HB2654 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2654

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Esther Golar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Purchase of Care and Grant Adjustment Act. Applies to purchase of care contracts and grant agreements between specified State agencies and private community-based providers. Requires annual rate adjustments in accordance with the non-seasonally-adjusted Employment Cost index. Effective January 1, 2010.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Purchase of Care and Grant Adjustment Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Purchase of care contract" means a contract between a State officer or agency and a private provider under which rates for services are set in accordance with a formula that takes personnel, supplies, and other allowable costs into account.

"Grant" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Illinois Procurement Code.

Section 10. Applicability. This Act applies to all purchase of care contracts and grant agreements between the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and a private community-based contractual provider or grantee.

Section 15. Adjustments. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, purchase of care contracts and grant agreements to which this Act applies must provide for annual adjustments in accordance with the non-seasonally-adjusted Employment Cost Index for total compensation for civilian workers compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.