An application for the Program shall be submitted to the Department by the adult with a mental disability or, if the adult with a mental disability requires a guardian, by his or her legal guardian. If the application for participation in the Program is approved by the Department and the adult with a mental disability is eligible to receive services under this Article, the adult with a mental disability shall be made aware of the availability of a community support team and shall be offered case management services. The amount of the home-based services provided by the Department in any month shall be determined by the service plan of the adult with a mental disability, but in no case shall it be more than either:
         (a) three hundred percent of the monthly federal
    
Supplemental Security Income payment for an individual residing alone if the adult with a mental disability is not enrolled in a special education program by a local education agency, or
        (b) two hundred percent of the monthly Supplemental
    
Security Income payment for an individual residing alone if the adult with a mental disability is enrolled in a special education program by a local education agency.
    Upon approval of the Department, all or part of the monthly amount approved for home-based services to participating adults may be used as a one-time or continuing payment to the eligible adult or the adult’s parent or guardian to pay for specified tangible items that are directly related to meeting basic needs related to the person’s mental disabilities.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 80/2-6

  • Adult with a mental disability: means a person over the age of 18 years who lives in his or her own home; who needs home-based services, but does not require 24-hour-a-day supervision; and who has one of the following conditions: severe autism, severe mental illness, a severe or profound intellectual disability, or severe and multiple impairments. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 80/2-3
  • Agency: means an agency or entity licensed by the Department pursuant to this Article or pursuant to the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 80/2-3
  • Department: means the Department of Human Services, as successor to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 80/2-3
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Home-based services: means services provided to an adult with a mental disability who lives in his or her own home. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 80/2-3
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Legal guardian: means a person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to exercise certain powers on behalf of an adult with a mental disability. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 80/2-3
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
  • Parent: means the biological or adoptive parent of an adult with a mental disability, or a person licensed as a foster parent under the laws of this State who acts as a foster parent to an adult with a mental disability. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 80/2-3

     Tangible items include, but are not limited to: adaptive equipment, medication not covered by third-party payments, nutritional supplements, and residential modifications.
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