Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 5/30/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2172

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2172 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/25)  (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
7    Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations.
8    (a) All appropriations shall be available for expenditure
9for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the Act making
10that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency
11appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through
12June 30 of the year when the Act making that appropriation is
13enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
14    (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from
15appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out of
16the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period ending at

 

 

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1the close of business on August 31. Any service involving
2professional or artistic skills or any personal services by an
3employee whose compensation is subject to income tax
4withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the fiscal year
5in order to be considered an "outstanding liability as of June
630" that is thereby eligible for payment out of the expiring
7appropriation.
8    (b-1) However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims
9under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by
10the State Board of Education from its appropriations for those
11respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the claims
12reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to a prior
13fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction of the
14State Superintendent of Education from the fund from which the
15appropriation is made without regard to any fiscal year
16limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
17Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payment of tuition
18reimbursement claims under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the
19School Code as of June 30, payable from appropriations that
20have otherwise expired, may be paid out of the expiring
21appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of
22business on October 31.
23    (b-2) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2010,
24payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
25conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2010, and
26interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State

 

 

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1Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
2appropriations until December 31, 2010, without regard to the
3fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
4for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
5than August 31, 2010.
6    (b-2.5) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2011,
7payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
8conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2011, and
9interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State
10Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
11appropriations until December 31, 2011, without regard to the
12fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
13for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
14than August 31, 2011.
15    (b-3) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
16Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes
17for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the
18medical services being compensated for by such payment may have
19been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as required by
20subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021,
21medical payments payable from appropriations that have
22otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
23during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
24October 31.
25    (b-4) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
26Healthcare and Family Services and medical payments and child

 

 

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1care payments may be made by the Department of Human Services
2(as successor to the Department of Public Aid) from
3appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without
4regard to the fact that the medical or child care services
5being compensated for by such payment may have been rendered in
6a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made at the direction
7of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services from the
8Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local Government Health
9Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to any fiscal year
10limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
11Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical payments made by
12the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, child care
13payments made by the Department of Human Services, and payments
14made at the discretion of the Department of Healthcare and
15Family Services from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the
16Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund payable from
17appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of
18the expiring appropriation during the 4-month period ending at
19the close of business on October 31.
20    (b-5) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
21Human Services from its appropriations relating to substance
22abuse treatment services for any fiscal year, without regard to
23the fact that the medical services being compensated for by
24such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year,
25provided the payments are made on a fee-for-service basis
26consistent with requirements established for Medicaid

 

 

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1reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family
2Services, except as required by subsection (j) of this Section.
3Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical payments made by the
4Department of Human Services relating to substance abuse
5treatment services payable from appropriations that have
6otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
7during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
8October 31.
9    (b-6) Additionally, payments may be made by the Department
10of Human Services from its appropriations, or any other State
11agency from its appropriations with the approval of the
12Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
13Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
14Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
15any fiscal year limitations, except as required by subsection
16(j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payments made
17by the Department of Human Services from the Immigration Reform
18and Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
19Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 payable from
20appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of
21the expiring appropriation during the 4-month period ending at
22the close of business on October 31.
23    (b-7) Payments may be made in accordance with a plan
24authorized by paragraph (11) or (12) of Section 405-105 of the
25Department of Central Management Services Law from
26appropriations for those payments without regard to fiscal year

 

 

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1limitations.
2    (c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of
3Public Health, the Department of Human Services (acting as
4successor to the Department of Public Health under the
5Department of Human Services Act), and the Department of
6Healthcare and Family Services from their respective
7appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
8persons suffering from chronic renal disease, persons
9suffering from hemophilia, rape victims, and premature and
10high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and for grants
11for supplemental food supplies provided under the United States
12Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children
13Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard to the
14fact that the services being compensated for by such payment
15may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as
16required by subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June
1730, 2021, payments made by the Department of Public Health, the
18Department of Human Services, and the Department of Healthcare
19and Family Services from their respective appropriations for
20grants for medical care to or on behalf of persons suffering
21from chronic renal disease, persons suffering from hemophilia,
22rape victims, and premature and high-mortality risk infants and
23their mothers and for grants for supplemental food supplies
24provided under the United States Department of Agriculture
25Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program payable from
26appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of

 

 

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1the expiring appropriations during the 4-month period ending at
2the close of business on October 31.
3    (d) The Department of Public Health and the Department of
4Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public
5Health under the Department of Human Services Act) shall each
6annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate President,
7Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority
8Leader, and the respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of
9the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on
10or before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to
11pay for services provided in any prior fiscal year. This report
12shall document by program or service category those
13expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
14to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
15    (e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
16Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
17Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human Services
18making fee-for-service payments relating to substance abuse
19treatment services provided during a previous fiscal year shall
20each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
21President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House
22Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and Minority
23Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and
24the House, on or before November 30, a report that shall
25document by program or service category those expenditures from
26the most recently completed fiscal year used to pay for (i)

 

 

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1services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii) services for
2which claims were received in prior fiscal years.
3    (f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to the
4Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State
5Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker
6of the House, House Minority Leader, and the respective
7Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations
8Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before December
931, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay for services
10(other than medical care) provided in any prior fiscal year.
11This report shall document by program or service category those
12expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
13to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
14    (g) In addition, each annual report required to be
15submitted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
16under subsection (e) shall include the following information
17with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
18        (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance
19    between the previous year's estimated and actual
20    liabilities.
21        (2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and
22    Family Services' liabilities, including but not limited to
23    numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical service
24    utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost of
25    medical services.
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1    fraud and abuse.
2    (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly
3Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a
4General Assembly member's district office for a period
5including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid
6from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
7year.
8    (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the
9Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
10        (1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or
11    authorized inter-fund transfers based on estimated charges
12    for goods or services;
13        (2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund
14    transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers during
15    the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or
16    authorized inter-fund transfers received during the prior
17    fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed
18    by the user agency for that period; and
19        (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies during
20    the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when
21    payments or authorized inter-fund transfers received from
22    the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less than
23    the total amount owed for that period.
24User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service
25funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their
26respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the

 

 

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1catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized
2inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the
3purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers
4without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized
5by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act.
6    (i-1) Beginning on July 1, 2021, all outstanding
7liabilities, not payable during the 4-month lapse period as
8described in subsections (b-1), (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), and
9(c) of this Section, that are made from appropriations for that
10purpose for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that
11the services being compensated for by those payments may have
12been rendered in a prior fiscal year, are limited to only those
13claims that have been incurred but for which a proper bill or
14invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment Act has not been
15received by September 30th following the end of the fiscal year
16in which the service was rendered.
17    (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
18aggregate amount of payments to be made without regard for
19fiscal year limitations as contained in subsections (b-1),
20(b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), and (c) of this Section, and
21determined by using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,
22shall not exceed the following amounts:
23        (1) $6,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
24    to fiscal year 2012;
25        (2) $5,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
26    to fiscal year 2013;

 

 

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1        (3) $4,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
2    to fiscal year 2014;
3        (4) $4,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
4    to fiscal year 2015;
5        (5) $3,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
6    to fiscal year 2016;
7        (6) $2,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
8    to fiscal year 2017;
9        (7) $2,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
10    to fiscal year 2018;
11        (8) $1,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
12    to fiscal year 2019;
13        (9) $600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
14    to fiscal year 2020; and
15        (10) $0 for outstanding liabilities related to fiscal
16    year 2021 and fiscal years thereafter.
17(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-928, eff. 6-15-10;
1896-958, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.".