93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4420

 

Introduced 02/03/04, by Lee A. Daniels

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 30/4   from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904

    Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, the annual appropriation to the Department of Human Services to fund community services for the developmentally disabled, the physically disabled, and the mentally ill must include a cost of living increase that is equivalent to the Consumer Price Index and that this cost of living increase must be in addition to any increases that are attributable to other factors. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning community services.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by
5 changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6     (405 ILCS 30/4)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)
7     Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department of
8 Human Services is authorized to provide financial assistance to
9 eligible private service providers, corporations, local
10 government entities or voluntary associations for the
11 provision of services to persons with mental illness, persons
12 with a developmental disability and alcohol and drug dependent
13 persons living in the community for the purpose of achieving
14 the goals of this Act.
15     The Department shall utilize the following funding
16 mechanisms for community services:
17         (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased on a
18     predetermined fee per unit of service basis from private
19     providers or governmental entities. Fee per service rates
20     are set by an established formula which covers some portion
21     of personnel, supplies, and other allowable costs, and
22     which makes some allowance for geographic variations in
23     costs as well as for additional program components.
24         (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department grants
25     to private providers or governmental entities pursuant to
26     the grant recipient's agreement to provide certain
27     services, as defined by departmental grant guidelines, to
28     an approximate number of service recipients. Grant levels
29     are set through consideration of personnel, supply and
30     other allowable costs, as well as other funds available to
31     the program.
32         (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms may

 

 

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1     be established on a pilot basis in order to examine the
2     feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for the
3     provision of community services.
4     The Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
5 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
6 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
7 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
8 services. In accepting Department funds, providers shall
9 recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the
10 Department and the State for the delivery of services which are
11 consistent with the philosophies and goals of this Act and the
12 rules and regulations promulgated under it.
13     For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 and each fiscal
14 year thereafter, the annual appropriation to the Department of
15 Human Services to fund community services for the
16 developmentally disabled, the physically disabled, and the
17 mentally ill must include a cost of living increase that is
18 equivalent to the Consumer Price Index. This cost of living
19 increase must be in addition to any increases that are
20 attributable to other factors.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.