Bill Text: IL HB4721 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the availability of services proffered by the listed agencies for adults and children with disabilities. Provides that the system shall be known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to allow primary and secondary customers to develop person-centered services plans, search for services or supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and track the progress an agency is making in providing needed services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the system. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4721 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB4721-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB4721 Introduced , by Rep. Rich Brauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
405 ILCS 5/5-100B new
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the availability of services proffered by the listed agencies for adults and children with disabilities. Provides that the system shall be known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to allow primary and secondary customers to develop person-centered services plans, search for services or supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and track the progress an agency is making in providing needed services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the system. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 5-100B as
follows:
(405 ILCS 5/5-100B new)
Sec. 5-100B. Electronic system of care (eSOC). The
Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the
Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Board of
Education, shall develop a comprehensive, integrated, and
coordinated web-based system that documents in real time the
availability of services proffered by the listed agencies for
adults and children with disabilities. The system shall be
known as the Electronic System of Care (eSOC) and shall be
publicly accessible through the listed agencies' websites to
allow primary and secondary customers to develop
person-centered services plans, search for services or
supports needed within a consumer specific time period, and
track the progress an agency is making in providing needed
services or supports, and to determine service gaps in the
system.

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For purposes of this Section, "adults and children with
disabilities" means persons with a disability as defined by the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that is attributable to
a developmental disability, a mental illness, or a physical
disability, or a combination of those.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.