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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 117, 1753
PRINTER'S NO. 2078
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
133
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MURT, ACOSTA, BARRAR, BOYLE, V. BROWN, BROWNLEE,
CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, DAVIS, DeLUCA, FRANKEL,
GOODMAN, KAVULICH, MILLARD, O'NEILL, C. PARKER, SCHLOSSBERG,
STURLA, GIBBONS, SAMUELSON, MOUL, R. BROWN, BIZZARRO, FLYNN,
SCHWEYER, KILLION, TOOHIL, KORTZ AND BARBIN, JANUARY 21, 2015
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JULY 22, 2015
AN ACT
Establishing a bill of rights for individuals with intellectual
and developmental disabilities OR AUTISM; and conferring
powers and duties on the Department of Human Services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Individuals
with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities OR AUTISM Bill
of Rights Act.
Section 2. Findings.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Disability is a natural part of the human
experience, which does not diminish the right of individuals
with intellectual and developmental disabilities OR AUTISM
to:
(i) enjoy the opportunity to live, to the maximum
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extent possible, independently and in the community;
(ii) make choices and decisions;
(iii) contribute to society and participate in the
community; and
(iv) experience full integration and inclusion in
the economic, political, social, cultural, educational
and all other aspects of society in this Commonwealth.
(2) Individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities OR AUTISM continually encounter various forms of
discrimination in all areas.
(3) There is a lack of public awareness of the
capabilities and competencies of individuals with
intellectual and developmental disabilities OR AUTISM.
(4) A substantial number of individuals with
intellectual and developmental disabilities and their
families or legal guardians DISABILITIES OR AUTISM do not
have access to appropriate community-integrated support
SUPPORTS and services from generic and specialized service
systems and remain unserved or underserved.
(5) Communities can be enriched by the full and active
participation and the contributions by individuals with
intellectual and developmental disabilities OR AUTISM and
their families; and there is a need to ensure that, within
this Commonwealth, there is the availability and equitable
provision of necessary community-integrated SUPPORTS AND
services for individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities OR AUTISM, regardless of religion, race, color,
national origin, economic or social status and degree or type
of disability.
(6) The long-time commitment of the General Assembly to
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secure for individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities OR AUTISM in partnership with their families or
legal guardians the opportunity to choose where they live in
the community is affirmed. The choice of service options
shall be supported by State policy. The choice of community-
integrated service options is to be ensured to individuals
with intellectual and developmental disabilities, encouraging
that they stay THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS
WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR AUTISM TO REMAIN in their
homes or community to the maximum extent possible.
(7) Services must ensure accountability, credibility,
responsiveness and quality assurance, whether the funding is
Federal, State, local or community.
(8) As of March 31, 2015, there are approximately 13,971
individuals in this Commonwealth with intellectual
disabilities who are waiting for home-based and community-
based services and programs. There are more than 10,323
people with emergency and critical needs. APRIL 30, 2015,
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 10,234 PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITIES OR AUTISM WITH EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL NEEDS
WAITING FOR HOME-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. As of
January 31 JUNE 3, 2015, there are more than 1,400
APPROXIMATELY 1,675 individuals on the autism home-based and
community-based services waiting list, or interest list. The
waiting list LISTS for these persons is ARE expected to grow
substantially into the foreseeable future.
(9) The Department of Human Services needs to develop an
adequate plan to address the needs and services for the
individuals on the waiting list for intellectual disability
services, for the individuals on the waiting list, OR
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INTEREST LIST, for autism services, and for all individuals
with disabilities to prevent unnecessary
institutionalization.
(10) For true choice to exist, individuals with
intellectual and developmental disabilities OR AUTISM and
their families or legal guardians must be provided with
information about their INDIVIDUALS' options for community-
integrated SUPPORTS AND services.
(11) The goals of the Commonwealth GENERAL ASSEMBLY
properly include the goal of providing individuals with
intellectual and developmental disabilities and their
families or legal guardians DISABILITIES OR AUTISM with the
opportunities and support to:
(i) Make informed choices and decisions.
(ii) Pursue meaningful and productive lives.
(iii) Live in a home and community of their choice.
(iv) Achieve full integration and inclusion in
society, in an individualized manner, consistent with the
unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns,
abilities and capabilities of the individual.
(12) The purpose of this act is to reflect the United
States Supreme Court decision of Olmstead v. L.C., 119 S.Ct.
2176 (1999) (No.98-536 U.S. 1999) and the Commonwealth
obligation to assure individuals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities and, if chosen by the individual,
their families or legal guardians, full and complete
participation in the design of and access to services,
supports and other assistance and opportunities which promote
independence, productivity and choice of community living
arrangement. INTEGRATION MANDATES OF THE AMERICANS WITH
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DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 (PUBLIC LAW 101-336, 104 STAT. 327)
AND THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 (PUBLIC LAW 93-112, 29
U.S.C § 701 ET SEQ.).
(13) It is the policy of the Commonwealth GENERAL
ASSEMBLY that all programs, projects and activities operating
in this Commonwealth be carried out in a manner consistent
with the following principles:
(i) Individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities OR AUTISM are capable of pursuing
independence, productivity and integration and inclusion
into the community and often require the provision of
services, supports and other assistance to achieve
independence, productivity and integration and inclusion.
(ii) Individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities OR AUTISM have competencies, capabilities
and personal goals which shall be recognized, supported
and encouraged; and any assistance to such individuals
shall be provided in an individualized manner, consistent
with the unique strengths, resources, priorities,
concerns, abilities and capabilities of the individuals.
(iii) Individuals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities OR AUTISM and, if chosen by
the individual, their families or legal guardians are the
primary INSTRUMENTAL decision makers regarding the
services and supports such individuals and their families
receive and play significant decision-making roles in
INFORM policies and programs which affect the lives of
such individuals and their families.
(iv) Individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities and their families or legal guardians have
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varying goals and needs, and therefore, this act does not
support one specific service system or setting over
another so long as the choice as to how and where to
receive services remains with the individual.
(v) (IV) The Commonwealth shall, within budgetary
accountability, provide services, supports and other
assistance which reflect the principles of everyday life
and self-determination that have been the cornerstone of
the Commonwealth's human services for people with
intellectual and developmental disabilities OR AUTISM.
Section 3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"AUTISM" OR "AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER." ANY OF THE PERVASIVE
DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS DEFINED BY THE MOST RECENT EDITION OF
THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM),
OR ITS SUCCESSOR, INCLUDING AUTISTIC DISORDER, ASPERGER'S
DISORDER AND PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE
SPECIFIED.
"Community-integrated supports and services options," "home
and community-based services" or "supports and services."
Integrated services in the home and community, including the
integrated settings where such services are provided, as defined
by Federal regulations at 42 CFR §§ 440.180 (relating to home
and community-based waiver services) and 441.301(c)(4) and (5)
(relating to contents of request for a waiver), which are
developed in accordance with the person-centered planning
requirements of 42 CFR § 441.301(c)(1), (2) and (3).
"Department." The Department of Human Services of the
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Commonwealth.
"Developmental disability." A severe, chronic disability of
an individual that consists of the following:
(1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment
or combination of mental and physical impairments.
(2) Is manifested before the individual attains 22 years
of age.
(3) Is likely to continue indefinitely.
(4) Results in substantial functional limitations in
three or more of the following areas of major life activity:
(i) Self-care.
(ii) Receptive and expressive language.
(iii) Learning.
(iv) Mobility.
(v) Self-direction.
(vi) Capacity for independent living.
(vii) Economic self-sufficiency.
(5) Reflects the individual's need for a combination and
sequence of special, interdisciplinary or generic services,
individualized supports or other forms of assistance that are
of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned
and coordinated, as defined by section 102(8) of the
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
of 2000 (Public Law 106-402, 42 U.S.C. § 15002(8)). The term
shall also include individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum
disorder.
"Intellectual disability." Significantly subaverage general
intellectual functioning that is accompanied by significant
limitations in adaptive functioning in at least two of the
following skill areas:
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(1) Communication.
(2) Self-care.
(3) Home living.
(4) Social and interpersonal skills.
(5) Use of community resources.
(6) Self-direction.
(7) Functional academic skills.
(8) Work.
(9) Health.
(10) Safety.
The onset must occur before the individual reaches 22 years of
age, as defined by the act of October 20, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess.,
P.L.96, No.6), known as the Mental Health and Intellectual
Disability Act of 1966.
Section 4. Choice.
(a) Community-based services.--The Commonwealth shall, BASED
ON AVAILABLE FUNDING, provide individualized community-
integrated supports and services for an individual with AN
intellectual and developmental disabilities DISABILITY OR AUTISM
if all of the following apply:
(1) The individual has an intellectual or developmental
disability OR AUTISM.
(2) The individual chooses certain supports and services
or does not oppose the supports and services.
(3) The supports and services are included in an
APPROVED individualized services plan developed in accordance
with the person-centered planning requirements of 42 CFR §
441.301(c)(1), (2) and (3) (relating to contents of request
for a waiver) by an authorized State or county supports
coordinator with the input of the individual and, if chosen
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by the individual, the individual's guardian and advocate.
(b) Family.--If the individual so chooses, family members
and legal guardians of an individual with AN intellectual and
developmental disabilities DISABILITY OR AUTISM shall be
involved in meetings regarding the planning for and arrangement
of community-based services or other allowable services. Legal
guardians shall, under 20 Pa.C.S. § 5521(a) (relating to
provisions concerning powers, duties and liabilities):
(1) Assert the rights and interests of the individual.
(2) Respect the wishes and preferences of the individual
to the greatest extent possible.
(3) Encourage the individual to participate to the
maximum extent of his or her abilities in all decisions that
affect him or her, to act on his or her behalf when he or she
is able to do so and to develop or regain his or her capacity
to manage his or her personal affairs to the maximum extent
feasible.
(c) Contact.--Nothing in this act shall be construed to
prohibit an individual with AN intellectual and developmental
disabilities DISABILITY OR AUTISM from maintaining contact with
family and friends. The individual shall also have the choice
not to have contact with family and friends.
(d) Complaints.--An individual with AN intellectual and
developmental disabilities DISABILITY OR AUTISM, or a family
member or a legal guardian of such individual who believes that
the needs as identified or as detailed in the individualized
service plan are not being met may provide the State or county a
letter expressing concerns. The State or county shall, within 30
days, address the concerns and, if necessary, take corrective
action. All Federal and State due process rights, including, but
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not limited to, written notice and a fair hearing, also continue
to apply for each individual.
Section 5. Waiting list LISTS for intellectual disability OR
AUTISM services.
(a) GENERAL RULE.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, WITHIN FOUR MONTHS
OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, REORGANIZE ITS WAITING LIST,
OR INTEREST LIST, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM INTO A WAITING
LIST THAT PRIORITIZES INDIVIDUALS ACCORDING TO THE CATEGORIES OF
EMERGENCY NEEDS, CRITICAL NEEDS AND PLANNING NEEDS. THIS DATA
SHALL BE COLLECTED USING A TOOL THAT MEASURES THE LEVEL OF CARE
NEEDED AND THAT DOES NOT LIMIT SUCH ASSESSMENT DATA COLLECTION
BASED ON THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHERE AUTISM SERVICES ARE PROVIDED
IN THIS COMMONWEALTH. ADDITIONALLY, THE PRIORITIZATION OF NEED
SHALL NOT INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF SERVICES THE INDIVIDUAL WITH
AUTISM CURRENTLY RECEIVES.
(B) Waiting list plan.--Within one year of the effective
date of this section, the department shall, as part of a
stakeholder process with participation by individuals with
disabilities and their family members, develop a five-year plan
to eliminate the current as well as any future additions to the
critical and emergency waiting list for individuals with
intellectual disabilities who are in need of allowable home-
based and community-based supports and services. Within one year
of the effective date of this section, the department shall
develop a two-year plan to eliminate the current as well as any
future additions to the home-based and community-based services
waiting list for individuals with autism and to prevent future
home-based and community-based services waiting lists for all
other persons with disabilities, including those with physical
and developmental disabilities, including brain injury. The
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department shall submit the plans to the Governor, the General
Assembly and the county intellectual disability program
administrators.
(b) (C) Contents of plan.--The plan required by subsection
(a) shall include:
(1) Statistical information on the current and projected
annual increase in the waiting lists on a county basis. The
department shall develop a Statewide standardized form to
collect the information from the counties and the
department's Bureau of Autism Services.
(2) Budget projections taking into consideration the
department's current budget year, projected annual costs
associated with the elimination of the waiting lists,
financial information on the amount of additional Federal,
State or other funds in each county and with the department's
Bureau of Autism Services which may be required annually for
the operational costs associated with the elimination of the
waiting list in each county and of the waiting list with the
department's Bureau of Autism Services and the projected
annual waiting lists in each annual plan update.
(c) (D) Public hearings and comment.--In the development of
the plan required by subsection (a), the department shall
conduct public hearings and obtain public comment from
individuals with disabilities, including those with intellectual
and developmental disabilities OR AUTISM, their families and
guardians and providers of services to the disability community,
including the intellectual and developmental disability
DISABILITIES AND AUTISM community.
(d) (E) Annual submission of updated plan.--The department
shall update the budget, statistical and financial data to the
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plan required by subsection (a) annually and submit an updated
plan to the Governor, the General Assembly and the county
intellectual disability program administrators on the
anniversary date of the department's original submission of the
plan.
Section 6. Funding.
Services under this act shall be made available across this
Commonwealth, taking into account the budget constraints and
financial resources available to the Commonwealth and the needs
of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
OR AUTISM. NOTHING UNDER THIS ACT SHALL CONSTITUTE AN
ENTITLEMENT DERIVED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OR A CLAIM ON ANY
FUNDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
SECTION 7. REPORT.
(A) GENERAL RULE.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT A WRITTEN
REPORT BY SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, AND EVERY FOUR MONTHS THEREAFTER,
TO THE FOLLOWING:
(1) THE GOVERNOR.
(2) THE CHAIRMAN AND MINORITY CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE.
(3) THE CHAIRMAN AND MINORITY CHAIRMAN OF THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE.
(4) THE CHAIRMAN AND MINORITY CHAIRMAN OF THE HEALTH
COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(5) THE CHAIRMAN AND MINORITY CHAIRMAN OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(6) THE CHAIRMAN AND MINORITY CHAIRMAN OF THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(7) THE DEPARTMENT'S MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
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(B) POSTING OF REPORT.--THE REPORT SHALL BE POSTED ON THE
DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE IN AN ACCESSIBLE FORMAT.
(C) CONTENTS OF REPORT.--THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING:
(1) THE TOTAL NUMBER AND AGE RANGES, INCLUDING UNDER 18
YEARS OF AGE, AGES 18 TO 21 AND OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, OF
INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST FOR
HOME-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
(2) THE NUMBER AND AGE RANGES, INCLUDING UNDER 18 YEARS
OF AGE, AGES 18 TO 21 AND OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, OF
INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST FOR
HOME-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES:
(I) WITH EMERGENCY NEEDS;
(II) WITH CRITICAL NEEDS; AND
(III) THE COMBINED NUMBER OF THOSE WITH EMERGENCY
NEEDS AND CRITICAL NEEDS.
(3) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ADDED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
WAITING LIST FOR HOME-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS AND THE REASONS THEY WERE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST.
(4) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REMOVED FROM THE
DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST FOR HOME-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN
THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AND THE REASONS THEY WERE REMOVED FROM
THE WAITING LIST.
(5) THE NUMBER OF MONTHS OR YEARS THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH
EMERGENCY NEEDS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST
FOR HOME-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS
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WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES HAVE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST.
(6) THE NUMBER OF MONTHS OR YEARS THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH
CRITICAL NEEDS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST FOR
HOME-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES HAVE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST.
(7) THE NUMBER AND AGE RANGES, INCLUDING UNDER 18 YEARS
OF AGE, AGES 18 TO 21 AND OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, OF
INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST FOR
HOME-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE IN:
(I) A STATE CENTER;
(II) A PRIVATE INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (ICF/IID) OR
PERSONS WITH OTHER RELATED CONDITIONS (ICF/ORC);
(III) A STATE HOSPITAL;
(IV) A PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL;
(V) A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY; OR
(VI) ANY OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE FACILITY OR OTHER
INSTITUTIONAL SETTING.
(8) THE TOTAL NUMBER AND AGE RANGES, INCLUDING UNDER 18
YEARS OF AGE, AGES 18 TO 21 AND OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, OF
INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST, OR
INTEREST LIST, FOR THE ADULT COMMUNITY AUTISM PROGRAM AND THE
ADULT AUTISM WAIVER.
(9) THE TOTAL NUMBER AND AGE RANGES, INCLUDING UNDER 18
YEARS OF AGE, AGES 18 TO 21 AND OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, OF
INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST, OR
INTEREST LIST, FOR THE ADULT COMMUNITY AUTISM PROGRAM AND THE
ADULT AUTISM WAIVER:
(I) WITH EMERGENCY NEEDS;
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(II) WITH CRITICAL NEEDS; AND
(III) THE COMBINED NUMBER OF THOSE WITH EMERGENCY
NEEDS AND CRITICAL NEEDS.
(10) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ADDED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
WAITING LIST, OR INTEREST LIST, FOR THE ADULT COMMUNITY
AUTISM PROGRAM AND THE ADULT AUTISM WAIVER IN THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS AND THE REASONS THEY WERE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST.
(11) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REMOVED FROM THE
DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST, OR INTEREST LIST, FOR THE ADULT
COMMUNITY AUTISM PROGRAM AND THE ADULT AUTISM WAIVER IN THE
LAST FOUR MONTHS AND THE REASONS THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE
WAITING LIST.
(12) THE NUMBER OF MONTHS OR YEARS THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH
EMERGENCY NEEDS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST,
OR INTEREST LIST, FOR THE ADULT COMMUNITY AUTISM PROGRAM AND
THE ADULT AUTISM WAIVER HAVE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST.
(13) THE NUMBER OF MONTHS OR YEARS THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH
CRITICAL NEEDS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST, OR
INTEREST LIST, FOR THE ADULT COMMUNITY AUTISM PROGRAM AND THE
ADULT AUTISM WAIVER HAVE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST.
(14) THE TOTAL NUMBER AND AGE RANGES, INCLUDING UNDER 18
YEARS OF AGE, AGES 18 TO 21 AND OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, OF
INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST, OR
INTEREST LIST, FOR THE ADULT COMMUNITY AUTISM PROGRAM AND THE
ADULT AUTISM WAIVER WHO ARE IN:
(I) A STATE CENTER;
(II) A PRIVATE INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (ICF/IID) OR
PERSONS WITH OTHER RELATED CONDITIONS (ICF/ORC);
(III) A STATE HOSPITAL;
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(IV) A PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL;
(V) A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY; OR
(VI) ANY OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE FACILITY OR OTHER
INSTITUTIONAL SETTING.
(15) THE ESTIMATED PER-PERSON COST TO SERVE AN ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUAL ON THE WAITING LIST UNDER PARAGRAPH (1).
(16) THE ESTIMATED PER-PERSON COST TO SERVE AN ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUAL ON THE WAITING LIST, OR INTEREST LIST, UNDER
PARAGRAPH (8).
(17) THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS ON THE WAITING LIST UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) AND THE
ESTIMATED COST TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS IN EACH
CATEGORY LISTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (2).
(18) THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS ON THE WAITING LIST, OR INTEREST LIST, UNDER
PARAGRAPH (8) AND THE ESTIMATED COST TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS IN EACH CATEGORY LISTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (9).
Section 7 8. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days IMMEDIATELY.
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