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On Wednesday, May 11, the House Human Services Committee held a hearing on the Senate bill (SB 2610) establishing a continuum of care license and voted 12 to 2 in favor of the...

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This past Thursday, May 5, the Secretary for the Illinois Department of Human Services, James Dimas, and the Director of the Department of Public Health, Dr. Nirav Shah, visited Misericordia...

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  One of the questions raised by our state legislators with respect to the continuum of care legislation was how a new state license that brings all of Misericordia’s homes...

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Olmstead Attorney Sue Jamieson & Plaintiffs Lois Curtis & Elaine Wilson The continuum of care legislation has provoked our opponents, Equip...

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  The past week was extremely busy, but with the help of the entire Misericordia family we were able to advance the ball on the legislation that would create a new continuum of care...

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Stanley Ligas     Ligas Continues to Be Important for Misericordia and its Families   Amazingly, the Ligas case is entering its twelfth...

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This past Monday, we had a status conference with the judge in the Ligas case.   We informed her that while the State has been making the required payments to ICF/DD and CILA...

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Continuum of Care Legislation Sponsor Illinois Senator John G. Mulroe This past week was a busy one for our proposed legislation providing for a continuum of care license. A number of...

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Sister Rosemary has for some time encouraged all of us to make sure that our state representatives and senators take a tour of Misericordia. Last Friday,  I participated in a tour...

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The same advocates for individuals with disabilities who criticize “institutional” living arrangements as too segregating are now taking aim at the day programs and employment...