A federal probe into Illinois’ treatment of disabled people will examine abuse and neglect allegations at state-run ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... The letter ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... also will probe abuse and neglect allegations of patients at the Choate ...

Intellectual and developmental disability service organizations are bracing for potential cuts to Medicaid and Medicare from ...

In 10 other states, doctors are allowed to prescribe life-ending treatment for terminal patients. Illinois could become the ...

A proposal in Illinois would limit the number of patients nurses can care for at once. The Safe Patient Limits Act (HB2604) provides the maximum number of patients that may be assigned to a ...

About 3.9 million Illinoisans are enrolled in Medicaid. Of that total, 44% of Medicaid recipients are children, 9% are ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a wide-ranging investigation into Illinois' treatment of people with developmental disabilities, examining whether the state provides adequate resources ...