LFI Staff
I do the applicant pre-screening for H.R.
Who is Lauren Carter?
The governing body in Illinois who oversees the implementation of Rule 115.
What is DHS?
Under the settings rule, residential settings must allow individuals to receive these people anytime of their choosing.
What are visitors?
If an individual requires a psychotropic medication, the QIDP must ensure that this specific, formal approval committee reviews the restriction of rights annually.
What is the Human Rights Committee (HRC)?
Following recent updates, Rule 115 now exclusively applies to individuals with this type of disability, completely removing mental health-only CILAs from its scope.
What is Developmental Disabilities (DD)?
I am the Director of Facilities. Otherwise known as The Ruler of the maintenance department.
Who is Ray McGury?
This landmark civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of adults with I/DD gave birth to what we now know as CILAs.
What is the Ligas Lawsuit?
This core right means individuals cannot be forced into a rigid daily agenda and must be allowed to set their own daily schedules.
What is the right to autonomy / choice?
When an individual is their own guardian, the QIDP must obtain this signed document from the individual themselves before sharing their records with outside parties.
What is an Authorized Release of Information / Consent form?
This specific state bureau within IDHS is responsible for conducting surveys, audits, and issuing the licenses governed by Rule 115
What is BALC (Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure, and Certification)?
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Who is Mary Taylor?
Maintained by The Department of Public Health, this displays administrative findings of abuse, neglect or misappropriations of property.
What is the Health Care Worker Registry?
individuals must have this legally enforceable agreement providing protections comparable to those under state landlord-tenant law
What is a Residency Agreement?
When developing goals, the QIDP must ensure they are written using this 5-letter acronym.
What are SMART goals?
(specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound)
Screening for abnormal involuntary movements (like tardive dyskinesia) via AIMS must be completed at this frequency for individuals on psychotropic drugs.
What is every six months / semi-annually?
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Who is Cassidy Kaput?
In Illinois, this type of agency is an example of conflict free case management.
Individual Service Coordinator (ISC)
To legally restrict a setting rule right, the provider must obtain this specific, documented agreement from the individual.
What is Informed Consent?
In an updated structural overhaul to Illinois administrative code, the official age of onset qualifying a person for an "Intellectual Disability" was raised from 18 to this number.
What is 22 years old?
To protect privacy, all records and information regarding individuals served under Rule 115 are legally bound by this specific Illinois state Act.
What is the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act?
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Who is Amber Tinney?
These 4 types of restraints are prohibited in a CILA stated in Section 115.245 Restraints, in Rule 115.
What are Prone restraints, Supine restraints, Mechanical restraints, and Chemical restraints.
This landmark 1999 Supreme Court ruling mandates that individuals with disabilities have a right to receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate.
What is the Olmstead decision?
For an individual prescribed an initial psychotropic medication, the QIDP must ensure a formal Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) screening is completed within this tight baseline timeline.
What is prior to the start of the medication / before the first dose?
This independent oversight entity, along with the IDHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG), must be listed in the individual's rights paperwork for abuse and neglect reporting.
What is the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission?