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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State |
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| Services Assurance Act.
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| Section 5. Legislative intent and policy. The General |
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| Assembly finds that State government delivers a myriad of |
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| services that are necessary for the health, welfare, safety, |
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| and quality of life of all Illinois residents. |
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| It is the intent of the General Assembly to monitor |
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| staffing levels in all executive branch agencies under the |
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| authority of the Governor and to develop a system to ensure the |
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| effective delivery of vital State services. To that end, this |
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| Act establishes minimum staffing standards in State agencies |
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| where lives and public safety are at greatest risk: in |
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| facilities operated by the Departments of Corrections and Human |
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| Services, and in Department of Human Services Family and |
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| Community Resource Centers.
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| Section 10. Staffing ratios. |
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| (a) The collective average staffing ratio of correctional |
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| centers operated by the Department of Corrections shall be at |
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| or above 0.295 staff per inmate.
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| (b) The collective average staffing ratio of mental health |
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| centers operated by the Department of Human Services shall be |
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| at or above 2.5 staff per patient.
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| (c) The collective average staffing ratio of developmental |
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| centers operated by the Department of Human Services shall be |
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| at or above 1.9 staff per resident.
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| (d) The collective average caseload of employees in Family |
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| and Community Resource Centers operated by the Department of |
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| Human Services shall be at or below 288 cases.
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| Section 15. Departmental task forces. The Department of |
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| Children and Family Services shall convene a Caseload Standards |
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| Task Force. The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall convene a |
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| Workload Standards Task Force. The Department of Juvenile |
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| Justice shall convene a Staffing Ratio Standards Task Force. |
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| Each Task Force shall include an equal number of |
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| representatives of the respective Department, labor unions |
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| representing Department employees, and advocates. The |
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| Department of Children and Family Services Caseload Standards |
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| Task Force shall establish reasonable caseload standards for |
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| effective child welfare service delivery. The Department of |
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| Veterans' Affairs Workload Standards Task Force shall |
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| establish reasonable workload standards at facilities operated |
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| by the Department. The Department of Juvenile Justice Staffing |
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| Ratio Standards Task Force shall establish reasonable staffing |
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| ratios at facilities operated by the Department. The work of |
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| each Task Force shall be completed on or before January 1, |
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| 2007. Each Department shall develop rules implementing the |
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| caseload or workload standards.
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| Section 20. Staffing audit. The Auditor General shall |
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| conduct performance audits of executive branch agencies listed |
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| in Section 5-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to |
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| determine 5-year trends in staffing levels for direct line |
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| service programs. The audits shall analyze reported staffing |
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| levels by agency, division, program, and facility. The audits |
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| shall determine whether agencies have identified key outcome |
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| indicators for each major direct line service program including |
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| the amount, variety, and quality of programs and services |
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| delivered. The audits shall determine whether the agencies' |
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| indicators accurately reflect agency performance and are |
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| measurable consistently over time. The audits shall determine |
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| if the agencies have assessed whether staffing changes have |
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| impacted agency performance. The audits shall include |
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| recommendations where appropriate. A minimum of 6 such audits |
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| shall be conducted annually, beginning in fiscal year 2007.
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| Section 25. Annual reports. Each executive branch agency |
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| under the authority of the Governor shall prepare an annual |
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| report on staffing levels for the committees of the House of |
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| Representatives and the Senate that conduct hearings on its |
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| annual budget appropriation. The report shall include at a |
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| minimum 5 years of actual and estimated staffing levels by |
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| division, program, and facility, staffing ratios if |
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| appropriate, and updated reports on the key outcome measures |
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| identified in the audits required in Section 20. The reports |
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| shall be conveyed to the appropriate committees no later than 6 |
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| months after the end of each fiscal year.
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| Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are |
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| severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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