[il-talk] Fw: Help Stop SB 45 in Illinois

Tue May 14 12:05:52 UTC 2013

FYI.  Coming to you through the State Rehab Council.
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From: "Abrahamson, Matt" <Matt.Abrahamson at illinois.gov>
To: "Arellano, Tony" <tonyare2 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:51 AM
Subject: FW: Help Stop SB 45 in Illinois

FYI from Greg.

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Polman [mailto:Greg.Polman at chicagolighthouse.org]
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:47 PM
To: Abrahamson, Matt
Subject: FW: Help Stop SB 45 in Illinois

FYI Please send to membership.

Greg Polman

Senior Vice President/Public Policy

Phone: 312.997.3673

greg.polman at chicagolighthouse.org

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From: Gary Arnold [mailto:Garnold at accessliving.org]
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 2:01 PM
To: Greg Polman
Subject: Help Stop SB 45 in Illinois

If you believe that people with disabilities should not have to live in 
institutions, contact your representative and tell him or her to oppose SB 
45. Owners of Institutes of Mental Disease (IMD) nursing homes are asking 
the legislature for language that could mean less community living for 
people with mental illness and more institutionalization.

Their effort is in response to the 2010 Williams v. Quinn settlement under 
which thousands of Illinoisans with mental illness will move from the IMDs 
into their own apartments. The IMD owners, facing a loss of revenue because 
people are moving out, are looking for new ways to keep people with mental 
illness in their facilities. This plan serves only one interest: that of the 
IMD owners. The plan puts nursing home profits above the rights of people 
with mental illness to live in integrated settings and ignores the reality 
that living in the community costs less than living in an IMD.

There are three actions steps you can take to help.

1. Contact your legislators today. Tell them that the legislation is counter 
to the rights of people with disabilities to live in integrated settings and 
that nursing homes should not be supported by the state when people can live 
better lives in the community, and at a lower cost. To find your State 
Legislator, go to this link and look up your legislator using your 
residential address. 
<http://chicago.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=chicago&cdn=citiestowns&tm=9&f=00&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=12&bt=4&bts=4&zu=http%3A//www.elections.il.gov/districtlocator/districtofficialsearchbyaddress.aspx>

2. Contact the House Rules Committee. The bill passed out of the Senate and 
has been referred to the House Rules Committee. You can also help by calling 
the five people on the Rules Committee to let them know that people with 
disabilities want community services.

Call:

Barbara Flynn Currie
phone number 217-782-8121
fax 217-524-1794

Timothy Schmitz
phone number 217-782-5457
fax 217-782-1138

Lou Lang
phone number 217-782-1252
fax 217-782-9903

David Leitch
phone number 217-782-8108
fax 217-557-3047

Frank Mautino
phone number 217-782-0140
fax 217-557-7680

3. Contact the Governor. Please call Governor Quinn and tell him this is a 
bad plan. The message is:

"The financial interests of the IMDs must not be put ahead of the rights of 
people with disabilities to live in their own homes or apartments."

Governor Quinn
phone number 217-782-0244
TTY 888-261-3336

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