A federal probe into Illinois’ treatment of disabled people will examine abuse and neglect allegations at state-run residential institutions — including Choate, the subject of a yearlong Capitol News ...

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 bill follows a Tribune investigation last year that exposed how Illinois health care systems failed to protect patients from sexual abuse and how state government failed to hold them accountable.

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

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 ...