Bill Text: IL HR0113 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: States opposition to any further increase in the DON score by the State of Illinois.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart [HR0113 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0113-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Public Act 95-565 directed the Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Department on Aging (IDoA) to create
a "determination of need" | ||||||
| 4 | (DON) tool to accurately determine the level of need for
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| 5 | services for seniors and persons with disabilities; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, the Community Care Program serves | ||||||
| 7 | people age 60 and older,
and the Home Services Program (HSP) | ||||||
| 8 | serves people with disabilities age 59 and
younger; both | ||||||
| 9 | programs utilize the same Determination of Need (DON) tool to | ||||||
| 10 | determine
program eligibility and allocate service dollars; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The Community Care Program operated by the | ||||||
| 13 | Department on Aging provides home care
services to over 100,000 | ||||||
| 14 | elder adults, ensuring that they are able to stay in their | ||||||
| 15 | homes and avoid
the more costly institutional settings; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The Home Services Program operated by the | ||||||
| 17 | Department of Human Services serves 26,000
adults with | ||||||
| 18 | disabilities allowing them to stay and function in their own | ||||||
| 19 | homes and improve their
quality of life; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Governor Rauner has repeatedly tried to increase | ||||||
| 21 | the DON Score from 29
to 37, placing thousands of seniors and | ||||||
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| 1 | people with disabilities at risk of losing services and
ending | ||||||
| 2 | up in institutional care; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 5 | oppose any further attempts to
raise the DON Score; and be it | ||||||
| 6 | further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | delivered to the Department on Aging, the Department of Human | ||||||
| 9 | Services, and Governor Rauner.
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