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90_HB1377
405 ILCS 30/4 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904
Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that funds
appropriated to the Department of Human Services to finance
community services shall be adjusted annually to reflect
changes in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local
Government Purchases. Effective immediately.
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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 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
9 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
10 of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the
11 Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in
12 their respective areas of jurisdiction are authorized to
13 provide financial assistance to eligible private service
14 providers, corporations, local government entities or
15 voluntary associations for the provision of services to
16 persons with mental illness, persons with a developmental
17 disability and alcohol and drug dependent persons living in
18 the community for the purpose of achieving the goals of this
19 Act.
20 The Department and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism
21 and Substance Abuse shall utilize the following funding
22 mechanisms for community services:
23 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
24 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
25 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
26 service rates are set by an established formula which
27 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
28 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
29 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
30 program components.
31 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department or
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1 the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
2 grants to private providers or governmental entities
3 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
4 certain services, as defined by Departmental or the
5 Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
6 grant guidelines, to an approximate number of service
7 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
8 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
9 other funds available to the program.
10 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
11 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
12 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
13 the provision of community services.
14 The Department and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism
15 and Substance Abuse 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. The annual appropriation to the Department of
20 Human Services to fund community services shall include an
21 increase over the appropriation for the previous fiscal year
22 that reflects any increase in the Implicit Price Deflator
23 for State and Local Government Purchases as determined by the
24 United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month
25 calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which
26 the increase is to be applied. The increase shall be applied
27 to appropriations beginning July 1, 1997 for the State
28 fiscal year 1998 and continued each year thereafter. In
29 accepting Department or the Illinois Department of Alcoholism
30 and Substance Abuse funds, providers shall recognize their
31 responsibility to be accountable to the Department or the
32 Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse and the
33 State for the delivery of services which are consistent with
34 the philosophies and goals of this Act and the rules and
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1 regulations promulgated under it.
2 (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
3 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
4 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
5 of Human Services is authorized to provide financial
6 assistance to eligible private service providers,
7 corporations, local government entities or voluntary
8 associations for the provision of services to persons with
9 mental illness, persons with a developmental disability and
10 alcohol and drug dependent persons living in the community
11 for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
12 The Department shall utilize the following funding
13 mechanisms for community services:
14 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
15 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
16 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
17 service rates are set by an established formula which
18 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
19 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
20 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
21 program components.
22 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department
23 grants to private providers or governmental entities
24 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
25 certain services, as defined by departmental grant
26 guidelines, to an approximate number of service
27 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
28 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
29 other funds available to the program.
30 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
31 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
32 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
33 the provision of community services.
34 The Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
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1 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
2 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
3 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
4 services. The annual appropriation to the Department of
5 Human Services to fund community services shall include an
6 increase over the appropriation for the previous fiscal year
7 that reflects any increase in the Implicit Price Deflator
8 for State and Local Government Purchases as determined by the
9 United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month
10 calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which
11 the increase is to be applied. The increase shall be applied
12 to appropriations beginning July 1, 1997 for the State
13 fiscal year 1998 and continued each year thereafter. In
14 accepting Department funds, providers shall recognize their
15 responsibility to be accountable to the Department and the
16 State for the delivery of services which are consistent with
17 the philosophies and goals of this Act and the rules and
18 regulations promulgated under it.
19 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
21 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
22 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
23 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
24 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
25 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
26 any other Public Act.
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.
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