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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State | ||||||
| 5 | Services Assurance Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Legislative intent and policy. The General | ||||||
| 7 | Assembly finds that State government delivers a myriad of | ||||||
| 8 | services that are necessary for the health, welfare, safety, | ||||||
| 9 | and quality of life of all Illinois residents. | ||||||
| 10 | It is the intent of the General Assembly to monitor | ||||||
| 11 | staffing levels in all executive branch agencies under the | ||||||
| 12 | authority of the Governor and to develop a system to ensure the | ||||||
| 13 | effective delivery of vital State services. To that end, this | ||||||
| 14 | Act establishes minimum staffing standards in State agencies | ||||||
| 15 | where lives and public safety are at greatest risk: in | ||||||
| 16 | facilities operated by the Departments of Corrections and Human | ||||||
| 17 | Services, and in Department of Human Services Family and | ||||||
| 18 | Community Resource Centers. | ||||||
| 19 | Section 10. Staffing ratios. | ||||||
| 20 | (a) The collective average staffing ratio of correctional | ||||||
| 21 | centers operated by the Department of Corrections shall be at | ||||||
| 22 | or above 0.295 staff per inmate.
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| 23 | (b) The collective average staffing ratio of mental health | ||||||
| 24 | centers operated by the Department of Human Services shall be | ||||||
| 25 | at or above 2.5 staff per patient.
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| 26 | (c) The collective average staffing ratio of developmental | ||||||
| 27 | centers operated by the Department of Human Services shall be | ||||||
| 28 | at or above 1.9 staff per resident.
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| 29 | (d) The collective average caseload of employees in Family | ||||||
| 30 | and Community Resource Centers operated by the Department of | ||||||
| 31 | Human Services shall be at or below 288 cases.
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| 1 | Section 15. Departmental task forces. The Department of | ||||||
| 2 | Children and Family Services shall convene a Caseload Standards | ||||||
| 3 | Task Force. The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall convene a | ||||||
| 4 | Workload Standards Task Force. The Department of Juvenile | ||||||
| 5 | Justice shall convene a Staffing Ratio Standards Task Force. | ||||||
| 6 | Each Task Force shall include an equal number of | ||||||
| 7 | representatives of the respective Department, labor unions | ||||||
| 8 | representing Department employees, and advocates. The | ||||||
| 9 | Department of Children and Family Services Caseload Standards | ||||||
| 10 | Task Force shall establish reasonable caseload standards for | ||||||
| 11 | effective child welfare service delivery. The Department of | ||||||
| 12 | Veterans' Affairs Workload Standards Task Force shall | ||||||
| 13 | establish reasonable workload standards at facilities operated | ||||||
| 14 | by the Department. The Department of Juvenile Justice Staffing | ||||||
| 15 | Ratio Standards Task Force shall establish reasonable staffing | ||||||
| 16 | ratios at facilities operated by the Department. The work of | ||||||
| 17 | each Task Force shall be completed on or before January 1, | ||||||
| 18 | 2007. Each Department shall develop rules implementing the | ||||||
| 19 | caseload or workload standards. | ||||||
| 20 | Section 20. Staffing audit. The Auditor General shall | ||||||
| 21 | conduct performance audits of executive branch agencies listed | ||||||
| 22 | in Section 5-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to | ||||||
| 23 | determine 5-year trends in staffing levels for direct line | ||||||
| 24 | service programs. The audits shall analyze reported staffing | ||||||
| 25 | levels by agency, division, program, and facility. The audits | ||||||
| 26 | shall determine whether agencies have identified key outcome | ||||||
| 27 | indicators for each major direct line service program including | ||||||
| 28 | the amount, variety, and quality of programs and services | ||||||
| 29 | delivered. The audits shall determine whether the agencies' | ||||||
| 30 | indicators accurately reflect agency performance and are | ||||||
| 31 | measurable consistently over time. The audits shall determine | ||||||
| 32 | if the agencies have assessed whether staffing changes have | ||||||
| 33 | impacted agency performance. The audits shall include | ||||||
| 34 | recommendations where appropriate. A minimum of 6 such audits | ||||||
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| 1 | shall be conducted annually, beginning in fiscal year 2007. | ||||||
| 2 | Section 25. Annual reports. Each executive branch agency | ||||||
| 3 | under the authority of the Governor shall prepare an annual | ||||||
| 4 | report on staffing levels for the committees of the House of | ||||||
| 5 | Representatives and the Senate that conduct hearings on its | ||||||
| 6 | annual budget appropriation. The report shall include at a | ||||||
| 7 | minimum 5 years of actual and estimated staffing levels by | ||||||
| 8 | division, program, and facility, staffing ratios if | ||||||
| 9 | appropriate, and updated reports on the key outcome measures | ||||||
| 10 | identified in the audits required in Section 20. The reports | ||||||
| 11 | shall be conveyed to the appropriate committees no later than 6 | ||||||
| 12 | months after the end of each fiscal year. | ||||||
| 13 | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | ||||||
| 14 | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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| 15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 16 | becoming law.
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