SB2382 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2382

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Laura Fine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

405 ILCS 80/2-18 new

Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, with the advice of appropriate advisory committees and stakeholders, to develop a plan and a timetable for the full implementation, by no later than State Fiscal Year 2024, of the recommended funding and policy changes presented in the 2020 report "Developmental Disability Services Rate Study: Residential Services and Related Supports". Requires the plan to identify the percentage of lost purchasing power for the Home-Based Support Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities since State Fiscal Year 2015 due to increases in workforce costs and rates. Requires the Department to establish a new rate methodology for the Program that recoups the lost purchasing power and ensures that the budget for the Program adequately reflects the actual cost of program services going forward.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning mental health.

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

Section 5. The Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act is amended by adding Section 2-18 as follows:

(405 ILCS 80/2-18 new)

Sec. 2-18. Implementation plan for rate methodology. The Department, with the advice of appropriate advisory committees and stakeholders, shall develop a plan and a timetable for the full implementation, by no later than State Fiscal Year 2024, of the recommended funding and policy changes presented in the 2020 report "Developmental Disability Services Rate Study: Residential Services and Related Supports". The plan shall identify the percentage of lost purchasing power for the Home-Based Support Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities since State Fiscal Year 2015 due to increases in workforce costs and rates. The Department shall establish a new rate methodology for the Program that recoups the lost purchasing power and ensures that the budget for the Program adequately reflects the actual cost of program services going forward.