Bill Text: IL SR0225 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares June 22, 2019 and 2020 as "Illinois Community Living Day".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0225 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR0225-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Going Home Coalition believes that integrated
living in the general community is the best practice for people
with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, Persons with disabilities have been historically
isolated and segregated from their home communities, often in
institutional settings, and Illinois currently
institutionalizes more people with developmental disabilities
than 48 other states; and
WHEREAS, The U.S. Supreme Court decreed in Olmstead v. LC.
on June 22, 1999, that the unjustified institutionalization of
people with disabilities is illegal discrimination; and
WHEREAS, Olmstead Plaintiffs Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson
won the right to live safe, meaningful, and connected lives in
their communities as a result of this decision; and
WHEREAS, The Olmstead decision was affirmed in Illinois by
the U.S. District Court in Ligas v. Harnos on June 15, 2011,
giving plaintiff Stanley Ligas the right to live an integrated
life in the way he imagined it; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL

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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 22,
2019 and 2020 as "Illinois Community Living Day" in the State
of Illinois, and we urge the citizens of Illinois to celebrate
with both service and awareness; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the Going Home Coalition as a symbol of our
respect and esteem.