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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by adding Section 37 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 505/37 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 37. Internal oversight review and unified report. As | ||||||
8 | required in Section 1-37 of the Department of Human Services | ||||||
9 | Act, the Department shall conduct an internal review and work | ||||||
10 | in conjunction with the Department of Human Services and other | ||||||
11 | State human services agencies in the development of a unified | ||||||
12 | report to the General Assembly summarizing the provider | ||||||
13 | contracts issued by the agencies; auditing requirements | ||||||
14 | related to these contracts; licensing and training | ||||||
15 | requirements subject to audits; mandated reporting | ||||||
16 | requirements for grant recipients and contractual providers; | ||||||
17 | the extent to which audits or rules are redundant or result in | ||||||
18 | duplication; and proposed actions to address the redundancy or | ||||||
19 | duplication. | ||||||
20 | Section 10. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | ||||||
21 | by adding Section 1-37 as follows: |
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1 | (20 ILCS 1305/1-37 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 1-37. Streamlined auditing and accreditation system. | ||||||
3 | (a) As used in this Section, "State human services agency" | ||||||
4 | means the Department of Children and Family Services, the | ||||||
5 | Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
6 | Family Services, and the Department of Public Health. | ||||||
7 | (b) Each State human services agency shall conduct an | ||||||
8 | internal review and coordinate with other State human services | ||||||
9 | agencies to file a unified report with the General Assembly | ||||||
10 | summarizing the provider contracts issued by the agencies; | ||||||
11 | auditing requirements related to these contracts; licensing | ||||||
12 | and training requirements subject to audits; mandated | ||||||
13 | reporting requirements for grant recipients and contractual | ||||||
14 | providers; the extent to which audits or rules are redundant or | ||||||
15 | result in duplication; and proposed actions to address the | ||||||
16 | redundancy or duplication. The proposed actions shall seek to | ||||||
17 | accomplish the development of a streamlined auditing and | ||||||
18 | accreditation system and the streamlining of agency rules to | ||||||
19 | reduce administrative costs associated with multiple and | ||||||
20 | duplicative program and accreditation audits and duplication | ||||||
21 | in agency oversight. To the extent feasible, the report shall | ||||||
22 | include (i) necessary statutory changes and (ii) proposed rule | ||||||
23 | changes needed to implement the proposed actions. The | ||||||
24 | Department of Human Services shall serve as the lead agency in | ||||||
25 | the development of the unified report. | ||||||
26 | (c) In addition to the information required by subsection |
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1 | (b), the portion of the report related to the Department of | ||||||
2 | Human Services shall also include recommendations on how to | ||||||
3 | address potential inefficiencies in the current oversight of | ||||||
4 | agency providers and the potential outcomes from implementing | ||||||
5 | system changes related to the following: | ||||||
6 | (1) Addressing redundant checks of policies and | ||||||
7 | procedures which have already been reviewed for a | ||||||
8 | particular provider, with the focus of the review instead | ||||||
9 | on any changes which may have been made to policies or | ||||||
10 | procedures. | ||||||
11 | (2) The use of consumer rights statements with | ||||||
12 | terminology that is not consumer friendly and the need for | ||||||
13 | a statewide, standardized consumer rights statement. | ||||||
14 | (3) Streamlining of review of individualized service | ||||||
15 | plan requirements to ensure that sufficient review of plans | ||||||
16 | occurs while eliminating the need for redundant reviews. | ||||||
17 | (4) The need for flexibility in scheduling service plan | ||||||
18 | meetings to allow for time extensions in circumstances | ||||||
19 | where a guardian may not be able to attend due to illness | ||||||
20 | or other temporary reasons. | ||||||
21 | (5) Standardization of staff training curriculum to | ||||||
22 | expedite the review of curriculum and training previously | ||||||
23 | approved by the Department of Human Services. | ||||||
24 | (6) The current use of random review of staff training | ||||||
25 | documents instead of focusing reviews on newly hired | ||||||
26 | individuals, which results in multiple reviews of the same |
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1 | file year after year. | ||||||
2 | (7) The use of redundant surveys for providers who | ||||||
3 | consistently demonstrate compliance in previous surveys | ||||||
4 | instead of focusing survey efforts on agencies with | ||||||
5 | on-going compliance issues. | ||||||
6 | (d) Recommendations in the report shall include a primary | ||||||
7 | focus on developing a coordinated, non-redundant process for | ||||||
8 | providing quality, effective, and efficient oversight of grant | ||||||
9 | recipients and contractual providers in a manner which ensures | ||||||
10 | patient safety, the provision of quality treatment, and the | ||||||
11 | limitation of fraud and abuse. | ||||||
12 | (e) The final unified report shall be filed with the | ||||||
13 | General Assembly by January 1, 2011.
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14 | Section 15. The Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
15 | Services Law is amended by adding Section 2205-15 as follows: | ||||||
16 | (20 ILCS 2205/2205-15 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 2205-15. Internal oversight review and unified | ||||||
18 | report. As required in Section 1-37 of the Department of Human | ||||||
19 | Services Act, the Department shall conduct an internal review | ||||||
20 | and work in conjunction with the Department of Human Services | ||||||
21 | and other State human services agencies in the development of a | ||||||
22 | unified report to the General Assembly summarizing the provider | ||||||
23 | contracts issued by the agencies; auditing requirements | ||||||
24 | related to these contracts; licensing and training |
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1 | requirements subject to audits; mandated reporting | ||||||
2 | requirements for grant recipients and contractual providers; | ||||||
3 | the extent to which audits or rules are redundant or result in | ||||||
4 | duplication; and proposed actions to address the redundancy or | ||||||
5 | duplication. | ||||||
6 | Section 20. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
7 | Duties Law is amended by adding Section 2310-12 as follows: | ||||||
8 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-12 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 2310-12. Internal oversight review and unified | ||||||
10 | report. As required in Section 1-37 of the Department of Human | ||||||
11 | Services Act, the Department shall conduct an internal review | ||||||
12 | and work in conjunction with the Department of Human Services | ||||||
13 | and other State human services agencies in the development of a | ||||||
14 | unified report to the General Assembly summarizing the provider | ||||||
15 | contracts issued by the agencies; auditing requirements | ||||||
16 | related to these contracts; licensing and training | ||||||
17 | requirements subject to audits; mandated reporting | ||||||
18 | requirements for grant recipients and contractual providers; | ||||||
19 | the extent to which audits or rules are redundant or result in | ||||||
20 | duplication; and proposed actions to address the redundancy or | ||||||
21 | duplication. | ||||||
22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law. |