97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2278

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 105/4.02f new
20 ILCS 505/37a new
20 ILCS 1305/1-37a new
20 ILCS 2205/2205-15a new
20 ILCS 2310/2310-12a new

    Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging, the Children and Family Services Act, the Department of Human Services Act, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department on Aging, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Department of Public Health shall have the authority and are hereby directed to collaboratively adopt joint rules to establish (i) a cross-agency prequalification process for contracting with privately owned or operated human service providers; (ii) a cross-agency master service agreement of standard terms and conditions for contracting with privately owned or operated human service providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common service taxonomy for human service providers to streamline the processes outlined in the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall be the lead agency in this matter. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
5adding Section 4.02f as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 105/4.02f new)
7    Sec. 4.02f. Cross-agency prequalification and master
8service agreements. As required in Section 1-37a of the
9Department of Humans Services Act, the Department shall have
10the authority and is hereby directed to collaborate with the
11Department of Human Services and other State human services
12agencies in the adoption of joint rules to establish (i) a
13cross-agency prequalification process for contracting with
14privately owned or operated human service providers; (ii) a
15cross-agency master service agreement of standard terms and
16conditions for contracting with privately owned or operated
17human service providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common
18service taxonomy for human service providers to streamline the
19processes referenced in this Section and outlined in Section
201-37a of the Department of Human Services Act.
 
21    Section 10. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
22by adding Section 37a as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 505/37a new)
2    Sec. 37a. Cross-agency prequalification and master service
3agreements. As required in Section 1-37a of the Department of
4Humans Services Act, the Department shall have the authority
5and is hereby directed to collaborate with the Department of
6Human Services and other State human services agencies in the
7adoption of joint rules to establish (i) a cross-agency
8prequalification process for contracting with privately owned
9or operated human service providers; (ii) a cross-agency master
10service agreement of standard terms and conditions for
11contracting with privately owned or operated human service
12providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common service taxonomy for
13human service providers to streamline the processes referenced
14in this Section and outlined in Section 1-37a of the Department
15of Human Services Act.
 
16    Section 15. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
17by adding Section 1-37a as follows:
 
18    (20 ILCS 1305/1-37a new)
19    Sec. 1-37a. Cross-agency prequalification and master
20service agreements.
21    (a) "State human services agency" means the Department on
22Aging, the Department of Children and Family Services, the
23Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and

 

 

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1Family Services, and the Department of Public Health.
2    (b) Intent. Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on
3January 1, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and
4Monitoring for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a
5More Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
6Community" was provided to members of the General Assembly. The
7report, which was developed by a steering committee of
8community providers, trade associations, and designated
9representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
10Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
11Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
12recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
13statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
14fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
15Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
16procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
17pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been
18determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
19    (c) Cross-Agency Prequalification of Human Service
20Providers. Each State human services agency shall have the
21authority and is hereby directed to collaboratively adopt joint
22rules to establish a cross-agency prequalification process for
23contracting with privately owned or operated human service
24providers. This process shall include a mechanism for the State
25human services agencies to collect information from human
26service providers including, but not limited to, provider

 

 

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1organizational experience, capability to perform services, and
2organizational integrity in order for the agencies to screen
3potential human service providers as vendors to contract with
4the agencies.
5    (d) Master Service Agreements for human service providers.
6Each State human services agency shall have the authority and
7is hereby directed to collaboratively adopt joint rules to
8establish a cross-agency master service agreement of standard
9terms and conditions for contracting with privately owned or
10operated human service providers. The master service agreement
11shall be awarded to prequalified providers as determined
12through the cross-agency prequalification process outlined in
13subsection (c) of this Act. The master service agreement shall
14not replace or serve as the equivalent of a contract between an
15agency and a privately owned or operated human service
16provider, but only those privately owned or operated human
17service providers that are prequalified with a master service
18agreement may contract with an agency to provide services.
19    (e) Common Service Taxonomy for human service providers.
20Each State human services agency shall have the authority and
21is hereby directed to collaboratively adopt joint rules to
22establish a cross-agency common service taxonomy for human
23service providers to streamline the processes outlined in
24subsections (c) and (d) of this Act. The taxonomy shall
25include, but not be limited to, a common list of terms to
26define services, processes, and client populations.

 

 

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1    (f) Nothwithstanding any provision in this Section to the
2contrary, the Department of Human Services shall serve as the
3lead agency on all matters provided in subsections (c), (d),
4and (e).
 
5    Section 20. The Department of Healthcare and Family
6Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
7amended by adding Section 2205-15a as follows:
 
8    (20 ILCS 2205/2205-15a new)
9    Sec. 2205-15a. Cross-agency prequalification and master
10service agreements. As required in Section 1-37a of the
11Department of Humans Services Act, the Department shall have
12the authority and is hereby directed to collaborate with the
13Department of Human Services and other State human services
14agencies in the adoption of joint rules to establish (i) a
15cross-agency prequalification process for contracting with
16privately owned or operated human service providers; (ii) a
17cross-agency master service agreement of standard terms and
18conditions for contracting with privately owned or operated
19human service providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common
20service taxonomy for human service providers to streamline the
21processes referenced in this Section and outlined in Section
221-37a of the Department of Human Services Act.
 
23    Section 25. The Department of Public Health Powers and

 

 

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1Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
2amended by adding Section 2310-12a as follows:
 
3    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-12a new)
4    Sec. 2310-12a. Cross-agency prequalification and master
5service agreements. As required in Section 1-37a of the
6Department of Humans Services Act, the Department shall have
7the authority and is hereby directed to collaborate with the
8Department of Human Services and other State human services
9agencies in the adoption of joint rules to establish (i) a
10cross-agency prequalification process for contracting with
11privately owned or operated human service providers; (ii) a
12cross-agency master service agreement of standard terms and
13conditions for contracting with privately owned or operated
14human service providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common
15service taxonomy for human service providers to streamline the
16processes referenced in this Section and outlined in Section
171-37a of the Department of Human Services Act.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.