HB1489sam004 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 5/28/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1489

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1489, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended by adding Section 1-55 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1305/1-55 new)

Sec. 1-55. Contract performance metrics.

(a) Consistent with the objectives of budgeting for outcomes, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Department of Human Services, in coordination with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, shall undertake a review of the Department's contracts and grants to assess which contracts and grants, and categories thereof, are appropriate candidates for the implementation of a performance-based contract evaluation model.

(b) The Department shall refine current performance metrics and develop new metrics for programs, including contracts and grants that fall within the categories determined to be appropriate by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the Department under subsection (a). Performance metrics may be based on required program components and a methodology that incorporates the reasonable costs of the required program components.

(c) The Department shall ensure that service contracts and agreements, as deemed appropriate under subsection (a), include performance reporting requirements. Starting in State Fiscal Year 2014, Community Services Agreements shall explicitly outline performance reporting requirements, detailing the specific performance metrics to be reported, the method for submitting metrics, and the frequency of the metrics reporting.

(d) The Department shall enhance its processes to monitor and address noncompliance with reporting requirements and with program performance standards. Where applicable, the process may include a corrective action plan. The monitoring process shall include a plan for tracking and documenting performance-based contracting decisions.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the provisions of this Section shall be applicable to all contracts and grants funded by the Department in an estimated amount in excess of $100,000.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".