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90_HB3704

      405 ILCS 30/4             from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904
          Amends  the  Community  Services  Act.    Provides   that
      providers  of    community  services for the mentally ill and
      developmentally disabled shall increase the wages  of  direct
      care  workers by at least the same percentage as the increase
      in funds they receive from the State for the  cost  of  doing
      business  in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999.  Provides
      that each community services provider shall  certify  to  the
      Department,  as  provided  by rule by the Department, that it
      has provided the wage  increases  in  accordance  with  these
      requirements.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the Community Services Act by changing
 2    Section 4.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Community  Services  Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 4 as follows:
 7        (405 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)
 8        Sec. 4.  Financing for Community Services. The Department
 9    of  Human  Services  is  authorized  to   provide   financial
10    assistance    to    eligible   private   service   providers,
11    corporations,  local   government   entities   or   voluntary
12    associations  for  the  provision of services to persons with
13    mental illness, persons with a developmental  disability  and
14    alcohol  and  drug  dependent persons living in the community
15    for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
16        The  Department  shall  utilize  the  following   funding
17    mechanisms for community services:
18             (1)  Purchase  of Care Contracts: services purchased
19        on a predetermined fee per unit  of  service  basis  from
20        private  providers  or  governmental  entities.  Fee  per
21        service  rates  are  set  by an established formula which
22        covers some portion of  personnel,  supplies,  and  other
23        allowable  costs,  and  which  makes  some  allowance for
24        geographic variations in costs as well as for  additional
25        program components.
26             (2)  Grants:  sums  of  money  which  the Department
27        grants to  private  providers  or  governmental  entities
28        pursuant  to  the  grant recipient's agreement to provide
29        certain  services,  as  defined  by  departmental   grant
30        guidelines,   to   an   approximate   number  of  service
31        recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
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 1        personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as  well  as
 2        other funds available to the program.
 3             (3)  Other  Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
 4        may be established on a pilot basis in order  to  examine
 5        the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
 6        the provision of community services.
 7        Providers  of community services for the mentally ill and
 8    developmentally  disabled shall increase the wages of  direct
 9    care  workers by at least the same percentage as the increase
10    in funds they receive from the State for the  cost  of  doing
11    business  in  fiscal  year  1998  and fiscal year 1999.  Each
12    community services provider shall certify to the  Department,
13    as  provided  by rule by the Department, that it has provided
14    the wage increases in accordance with these requirements.
15        The Department shall strive to establish and maintain  an
16    equitable  system  of  payment  which encourages providers to
17    improve their  clients'  capabilities  for  independence  and
18    reduces   their   reliance  on  community  or  State-operated
19    services.  In accepting  Department  funds,  providers  shall
20    recognize  their  responsibility  to  be  accountable  to the
21    Department and the State for the delivery of  services  which
22    are  consistent  with  the philosophies and goals of this Act
23    and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
24    (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

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