Bill Text: IL HR0109 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares June 22, 2017 and 2018 as "Illinois Community Living Day" in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0109 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0109-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental | ||||||
3 | Disabilities believe that
every person with a developmental | ||||||
4 | disability, supported appropriately, can live safe, | ||||||
5 | meaningful,
and connected lives in their home community; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Persons with disabilities have been historically | ||||||
7 | isolated and segregated from their
home communities, often in | ||||||
8 | institutional settings, and Illinois currently | ||||||
9 | institutionalizes more
people with developmental disabilities | ||||||
10 | than 47 other states; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court decreed in | ||||||
12 | Olmstead v. L.C., on June 22, 1999, that the
unjustified | ||||||
13 | institutionalization of people with disabilities is illegal | ||||||
14 | discrimination, and the decision
was affirmed in Illinois by | ||||||
15 | the U.S. District Court in Ligas v. Harnos on June 15, 2011; | ||||||
16 | therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
18 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
19 | declare June 22, 2017 and 2018 as "Illinois Community Living | ||||||
20 | Day" in the State of Illinois, and we urge the citizens of | ||||||
21 | Illinois to celebrate with both service and awareness; and be | ||||||
22 | it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to Illinois Parents of Adults
with Developmental | ||||||
3 | Disabilities Board Members Laurie Jerue, Ellen Garber | ||||||
4 | Bronfeld,
and Deb Hamilton.
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