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    AN ACT concerning finance.

 
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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 State Finance Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 8.27 as follows:
 



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    (30 ILCS 105/8.27)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.27)


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    Sec. 8.27. All receipts from federal financial 
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participation in the
Foster Care and Adoption Services program 
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under Title IV-E of the federal
Social Security Act, including 
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receipts
for related indirect costs,
shall be deposited in the 
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DCFS Children's Services Fund.

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    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
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the 96th General Assembly, any funds paid to the State by the 
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federal government under Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social 
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Security Act for child welfare services delivered by community 
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mental health providers, certified and paid as Medicaid 
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providers by the Department of Children and Family Services, 
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for child welfare services relating to Medicaid-eligible 
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clients and families served consistent with the purposes of the 
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Department of
Children and Family Services, including services 
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delivered as a result of the conversion of such providers from 
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a comprehensive rate to a fee-for-service payment methodology, 
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and any subsequent revenue maximization initiatives performed 
 


 






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by such providers, and any interest earned thereon, shall be 
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deposited directly into the DCFS Children's Services Fund.  Such 
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funds shall be used for the provision of child welfare services 
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provided to eligible individuals identified by the Department 
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of Children and Family Services.  Child welfare services are 
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defined in Section 5 of the Children and Family Services Act 
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(20 ILCS 505/5). 
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    Eighty percent of the federal funds received by the 
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Illinois Department
of Human Services under the Title IV-A 
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Emergency Assistance program as
reimbursement for expenditures 
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made from the Illinois Department of Children
and Family 
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Services appropriations for the costs of services in behalf of

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Department of Children and Family Services clients shall be 
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deposited into
the DCFS Children's Services Fund.

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    All receipts from federal financial participation in the 
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Child Welfare
Services program under Title IV-B of the federal 
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Social Security Act,
including receipts for related indirect 
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costs, shall be deposited into the
DCFS Children's Services 
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Fund for those moneys received as reimbursement for
services 
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provided on or after July 1, 1994.

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    In addition, as soon as may be practicable after the first 
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day of November,
1994, the Department of Children and Family 
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Services shall request the
Comptroller to order transferred and 
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the Treasurer shall transfer the
unexpended balance of the 
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Child Welfare Services Fund to the DCFS Children's
Services 
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Fund.  Upon completion of the transfer, the Child Welfare 
 


 






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Services
Fund will be considered dissolved and any outstanding 
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obligations or
liabilities of that fund will pass to the DCFS 
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Children's Services Fund.

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    For services provided on or after July 1, 2007, all federal 
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funds received pursuant to the John H. Chafee Foster Care 
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Independence Program shall be deposited into the DCFS 
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Children's Services Fund. 
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    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, moneys Monies 
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in the Fund may be used by the Department, pursuant to

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appropriation by the General Assembly, for the ordinary and 
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contingent
expenses of the Department.

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    In fiscal year 1988 and in each fiscal year thereafter 
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through fiscal
year 2000, the Comptroller
shall order 
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transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer an amount of

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$16,100,000 from the DCFS Children's Services Fund to the 
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General Revenue
Fund in the following manner:  As soon as may be 
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practicable after the 15th
day of September, December, March 
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and June, the Comptroller shall order
transferred and the 
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Treasurer shall transfer, to the extent that funds are

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available, 1/4 of $16,100,000, plus any cumulative 
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deficiencies in such
transfers for prior transfer dates during 
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such fiscal year.  In no event
shall any such transfer reduce 
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the available balance in the DCFS Children's
Services Fund 
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below $350,000.

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    In accordance with subsection (q) of Section 5 of the 
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Children and Family
Services Act, disbursements from 
 


 






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individual children's accounts shall be
deposited into the DCFS 
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Children's Services Fund.

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    Receipts from public and unsolicited private grants, fees 
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for training, and royalties earned from the publication of 
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materials owned by or licensed to the Department of Children 
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and Family Services shall be deposited into the DCFS Children's 
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Services Fund.
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    As soon as may be practical after September 1, 2005, upon 
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the request of the Department of Children and Family Services, 
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the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall 
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transfer the unexpended balance of the Department of Children 
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and Family Services Training Fund into the DCFS Children's 
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Services Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Department 
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of Children and Family Services Training Fund is dissolved and 
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any outstanding obligations or liabilities of that Fund pass to 
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the DCFS Children's Services Fund.

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(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)

 

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