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

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ignoring the major problems facing children and developmentally disabled people in the state’s ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... The letter said the investigation also will probe abuse and neglect allegations of ...

Her organization is a part of the Illinois Stop Assisted Suicide Coalition. Benecke said the bill is dangerous due to a fear ...

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

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are pushing patient “end-of-life” bills for the second year in a row, but a coalition opposed to the legislation says people who are disabled would ...

A final report on the abuse of learning disability patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital is likely to be published later this year, the chair of the statutory inquiry has said. The Muckamore Abbey ...

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 ...

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 ...