Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 2607 — HOMELESS MENTAL ILL & DISABLED

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 93rd Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Creates the State Advocacy Program for the Homeless Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled Act. Creates the Advocacy Division for the Homeless Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled in the Department of Human Services to initiate, promote, and coordinate programs for homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons; requires the Division to prepare an annual community service plan and budget for local implementation of services for the homeless. Authorizes the Department to make grants-in-aid to local entities for the purpose of providing services to homeless persons. Creates the Interagency Coordinating Council for the Homeless to review and comment on State programs for the homeless and perform other functions. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act to require the Illinois Housing Development Authority to ensure that a number of the units held available for persons of low or moderate income are held available for the homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled as defined in the State Advocacy Program for the Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled Act.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Bill HB 2607 clarify the definitions regarding homelessness and mental health. The bill now explicitly refers to individuals as "homeless individuals with mental illness or a developmental disability," expanding the focus to include both conditions. Additionally, it removes the term "Division" and establishes a specific advocacy position within the Department of Human Services to promote community-based support systems. These updates are important because they aim to provide better services and advocacy for some of the most vulnerable individuals in our society.

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093_HB2607 LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b AN ACT in relation to human services.
HB2607 Engrossed LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b AN ACT in relation to human services.
-2- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b Section 10.
HB2607 Engrossed -2- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b Section 10.
"Council" means the Interagency Coordinating Council for the Homeless established under Section 50.
"Division" means the Advocacy Division for the Homeless Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled created under Section 15.
"Homeless individual with mental illness or a developmental disability" means a person who does not have a home and has a mental illness or a developmental disability, or both, including, but not limited to, a person with a mental illness or developmental disability:
"Homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled" or "homeless mentally ill or developmentally disabled individual" means a person who does not have a home and is mentally ill or developmentally disabled, including, but not limited to, (i) a mentally ill or developmentally disabled person who is in a shelter or drop-in center for the homeless, (ii) a mentally ill or developmentally disabled person being discharged from a State or private institution without a residence to go to, (iii) a mentally ill or developmentally disabled person who has a temporary residence or no regular abode in which to live, or (iv) any other mentally ill or developmentally disabled person with a history of chronic residential instability.
(i) who is in a shelter or drop-in center for the homeless, (ii) who is being discharged from a State or private institution without a residence to go to, (iii) who has a temporary residence or no regular abode in which to live, or (iv) who has a history of chronic residential instability.
Advocacy Division.
Advocacy position.
The Advocacy Division for the Homeless Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled is created within the Department of Human Services.
A staff advocacy position within the Bureau of Homeless Services and Supportive Services of the Department of Human Services shall be created to do the following:
The Division shall do the following:
(1) Promote and facilitate the development of community-based support systems to protect the health, safety, welfare, and human and civil rights of homeless individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities.
(1) Promote and facilitate the development of community-based support systems to protect the health, safety, welfare, and human and civil rights of the -3- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled.
(2) Enter into agreements with local community-based support systems to carry out the provisions of Sections 20 through 30.
(2) Enter into agreements with local community-based support systems to carry out the provisions of Sections 20 through 45.
(3) Implement the programs established under Sections 20 through 30.
(3) Implement the programs established under Sections 20 through 45.
(4) Conduct periodic programmatic and HB2607 Engrossed -3- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b administrative reviews of the programs created under Sections 20 through 30 to ensure the delivery of quality services.
(4) Develop a central data and information system for intergovernmental coordination of State services to the homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled to improve efforts for monitoring and tracking mentally ill persons after they are released from State institutions and to keep a more accurate account of the homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled.
(5) Serve as an advocate for homeless individuals with other governmental and community service providers.
(5) Develop financial resources to pay for the necessary documents to obtain an Illinois Identification Card or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card for those homeless persons who wish to maintain personal identification to be used in obtaining supportive services and for other personal use.
(6) Assist in the development of financial and human resources to respond to the needs of homeless individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities.
(6) Conduct periodic programmatic and administrative reviews of the programs created under Sections 20 through 45 to ensure the delivery of quality services.
(7) Serve as an advocate for homeless individuals with other governmental and community service providers.
(8) Assist in the development of financial and human resources to respond to the needs of the homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled.
(a) The Department shall initiate requests for proposals for the establishment or expansion of nonprofit agencies and organizations that will be responsible for developing or coordinating comprehensive and integrated community-based -4- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b support systems for homeless mentally ill or developmentally disabled individuals.
(a) The Department shall initiate requests for proposals or continued funding forms for the establishment or expansion of nonprofit agencies and organizations that will be responsible for developing or coordinating comprehensive and integrated community-based support systems for homeless individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities.
The Department must review these service providers annually.
(b) Through community-based providers, the Department shall take appropriate steps to encourage homeless persons to use these services and shall provide information on services available to them.
The Department shall assist in the organization and establishment of local service systems and shall provide for community services to the homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled in any area of the State where there are homeless mentally ill or developmentally disabled individuals and no service provider responds to the Department's requests for proposals.
(b) The Department shall take appropriate steps to encourage homeless persons to use these services and shall ensure that homeless persons are provided with access to a directory of services including phone numbers of employees and location addresses.
The Department shall also ensure that homeless persons are furnished with information pertaining to their rights and the benefits to which they may be entitled.
Community service plan.
Community service agreements.
(a) The Division shall prepare an annual community service plan for the homeless and an annual budget to implement the service plan on a local basis.
(a) Through agreements with community-based providers and based on available funding, the following components may be addressed within the service system for homeless individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities:
The plan must demonstrate, at a minimum, the following components of a service system for the homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled:
(4) Consultation with and technical assistance for providers of shelters.
HB2607 Engrossed -4- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b (4) Consultation with and technical assistance for providers of shelters.
(5) Outreach services that are available at times and in places where the homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled can be located, such as -5- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b overnight shelters.
(5) Outreach services that are available at times and in places where homeless individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities can be located, such as overnight shelters.
The plan must also include local and State data on the numbers of persons who are found to be homeless by both State and community mental health and developmental disability service providers.
(1) Assist in maintaining sources of income, food, clothing, health care, counseling, training, and employment and maintaining a stable living environment within the community when possible.
(1) Assist in maintaining sources of income, food, clothing, health care, counseling, training, and employment, and in maintaining a stable living environment within the community when possible.
(2) Develop individualized service plans that may include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(2) Develop individualized service plans for homeless persons that may include, but need not be limited to, the following:
Section 30.
HB2607 Engrossed -5- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b Section 30.
Housing.
The Department shall design and implement a procedure that provides for transitional or -6- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b permanent housing for mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons who are released from institutions following treatment, who are homeless, or who have a history of chronic residential instability.
Persons who are homeless at the time of their admission to an inpatient psychiatric hospital or who have a history of chronic residential instability shall be given special charge planning.
The Department shall adopt rules with respect to recipient discharge/linkage/aftercare to require special linkage procedures for persons at risk of becoming homeless.
The Department of Public Aid shall assist the Department in implementing this Section.
Section 35.
The Division shall explore the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code in relation to homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled individuals who refuse services for themselves.
The Department shall explore the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code in relation to homeless individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities who refuse services for themselves.
Section 40.
Section 35.
General assistance jobs programs.
The Department shall implement an automatic exemption from any general assistance jobs program for mentally ill or developmentally disabled clients.
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Section 45.
(a) The Department shall make grants-in-aid to entities recognized under Section 20 based on appropriations to provide services pursuant to Sections 20 through 40.
The Department shall make grants-in-aid to entities recognized under Section 20 based on appropriations to provide services pursuant to Sections 20 through 30.
(b) The Department shall report annually, in writing, to the Governor and the General Assembly, on or before the first -7- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b day of December, on the conditions, management, finance, and programs instituted under the provisions of this Act.
Section 50.
Coordinating Council.
(a) The Interagency Coordinating Council for the Homeless is established.
The Council shall be comprised of 27 members as follows:
the Governor or his or her designee;
the Director of Public Aid;
the Director of Public Health;
the head of the Office of Rehabilitation Services within the Department of Human Services;
the head of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse within the Department of Human Services;
the Director of Aging;
the head of the Office of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Human Services;
the Director of Children and Family Services;
the Director of Commerce and Community Affairs;
the Chairman of the Illinois Housing Development Authority;
one Senator appointed by the President of the Senate;
one Senator appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
one Representative appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
one Representative appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
3 representatives of local government appointed by the Governor;
6 individuals who are engaged in providing services to the homeless, 3 of whom shall be appointed by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, and 3 of whom shall be appointed by the Illinois Coalition for the Homeless;
and 3 members at large appointed by the Governor.
Members at large appointed by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, the Illinois Coalition for the Homeless, and the Governor shall serve 3-year terms, except that the terms of the initial appointees shall be determined by lot at the time of their appointment so that 3 appointees serve for terms of 3 years, 3 for terms of 2 years, and 3 for terms of one year.
(b) The Council shall elect officers and adopt by-laws.
-8- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b Members of the Council are not entitled to compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses actually incurred in performing their duties.
(c) The Council shall do the following:
(1) Review and comment on existing programs administered by State agencies to assist the homeless.
(2) Review and comment on the allocation of new resources to assist the homeless.
(3) Offer advice and counsel and assist in the planning, design, and implementation of programs to assist the homeless.
(4) Encourage collaboration between federal and State agencies, local government, and the private sector in the development of new resources to respond to the problem of homelessness.
(d) State agencies whose officials are members of the Council shall cooperate with the Council by doing the following:
(1) Providing full and complete reports of current programs designed to assist the homeless or prevent homelessness.
(2) Providing the Council with timely notice of proposed changes in programs described in paragraph (1).
(3) Providing the Council with timely notice of proposed allocation of new resources to assist the homeless or prevent homelessness.
(e) After October 1, 2003, no State agency may execute a contract for services or benefits for homeless persons, or initiate a new program that directly affects homeless persons, unless the agency first provides to the Council timely notice of the contract or program and an opportunity to comment on the proposal.
Compliance with this subsection is waived when an agency adopts an emergency rule under Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
-9- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b (f) The Department shall provide staff support for the Council and shall pay the expenses incurred by Council members under subsection (b).
The tenant selection plan shall specify how many units in the development shall be held available for rentals to persons of low or moderate income, as defined in this Act,____d______________________e_____________ _____o_____________________d______________________a_____________ _____S_____________________r______________________y_____________ _____o_____________________c__.
The tenant selection plan shall specify how many units in the development shall be held available for rentals to persons of low or moderate income, as defined in this Act,_____________________t____________ HB2607 Engrossed -6- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b _____i________________________i___________________d_____________ _____i______________________t_____________________o_____________ _____e_____________________D______________________e______.
In determining the number of units which shall be so held available for rental to persons of low or moderate income a ___ _____r______________________m_____________________v_____________ _____l_______________________d____________________a_____________ _____a_____________________y______________________a_____________ ___, the Authority shall require that the number of dwelling units so held reserved for them in each development shall not be less than the number required by applicable federal and -10- LRB093 06994 DRJ 07144 b State law.
In determining the number of units which shall be so held available for rental to persons of low or moderate income a ___ _____e_____________________i______________________l_____________ _____o_______________________a____________________t_____________ _____a_____________________M______________________v_____________ _____l_______, the Authority shall require that the number of dwelling units so held reserved for them in each development shall not be less than the number required by applicable federal and State law.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios

  3. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza

  4. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo

  5. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  6. Referred to Rules

  7. First Reading

  8. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  9. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2003

  10. Arrive in Senate

  11. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-011-025

  12. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a)

  13. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  14. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote

  15. Second Reading - Short Debate

  16. Fiscal Note Filed

  17. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000

  18. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  19. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge

  20. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  21. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge

  22. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  23. Do Pass / Short Debate Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; 008-000-000

  24. Assigned to Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee

  25. Referred to Rules Committee

  26. First Reading

  27. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge

Sponsors

  • Wyvetter H. Younge · Cosponsor

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 1 voted No

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Co-sponsors (1)

  • Wyvetter H. Younge

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 81 Yea · 11 Nay · 26 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7110025
Democrat 9000
Republican 1101
Total 8111026
% of votes cast 69%9%0%22%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Not Voting
Scully — Yea
Slone — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Bassi — Not Voting
Beaubien — Not Voting
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Not Voting
Boland — Yea
Bost — Not Voting
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
McAuliffe — Nay
Meyer — Not Voting
Molaro — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hartke — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Novak — Yea
Pankau — Nay
Parke — Nay
Leitch — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Flider — Yea
Kurtz — Not Voting
Watson — Nay
Lyons, Eileen — Not Voting
Lindner — Not Voting
Madigan — Not Voting
Mulligan — Not Voting
Brady — Not Voting
Munson — Not Voting
Osmond — Not Voting
Pihos — Not Voting
Sommer — Not Voting
Tenhouse — Not Voting
Winters — Not Voting
Wirsing — Not Voting
Coulson — Nay
Cross — Not Voting
Cultra — Nay
Hassert — Not Voting
Hultgren — Not Voting
Kosel — Not Voting
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Mautino — Yea
May — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Millner — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Howard — Yea
Jones — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Sullivan — Nay
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Currie — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Dunn — Nay
Eddy — Nay
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Sacia — Not Voting
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Not Voting
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2607 do?
Creates the State Advocacy Program for the Homeless Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled Act. Creates the Advocacy Division for the Homeless Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled in the Department of Human Services to initiate, promote, and coordinate programs for homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons; requires the Division to prepare an annual community service plan and budget for local implementation of services for the homeless. Authorizes the Department to make grants-in-aid to local entities for the purpose of providing services to homeless persons. Creates the Interagency Coordinating Council for the Homeless to review and comment on State programs for the homeless and perform other functions. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act to require the Illinois Housing Development Authority to ensure that a number of the units held available for persons of low or moderate income are held available for the homeless mentally ill and developmentally disabled as defined in the State Advocacy Program for the Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled Act.
Who sponsors HB 2607?
HB 2607 is sponsored by Wyvetter H. Younge.
What is the current status of HB 2607?
This bill died with 93rd Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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