Public Act 096-0065
 		





SB1372 Enrolled
LRB096 09954 DRJ 20118 b






    AN ACT in relation to State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
by adding Section 5.35 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 505/5.35  new)
    Sec. 5.35. Residential services; rates.
    (a)      In this Section, "residential services" means child 
care institution care, group home care, independent living 
services, and transitional living services that are licensed 
and purchased by the Department on behalf of children under the 
age of 22 years who are served by the Department and who need 
24-hour residential care due to emotional and behavior problems 
or severe mental illness and that are services for which the 
Department has rate-setting authority.
    For the purposes of this Section, "residential services" 
does not include (i) residential alcohol and other drug abuse 
treatment services or (ii) programs serving children primarily 
referred because of a developmental disability or mental health 
needs.
    (b)      The Department shall work with representatives of 
residential services providers with which the Department 
contracts for residential services and with representatives of 
other State agencies that purchase comparable residential 
services from agencies for which the Department has 
rate-setting authority to develop a performance-based model 
for these residential services. Other State agencies shall 
include, but not be limited to, the Department of Human 
Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Illinois 
State Board of Education. The rate paid by the other State 
agencies for comparable residential services shall not be less 
than the performance-based rates set by the Department.
    (c)      The performance-based model to be developed shall 
include required program components and a rate-setting 
methodology that incorporates the reasonable costs of the 
required program components, subject to the provisions and 
limitations prescribed in 89 Illinois Administrative Code, 
Chapter III, Subchapter c, Part 356, Rate-setting.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2009.