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SB2505 Engrossed |
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LRB095 18169 DRJ 44252 b |
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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 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 5.35 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 505/5.35 new) |
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| Sec. 5.35. Residential services; rates. |
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| (a) In this Section, "residential services" include |
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| residential treatment, group home care, independent living, |
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| and transitional living services. |
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| (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall work |
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| with representatives of voluntary residential services |
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| providers to develop a performance-based contract model that |
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| fully funds the cost of care provided by residential services |
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| providers beginning in State fiscal year 2010.
On and after |
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| July 1, 2008, the Department shall work with other State |
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| agencies that require residential services for children in |
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| their care, including but not limited to the Department of |
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| Human Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the |
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| Illinois State Board of Education, to develop program |
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| requirements and rates that are not less than the |
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| performance-based rates set by the Department of Children and |
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| Family Services.
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