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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2880
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2880 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is
5 amended by changing Section 80-5 and the Article 80 heading
6 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 1305/Art. 80 heading)
8 ARTICLE 80. EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS
9 (20 ILCS 1305/80-5)
10 Sec. 80-5. Task Force on the Department of Human Services
11 Consolidation.
12 (a) There is hereby established a Task Force on the
13 Department of Human Services Consolidation.
14 (b) The Task Force shall consist of 7 voting members, as
15 follows: one person appointed by the Governor, who shall
16 serve as chair of the Task Force; 2 members appointed by the
17 President of the Senate, one of whom shall be designated a
18 vice chair at the time of appointment; one member appointed
19 by the Senate Minority Leader; 2 members appointed by the
20 Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be
21 designated a vice chair at the time of appointment; and one
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1 member appointed by the House Minority Leader.
2 Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be
3 appointed for the duration of the Task Force; in the event of
4 a vacancy, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made
5 by the legislative leader of the same house and party as the
6 leader who made the original appointment. The Governor may
7 at any time terminate the service of the person appointed by
8 the Governor and reappoint a different person to serve as
9 chair of the Task Force.
10 The following persons (or their designees) shall serve,
11 ex officio, as nonvoting members of the Task Force: the
12 Director of Public Health, the Director of Public Aid, the
13 Director of Children and Family Services, the Director of the
14 Bureau of the Budget, and the Secretary of Human Services,
15 until their offices are abolished, the Director of Mental
16 Health and Developmental Disabilities, the Director of
17 Rehabilitation Services, and the Director of Alcoholism and
18 Substance Abuse. The Governor may appoint up to 3 additional
19 persons to serve as nonvoting members of the Task Force, who
20 may be technical consultants from; such persons shall be
21 officers or employees of a constitutional office or of a
22 department or agency of the executive branch.
23 The Task Force may begin to conduct business upon the
24 appointment of a majority of the voting members. If the
25 chair has not been appointed but both vice chairs have been
26 appointed, the 2 vice chairs shall preside jointly. If the
27 chair has not been appointed and only one vice chair has been
28 appointed, that vice chair shall preside.
29 Members shall serve without compensation but may be
30 reimbursed for their expenses.
31 (c) The Task Force shall gather information and make
32 recommendations relating to the performance of the Illinois
33 Department of Human Services since its creation under this
34 Act, with respect to its success in achieving the goals and
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1 objectives of the human services consolidation, the
2 effectiveness of its structure and function, and its impact
3 on the delivery of programs and services. planning,
4 organization, and implementation of human services
5 consolidation. The Task Force shall work to assure that the
6 human services delivery system is meeting meets and adhering
7 adheres to the goals of quality, efficiency, accountability,
8 and financial responsibility; to make recommendations in
9 keeping with those goals concerning the design, operation,
10 and organizational structure of the new Department of Human
11 Services; and to recommend any necessary implementing
12 legislation for the improvement of programs and services
13 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services.
14 The Task Force shall evaluate monitor the implementation
15 of human service program reorganization and shall study its
16 effect on the delivery of services to the citizens of
17 Illinois. The Task Force shall make recommendations to the
18 Governor and the General Assembly regarding the effect of the
19 future consolidation of human service programs and functions.
20 (d) The Task Force shall:
21 (1) review and make recommendations on the
22 organizational structure of the new Department of Human
23 Services;
24 (2) review the status of and approve plans for a
25 unified electronic management and intake information and
26 reporting system as provided in Section 1-25, and monitor
27 and guide the implementation of the system;
28 (3) review the progress that the Department has
29 made toward and make recommendations on the consolidation
30 or elimination of fragmented or duplicative programs;
31 (4) monitor and review the progress that the
32 Department has made on maximizing make recommendations on
33 how best to maximize future federal funding for the new
34 Department of Human Services, with specific specifically
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1 including consideration of any federal Medicaid, welfare,
2 or block grant reforms that have been authorized to
3 enhance State programs and services reform;
4 (5) review the progress that the Department has
5 made and make recommendations on geographic
6 regionalization;
7 (6) review the progress that the Department has
8 made and make recommendations on the development of
9 common intake and client confidentiality processes;
10 (7) review the progress that the Department has
11 made with respect and make recommendations to foster
12 effective community-based privatization;
13 (8) obtain a management audit of the Department of
14 Human Services Children and Family Services, to be
15 completed and submitted to the Task Force no later than
16 March 1, 2004, which shall include a preliminary review
17 and findings regarding the effect that the consolidation
18 has had on programs and services for the mentally ill and
19 developmentally disabled, individuals currently receiving
20 services under the Office of Rehabilitation Services, and
21 individuals in the substance abuse prevention and
22 treatment programs July 1, 1997; and
23 (9) review any other appropriate matter and make
24 recommendations to assure a high quality, efficient,
25 accountable, and financially responsible system for the
26 delivery of human services to the people of Illinois.
27 (e) The Task Force may hire any necessary staff or
28 consultants, enter into contracts, and make any expenditures
29 necessary for carrying out its duties, all out of moneys
30 appropriated for that purpose. Staff support services may be
31 provided to the Task Force by the Office of the Governor, the
32 agencies of State government represented on the Task Force by
33 ex officio members directly involved in the reorganization of
34 the delivery of human services, and appropriate legislative
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1 staff.
2 (f) The Task Force may establish an advisory committee
3 to ensure maximum public participation in the Task Force's
4 planning, organization, and implementation review process.
5 If established, the advisory committee shall (1) advise and
6 assist the Task Force in its duties, (2) help the Task Force
7 to identify issues of public concern, and (3) meet at least
8 quarterly.
9 (g) The Task Force shall submit preliminary reports of
10 its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the
11 General Assembly by January 1, 2004 and March 1, 2004, and a
12 final report by September 1, 2004 February 1, 1997 and
13 February 1, 1998 and a final report by January 1, 1999. It
14 may submit other reports as it deems appropriate.
15 (h) The Task Force is abolished on January 1, 2005
16 February 1, 1999.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-506, eff. 7-3-96.)
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".