Bill Amendment: IL HB0290 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly
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Bill Title: SCH CD-SPECIAL ED RESOURCES
Status: 2021-07-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0057 [HB0290 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0290-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-SPECIAL ED RESOURCES
Status: 2021-07-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0057 [HB0290 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0290-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 290
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 290, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
6 | 2-3.163 as follows:
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7 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2-3.163. Prioritization of Urgency of Need for | ||||||
9 | Services database. | ||||||
10 | (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | ||||||
11 | findings: | ||||||
12 | (1) The Department of Human Services maintains a | ||||||
13 | statewide database known as the Prioritization of Urgency | ||||||
14 | of Need for Services that records information about | ||||||
15 | individuals with developmental disabilities who are | ||||||
16 | potentially in need of services. |
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1 | (2) The Department of Human Services uses the data on | ||||||
2 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services to select | ||||||
3 | individuals for services as funding becomes available, to | ||||||
4 | develop proposals and materials for budgeting, and to plan | ||||||
5 | for future needs. | ||||||
6 | (3) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is | ||||||
7 | available for children and adults with a developmental | ||||||
8 | disability who have an unmet service need anticipated in | ||||||
9 | the next 5 years. | ||||||
10 | (4) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is | ||||||
11 | the first step toward getting developmental disabilities | ||||||
12 | services in this State. If individuals are not on the | ||||||
13 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting | ||||||
14 | list, they are not in queue for State developmental | ||||||
15 | disabilities services. | ||||||
16 | (5) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services may | ||||||
17 | be underutilized by children and their parents or | ||||||
18 | guardians due to lack of awareness or lack of information. | ||||||
19 | (b) The State Board of Education may work with school | ||||||
20 | districts to inform all students with developmental | ||||||
21 | disabilities and their parents or guardians about the | ||||||
22 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services database. | ||||||
23 | (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human | ||||||
24 | Services and State Board of Education shall develop and | ||||||
25 | implement an online, computer-based training program for at | ||||||
26 | least one designated employee in every public school in this |
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1 | State to educate him or her about the Prioritization of | ||||||
2 | Urgency of Need for Services database and steps to be taken to | ||||||
3 | ensure children and adolescents are enrolled. The training | ||||||
4 | shall include instruction for at least one designated employee | ||||||
5 | in every public school in contacting the appropriate | ||||||
6 | developmental disabilities Independent Service Coordination | ||||||
7 | agency to enroll children and adolescents in the database. At | ||||||
8 | least one designated employee in every public school shall | ||||||
9 | ensure the opportunity to enroll in the Prioritization of | ||||||
10 | Urgency of Need for Services database is discussed during | ||||||
11 | annual individualized education program (IEP) meetings for all | ||||||
12 | children and adolescents believed to have a developmental | ||||||
13 | disability. | ||||||
14 | (d) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
15 | Department of Human Services, through school districts, shall | ||||||
16 | provide to inform parents and guardians of students a copy of | ||||||
17 | the Department of Human Services's guide titled "Understanding | ||||||
18 | PUNS: A Guide to Prioritization for Urgency of Need for | ||||||
19 | Services" each year at the annual review meeting for the | ||||||
20 | student's individualized education program through school | ||||||
21 | districts about the Prioritization of Urgency of Need for | ||||||
22 | Services waiting list , including the consideration required in | ||||||
23 | subsection (e) of this Section.
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24 | (e) The Department of Human Services shall consider the | ||||||
25 | length of time spent on the Prioritization of Urgency of Need | ||||||
26 | for Services waiting list, in addition to other factors |
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1 | considered, when selecting individuals on the list for | ||||||
2 | services. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 99-144, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | ||||||
4 | 99-716, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.".
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