part of that
school's typical school routine.
(7) Child care services while the primary caretaker
works.
(g) (Blank) The Department of Human Services shall submit
a report to the General Assembly by March 1, 2000 evaluating
the merits of the pilot program.
(Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,

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2021.