SB1499 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1499

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Sen. Mattie Hunter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

405 ILCS 30/4

from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904

Amends the Community Services Act. Requires the Governor to create a commission by July 1, 2009 (instead of 2007) to review various matters in connection with funding for community services. Provides that if the Governor does not make appointments to the commission by July 1, 2009, then the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of the Senate shall make appointments to the commission. Provides that the commission must issue a final report no later than December 31, 2010 (instead of September 1, 2008). Adds 3 directors of Department of Human Services (DHS) divisions as commission members. Requires DHS to provide staff support for the commission. Effective immediately.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(405 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)

Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services.

(a) The Department of Human Services is authorized to provide financial reimbursement to eligible private service providers, corporations, local government entities or voluntary associations for the provision of services to persons with mental illness, persons with a developmental disability and alcohol and drug dependent persons living in the community for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.

The Department shall utilize the following funding mechanisms for community services:

(1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from private providers or governmental entities. Fee per service rates are set by an established formula which covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for geographic variations in costs as well as for additional program components.

(2) Grants: sums of money which the Department grants to private providers or governmental entities pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide certain services, as defined by departmental grant guidelines, to an approximate number of service recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as other funds available to the program.

(3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for the provision of community services.

The Department shall establish and maintain an equitable system of payment which allows providers to improve persons with disabilities' capabilities for independence and reduces their reliance on State-operated services.

(b) The Governor shall create a commission by July 1, 2009 2007, or as soon thereafter as possible, to review funding methodologies, identify gaps in funding, identify revenue, and prioritize use of that revenue for community developmental disability services, mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation services, and early intervention services.

(c) If the Governor does not make appointments to the commission by July 1, 2009 as required under subsection (b), then the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of the Senate shall make appointments to the commission as follows:

(1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make the following appointments:

(A) one person with a developmental disability, or a family member or guardian of such a person;

(B) one person from a union that represents employees of community providers that serve people with developmental disabilities, mental illness, and alcohol and substance abuse disorders;

(C) three persons from statewide associations that represent community providers that provide residential, day training, and other developmental disability services, mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation services, or early intervention services, or any combination of those; and

(D) one member of the House of Representatives.

(2) The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member of the House of Representatives.

(3) The President of the Senate shall make the following appointments:

(A) one person with a mental illness, or a family member or guardian of such a person;

(B) one person from another union (other than the union from which a person is appointed under subdivision (1)(B) of this subsection) that represents employees of community providers that serve people with developmental disabilities, mental illness, and alcohol and substance abuse disorders different from the Speaker's choice of a union;

(C) three persons from statewide associations that represent community providers that provide residential, day training, and other developmental disability services, mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation services, or early intervention services, or any combination of those; and

(D) one member of the Senate.

(4) The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint one member of the Senate.

(d) The first meeting of the commission shall be held within the first month after the creation and appointment of the commission, and a final report summarizing the commission's recommendations must be issued within 12 months after the first meeting, and no later than December 31, 2010 September 1, 2008, to the Governor and the General Assembly.

(e) The commission, if appointed by the Governor pursuant to subsection (b), shall have the following 13 voting members:

(A) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(B) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the House Minority Leader;

(C) one member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(D) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Minority Leader;

(E) one person with a developmental disability, or a family member or guardian of such a person, appointed by the Governor;

(F) one person with a mental illness, or a family member or guardian of such a person, appointed by the Governor;

(G) two persons from unions that represent employees of community providers that serve people with developmental disabilities, mental illness, and alcohol and substance abuse disorders, appointed by the Governor; and

(H) five persons from statewide associations that represent community providers that provide residential, day training, and other developmental disability services, mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation services, or early intervention services, or any combination of those, appointed by the Governor.

The commission, whether appointed pursuant to subsection (b) or pursuant to subsection (c), shall also have the following ex-officio, nonvoting members:

(I) the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget or his or her designee;

(J) the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee; and

(K) the Administrator of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Division of Finance or his or her designee; .

(L) the Director of the Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities or his or her designee;

(M) the Director of the Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health or his or her designee; and

(N) the Director of the Department of Human Services Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse or his or her designee.

(f) The funding methodologies must reflect economic factors inherent in providing services and supports, recognize individual disability needs, and consider geographic differences, transportation costs, required staffing ratios, and mandates not currently funded.

(g) The Department of Human Services shall provide staff support for purposes including but not limited to research and document preparation and other such reasonable duties as directed by a simple majority vote of the commission.

(h) In accepting Department funds, providers shall recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the Department and the State for the delivery of services which are consistent with the philosophies and goals of this Act and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.

(Source: P.A. 95-682, eff. 10-11-07.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.