(20 ILCS 1305/10-26)
Sec. 10-26. Disability database.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall compile and maintain a cross-disability database of Illinois residents with a disability who are potentially in need of disability services funded by the Department. The database shall consist of individuals with mental illness, physical disabilities, developmental disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders and shall include, but not be limited to, individuals transitioning from special education to adulthood, individuals in State-operated facilities, individuals in private nursing and residential facilities, and individuals in community integrated living arrangements. Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Secretary of Human Services shall seek input from advisory bodies to the Department, including advisory councils and committees working with the Department in the areas of mental illness, physical disabilities, and developmental disabilities. The database shall be operational by July 1, 2004. The information collected and maintained for the disability database shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (i) the types of services of which the individual is potentially in need; (ii) demographic and identifying information about the individual; (iii) factors indicating need, including diagnoses, assessment information, age of primary caregivers, and current living situation; (iv) if applicable, the date information about the individual is submitted for inclusion in the database and the types of services sought by the individual; and (v) the representative district in which the individual resides. In collecting and maintaining information under this Section, the Department shall give consideration to cost-effective appropriate services for individuals.
(b) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly does not create any new entitlement to a service, program, or benefit, but shall not affect any entitlement to a service, program, or benefit created by any other law. Except for a service, program, or benefit that is an entitlement, a service, program, or benefit provided as a result of the collection and maintenance of the disability database shall be subject to appropriations made by the General Assembly.
(c) The Department, consistent with applicable federal and State law, shall make general information from the disability database available to the public such as: (i) the number of individuals potentially in need of each type of service, program, or benefit and (ii) the general characteristics of those individuals. The Department shall protect the confidentiality of each individual in the database when releasing database information by not disclosing any personally identifying information.
(d) The Department shall allow legal residents who are dependents of a military service member and who are absent from the State due to the member's military service to be added to the database to indicate the need for services upon return to the State. Should an individual in such a situation be selected from the database to receive services, the individual shall have 6 months from the date of the selection notification to apply for services and another 6 months to commence using such services. In the event an individual is receiving services funded by the Department and the services are disrupted due to the military service member's need for the individual to leave the State because of his or her military service, the services shall be resumed upon the individual's return to the State if the dependent is otherwise eligible. No payment pursuant to this Section or Section 12-4.47 of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall be made for home and community based services provided outside the State of Illinois. A dependent of a military service member shall be required to provide the Department with:
(1) a copy of the military service member's DD-214 or
other equivalent discharge paperwork; and
(2) proof of the military service member's legal
residence in the State, as prescribed by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 98-1000, eff. 8-18-14.)
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