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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) | ||||||
| 3 | has seven State-operated
developmental centers (SODCs) serving | ||||||
| 4 | approximately 1,800 residents; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Individuals also receive services in | ||||||
| 6 | community-based settings through Community
Integrated Living | ||||||
| 7 | Arrangements (CILAs), which house one to eight residents each; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In 2012, then-Governor Quinn announced a | ||||||
| 10 | "rebalancing initiative" with the goal of
moving individuals | ||||||
| 11 | from SODCs to community settings; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In 2012, the SODC in Jacksonville was closed and | ||||||
| 13 | the majority of its residents were
transitioned to CILAs; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Warren G. Murray Developmental Center in | ||||||
| 15 | Centralia was also slated for closure
and some residents were | ||||||
| 16 | transitioned out of the facility; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 18 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | ||||||
| 19 | Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit of | ||||||
| 20 | the
oversight of the Community Integrated Living Arrangements
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| 1 | (CILAs) program at the Department of Human Services; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That the audit include but not be limited to the | ||||||
| 4 | following: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) A review of the process for licensing community | ||||||
| 6 | mental health or developmental services
agencies and | ||||||
| 7 | certifying community-integrated living arrangements for | ||||||
| 8 | persons with
mental illnesses or persons with | ||||||
| 9 | developmental disabilities; | ||||||
| 10 | (2) A determination whether oversight and monitoring | ||||||
| 11 | of licensed agencies and
certified providers complies with | ||||||
| 12 | statutory and regulatory requirements, including site
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| 13 | visits, and inspections of records and premises; | ||||||
| 14 | (3) A review of the extent and timing of follow-up and | ||||||
| 15 | monitoring by DHS of individuals
transitioned from SODCs to | ||||||
| 16 | CILAs, including its provision of follow-along services to
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| 17 | support an individual's transition into the new service | ||||||
| 18 | arrangement; | ||||||
| 19 | (4) A review of the role of Community Resource | ||||||
| 20 | Alliance, Community Resource
Associates, and any other | ||||||
| 21 | principal providers in transition planning and support and
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| 1 | whether those contracts were adequately managed by DHS; | ||||||
| 2 | (5) A review of the status of the Money Follows the | ||||||
| 3 | Person (MFP) initiative, including
Individual Budgets and | ||||||
| 4 | reimbursements received from the federal government; and | ||||||
| 5 | (6) A review of DHS procedures for receiving and | ||||||
| 6 | investigating complaints against licensees
and providers, | ||||||
| 7 | including any denial or revocation of licenses or actions | ||||||
| 8 | taken against
providers; and be it further | ||||||
| 9 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Human Services | ||||||
| 10 | and any other agency or entity
having information relevant to | ||||||
| 11 | this audit, cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor
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| 12 | General during this review; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
| 14 | soon as possible and report the
findings and recommendations | ||||||
| 15 | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-
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| 16 | 14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
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