HB5381 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5381

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 1305/1-75 new
30 ILCS 708/50

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain on its official website a searchable database, freely accessible to the public, of each organization that has received State grant funds from any State agency for violence prevention efforts and other community services aimed at promoting public safety. Provides that the database must be prominently displayed on the Department's official website and must maintain grant recipient information in a format that is searchable by zip code. Provides that the database must also contain each grant recipient's contact information and offered services. Provides that to alleviate wait-lists, avoid duplication of case management services at the local level, and ensure that each client of a grant recipient has only one lead case manager at any given time, grant recipients must obtain permission from waitlisted persons to forward necessary case information to the grant-making agency for referral to another relevant organization, and if they provide case management services, engage in specified activities to coordinate with other relevant organizations in the grant recipient's service area that provide case management services to the same types of persons as the grant recipient has agreed to serve. Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Requires each State grant-making agency to: make sure the contact information it has on record for each recipient and subrecipient is accurate and up to date; make such information readily available to the public by posting on its official website a list that contains the contact information and grant award amount of each recipient and subrecipient; and provide additional resources to small recipients and subrecipients to alleviate administrative burdens associated with increases in grant funding and grant management processes and requirements. Provides that to ensure services funded by grant awards are properly implemented to meet the needs of targeted service areas or beneficiaries, each State grant-making agency must identify gaps in services to targeted communities and beneficiaries through grant-monitoring activities and as soon as practicable reallocate funding or other resources to meet the needs of those targeted communities and beneficiaries.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State grants.

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

Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended by adding Section 1-75 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1305/1-75 new)

Sec. 1-75. Database of recipients of grants for violence prevention and other community services.

(a) The Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain on its official website a searchable database, freely accessible to the public, of each organization that has received State grant funds from any State agency for violence prevention efforts and other community services aimed at promoting public safety. The database must be prominently displayed on the Department's official website and must maintain grant recipient information in a format that is searchable by zip code. The database must also contain the following information on each grant recipient entered into the database:

(1) The recipient's name, telephone number, business address, email address, and website URL.

(2) Services provided by the grant recipient that were funded by the grant funds.

(3) The name of the State agency that awarded the grant.

(4) Information on how members of the public can volunteer for or donate to the grant recipient.

(b) To alleviate wait-lists, avoid duplication of case management services at the local level, and ensure that each client of a grant recipient has only one lead case manager at any given time, grant recipients must obtain permission from waitlisted persons to forward necessary case information to the grant-making agency for referral to another relevant organization, and if they provide case management services, engage in the activities specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) to coordinate with other relevant organizations in the grant recipient's service area that provide case management services to the same types of persons the grant recipient has agreed to serve:

(1) Case management coordination agreements. Grant recipients must enter into written agreements with other relevant organizations with the same geographic service area (in whole or in part) and with comparable scope of case management activities regarding coordination of case management services. These agreements must at least specify each organization's target group for services, referral procedures, procedures to obtain informed consent for services and protection of the client's privacy, and procedures to determine the relevant organization most appropriate to provide case management services. The following criteria shall be used to determine the organization most appropriate to provide case management services:

(A) the client's most important problem requires expertise for case management that the grant recipient's staff does not possess;

(B) the client's most important problem requires expertise for case management that another organization's staff does possess;

(C) the client's problems are so complex as to require the close collaboration of several organizations for successful case management; and

(D) the client prefers to obtain case management services from another organization.

(2) Determination of the organization or program most appropriate for the delivery of case management services. Following the assessments of a client's service needs, the case manager, other involved service organizations, and the client, including, if applicable, the client's parents or legal guardians, depending upon the client's ability to consent for services, shall determine the one organization or program most appropriate to take a lead role in providing case management services.

Section 10. The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act is amended by changing Section 50 as follows:

(30 ILCS 708/50)

Sec. 50. State grant-making agency responsibilities.

(a) The specific requirements and responsibilities of State grant-making agencies and non-federal entities are set forth in this Act. State agencies making State awards to non-federal entities must adopt by rule the language in 2 CFR 200, Subpart C through Subpart F unless different provisions are required by law.

(b) Each State grant-making agency shall appoint a Chief Accountability Officer who shall serve as a liaison to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit and who shall be responsible for the State agency's implementation of and compliance with the rules.

(c) In order to effectively measure the performance of its recipients and subrecipients, each State grant-making agency shall:

(1) require its recipients and subrecipients to relate financial data to performance accomplishments of the award and, when applicable, must require recipients and subrecipients to provide cost information to demonstrate cost-effective practices. The recipient's and subrecipient's performance should be measured in a way that will help the State agency to improve program outcomes, share lessons learned, and spread the adoption of promising practices; and

(2) provide recipients and subrecipients with clear performance goals, indicators, and milestones and must establish performance reporting frequency and content to not only allow the State agency to understand the recipient's progress, but also to facilitate identification of promising practices among recipients and subrecipients and build the evidence upon which the State agency's program and performance decisions are made.

(c-1) Each State grant-making agency shall make sure the contact information it has on record for each recipient and subrecipient is accurate and up to date. For purposes of this subsection, "contact information" includes the recipient's or subrecipient's name, telephone number, business address, email address, and website URL. Each State grant-making agency shall make such information readily available to the public by posting on its official website a list that contains the contact information and grant award amount of each recipient and subrecipient. A hyperlink to the listing must be prominently displayed on the home page of the State grant-making agency's official website.

(c-2) Each State grant-making agency shall provide additional resources to small recipients and subrecipients to alleviate administrative burdens associated with increases in grant funding and grant management processes and requirements.

(c-3) To ensure services funded by grant awards are properly implemented to meet the needs of targeted service areas or beneficiaries, each State grant-making agency must identify gaps in services to targeted communities and beneficiaries through grant-monitoring activities and as soon as practicable reallocate funding or other resources to meet the needs of those targeted communities and beneficiaries.

(c-5) Each State grant-making agency shall, when it is in the best interests of the State, request that the Office of the Comptroller issue a stop payment order in accordance with Section 105 of this Act.

(c-6) Upon notification by the Grant Transparency and Accountability Unit that a stop payment order has been requested by a State grant-making agency, each State grant-making agency who has issued a grant to that recipient or subrecipient shall determine if it remains in the best interests of the State to continue to issue payments to the recipient or subrecipient.

(d) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall provide such advice and technical assistance to the State grant-making agencies as is necessary or indicated in order to ensure compliance with this Act.

(e) In accordance with this Act and the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986, refunds required under the Grant Funds Recovery Act may be referred to the Comptroller's offset system.

(Source: P.A. 100-997, eff. 8-20-18.)