SB2057
This Bill has passed both houses
Creates the Illinois Public Safety Special Needs Alert
Program Act. Establishes the Special Needs Alert Program
(SNAP) database to ensure persons with disabilities or special
needs or both have the same access to public safety services
as provided to all citizens.
Requires public safety agencies to make reasonable
efforts to publicize the SNAP database and provides how
a family member or caregiver of a special needs person,
or a special needs person themselves can enter emergency
contact information into the SNAP database. Contains provisions
concerning the verification of information entered into
the database; the dissemination of emergency information
entered into SNAP to other public safety agencies during
an emergency 9-1-1 call; the confidentiality of information
entered into SNAP; liability; defined terms; and other matters.
Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Changes the name of the newly created Special Needs Alert
Program (SNAP) to the Illinois Public Safety Special Needs
Alert Program (IPSSNAP).
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3
Replaces everything after the enacting clause and reinserts
substantially similar provisions with the following changes.
Changes the short title from the Illinois Public Safety
Special Needs Alert Program Act to the Illinois Premise
Alert Program (PAP) Act, and makes similar changes in references
to the program. Adds a definition of "computer aided
dispatch" ("CAD"), and eliminates definitions
of "9-1-1 system", "basic system", "enhanced
9-1-1", and "public safety answering point"
("PSAP") and references to those terms. Eliminates
a provision concerning database entry fields. Effective
immediately.
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Support Senate Joint
Resolution 30
Short Description: DHS-COMMUNITY SERVICES PLAN
Synopsis As Introduced
Directs the Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental
Disabilities, to develop a 7-year Plan with yearly benchmarks
to enhance and expand access to quality community services
and supports, by December 1, 2009
Support House Joint
Resolution 28
Short Description: DHS-DD-COMMUNITY SERVICES PLAN
Synopsis As Introduced
Resolves that the Department of Human Services, Division
of Developmental Disabilities, shall develop a 7-year Plan
with yearly benchmarks to enhance and expand access to quality
community services and supports, by December 1, 2009
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SB 2366
Short Description: $DHS-HOME AND COMMUNITY
SRVCS
Appropriates $162,150,000 from the General Revenue Fund
to the Department of Human Services for certain purposes,
including: the Adult and Children's Home-Based Support Services
Program and CILAs; individuals on the PUNS database; community
services infrastructure; a $1.00 per hour wage increase
for direct care staff serving individuals with developmental
disabilities; Mobile Crisis and Assessment Teams for Individuals
with Developmental Disabilities; nursing services in CILAs;
a rate adjustment for behavioral health crisis and intervention
services in CILAs; and Quality Management Training and Implementation.
Effective July 1, 2009.
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HB3841
Short Description: $DHS-HOME AND COMMUNITY
SRVCS
Appropriates $162,150,000 from the General Revenue Fund
to the Department of Human Services for certain purposes,
including: the Adult and Children's Home-Based Support Services
Program and CILAs; individuals on the PUNS database; community
services infrastructure; a $1.00 per hour wage increase
for direct care staff serving individuals with developmental
disabilities; Mobile Crisis and Assessment Teams for Individuals
with Developmental Disabilities; nursing services in CILAs;
a rate adjustment for behavioral health crisis and intervention
services in CILAs; and Quality Management Training and Implementation.
Effective July 1, 2009.
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HB0030
DCFS-AUTISM
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that
the Department of Children and Family Services shall develop
and implement a program of family preservation services
designed to support intact, foster, and adoptive families
who are experiencing extreme hardship due to the difficulty
of caring for a child with a pervasive developmental disorder.
Provides that the Department shall develop and implement
a public information campaign to alert public healthcare
providers, social service providers, and the general public
about these family preservation services. Effective immediately.
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