Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 51 — DHS-DISABILITY-MEDICAID-AUTISM

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0251

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2007. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 17 sponsors

    0 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Department of Human Services Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, for purposes of the Department of Human Services' disability database, "developmental disabilities" include autism spectrum disorders. In connection with Medicaid, provides that a person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder shall be considered a person with a "developmental disability" or a "person with a related condition" for purposes of determining eligibility for services under Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for persons with developmental disabilities, without regard to whether that person is also diagnosed with mental retardation and without regard to that person's IQ level, so long as the person otherwise meets applicable level-of-care criteria under those waivers. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

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4 added · 4 removed

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The latest version of Bill SB 51 has been updated to remove certain lines from the previous draft, indicating possible revisions or simplifications to the language. These changes might aim to clarify specific points or streamline the bill's provisions. Understanding what was taken out can help the public grasp the new direction or focus of the legislation and its potential impact on the intended policies.

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SB0051 Engrossed LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b AN ACT concerning public aid.
SB0051 Enrolled LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b AN ACT concerning public aid.
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 SB0051 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b disabilities.
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 SB0051 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b disabilities.
(i) the number of SB0051 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b individuals potentially in need of each type of service, program, or benefit and (ii) the general characteristics of those individuals.
(i) the number of SB0051 Enrolled - 3 - LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b individuals potentially in need of each type of service, program, or benefit and (ii) the general characteristics of those individuals.
This Act takes effect upon SB0051 Engrossed - 4 - LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b becoming law.
This Act takes effect upon SB0051 Enrolled - 4 - LRB095 04473 DRJ 24520 b becoming law.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0251

  2. Effective Date August 17, 2007

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  6. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson

  7. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler

  8. Passed Both Houses

  9. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000

  10. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

  11. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi

  12. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer

  13. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause

  14. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins

  15. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.

  16. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

  17. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Dunn

  18. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.

  19. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer

  20. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra

  21. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

  22. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan

  23. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce

  24. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

  25. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

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

  27. Second Reading - Short Debate

  28. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  29. Do Pass / Short Debate Disability Services Committee; 008-000-000

  30. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  31. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo

  32. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black

  33. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole

  34. Assigned to Disability Services Committee

  35. Referred to Rules Committee

  36. First Reading

  37. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock

  38. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  39. Arrived in House

  40. Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000

  41. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  42. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

  43. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007

  44. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

  45. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007

  46. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Garrett

  47. Second Reading

  48. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 009-000-000

  49. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson

  50. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services

  51. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  52. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  53. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett

  54. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

  55. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007

  56. Do Pass Human Services; 010-000-000

  57. Postponed - Human Services

  58. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski

  59. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

  60. Assigned to Human Services

  61. Referred to Rules

  62. First Reading

  63. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett

Sponsors

  • Susan Garrett · Cosponsor
  • Sandy Cole · Cosponsor
  • James D. Brosnahan · Cosponsor
  • Elizabeth Coulson · Cosponsor
  • Shane Cultra · Cosponsor
  • James H. Meyer · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Harry R. Ramey · Cosponsor
  • Joe Dunn · Cosponsor
  • Michael P. McAuliffe · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Ed Sullivan · Cosponsor
  • Bob Biggins · Cosponsor
  • Carolyn H. Krause · Cosponsor
  • Keith P. Sommer · Cosponsor
  • Suzanne Bassi · Cosponsor
  • Donald L. Moffitt · Cosponsor
  • Jim Watson · Cosponsor
  • Patrick J. Joyce · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 166 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (17)

  • Susan Garrett
  • Sandy Cole
  • James D. Brosnahan
  • Elizabeth Coulson
  • Shane Cultra
  • James H. Meyer
  • Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
  • Joe Dunn
  • Michael P. McAuliffe
  • Ed Sullivan, Jr.
  • Bob Biggins
  • Carolyn H. Krause
  • Keith P. Sommer
  • Suzanne Bassi
  • Donald L. Moffitt
  • Jim Watson
  • Patrick J. Joyce Democrat

Not signed on (166)

166 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 115 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 102003
Republican 4000
Democrat 9000
Total 115003
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Graham — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Myers — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Watson — Yea
Howard — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Jefferies — Not Voting
Kosel — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Patterson — Not Voting
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Not Voting
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins 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 Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48001
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Noland — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Brady — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Forby — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Not Voting
Frerichs — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 51 do?
Amends the Department of Human Services Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, for purposes of the Department of Human Services' disability database, "developmental disabilities" include autism spectrum disorders. In connection with Medicaid, provides that a person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder shall be considered a person with a "developmental disability" or a "person with a related condition" for purposes of determining eligibility for services under Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for persons with developmental disabilities, without regard to whether that person is also diagnosed with mental retardation and without regard to that person's IQ level, so long as the person otherwise meets applicable level-of-care criteria under those waivers. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 51?
SB 51 is sponsored by Susan Garrett, Sandy Cole, James D. Brosnahan, Elizabeth Coulson, Shane Cultra, James H. Meyer, Harry R. Ramey, Jr., Joe Dunn, Michael P. McAuliffe, Ed Sullivan, Jr., Bob Biggins, Carolyn H. Krause, Keith P. Sommer, Suzanne Bassi, Donald L. Moffitt, Jim Watson, and Patrick J. Joyce (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 51?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2007. Enacted.
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