Full Text of SB2662 100th General Assembly
SB2662sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Laura M. Murphy Filed: 4/4/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2662
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2662 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task | 5 | | Force on Human Services Contracting Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds all of the | 7 | | following: | 8 | | (1) According to a 2010 survey, the State of Illinois | 9 | | had 7,625 contracts and grants with nonprofit human service | 10 | | providers. | 11 | | (2) Among all states, Illinois ranked at the bottom, | 12 | | that is number one, for the percentage of nonprofit human | 13 | | service providers with late payments. | 14 | | (3) Illinois ranked third from the bottom, that is | 15 | | number 3, for the percentage of nonprofit human service | 16 | | providers having problems with changes to contracts and |
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| 1 | | grants. | 2 | | (4) Illinois ranked third from the bottom, that is | 3 | | number 3, for the percentage of nonprofit human service | 4 | | providers having problems with payments not covering full | 5 | | costs. | 6 | | (5) State government relies heavily on nonprofit human | 7 | | service providers to deliver a range of essential services, | 8 | | from youth services to job training to services for older | 9 | | adults, but little is known about the effectiveness of the | 10 | | partnership. | 11 | | (6) In 2016, Illinois Partners for Human Service | 12 | | conducted a research study and found that reimbursement | 13 | | rates in nearly every field have fallen behind the cost of | 14 | | living, steadily losing value; and that stagnant | 15 | | reimbursement rates present severe challenges, including | 16 | | difficulty covering operating costs, high employee | 17 | | turnover, and an inability to meet increased needs. | 18 | | Section 10. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to | 19 | | create a task force to study State contracting with private | 20 | | nonprofit human service providers and the challenges faced by | 21 | | those providers, and to develop recommendations on how to | 22 | | improve the contracting relationship and partnership between | 23 | | State departments and agencies and private nonprofit human | 24 | | service providers so that they work effectively and efficiently | 25 | | to improve the well-being of Illinoisans. |
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| 1 | | Section 15. Task Force on State Contracting with Private | 2 | | Nonprofit Human Service Providers. | 3 | | (a) The Task Force on State Contracting with Private | 4 | | Nonprofit Human Service Providers is created to study State | 5 | | contracting with private nonprofit human service providers and | 6 | | to develop recommendations on how to improve the contracting | 7 | | relationship and partnership between State departments and | 8 | | agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so that | 9 | | they work effectively and efficiently to improve the well-being | 10 | | of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall perform the following | 11 | | actions: | 12 | | (1) Review data provided by State departments and | 13 | | agencies that contract with private nonprofit human | 14 | | service providers regarding the effectiveness of the | 15 | | system of service provision. | 16 | | (2) Collect and review data on each of the following: | 17 | | (A) Service system planning: the means by which | 18 | | State departments and agencies and private nonprofit | 19 | | human service providers assess needs, identify gaps, | 20 | | and establish system goals, especially the flow of | 21 | | information collected by the State departments and | 22 | | agencies and shared back with private nonprofit human | 23 | | service providers. | 24 | | (B) Contract negotiation: the process by which | 25 | | State departments and agencies engage private |
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| 1 | | nonprofit human service providers to provide specific | 2 | | services and achieve specific goals, especially the | 3 | | adequacy of time to review and adjust. | 4 | | (C) Reimbursement rate methodologies: the | 5 | | processes by which State departments and agencies | 6 | | establish rates, the frequency of review and | 7 | | adjustment, and the adequacy of those rates to achieve | 8 | | the outcomes sought by the State. | 9 | | (D) Monitoring of service and administration: the | 10 | | process by which State departments and agencies | 11 | | evaluate performance, especially the efficiency of | 12 | | data collection and review, and prevent or resolve | 13 | | processes and reports that are duplicative, costly, | 14 | | and wasteful of staff time and that slow the process of | 15 | | permanency and contribute to unnecessary staff | 16 | | turnover. | 17 | | (E) Business processes: the means by which State | 18 | | departments and agencies provide approvals for | 19 | | services, activities, plans and changes, especially | 20 | | preventing the unnecessary delays that arise from | 21 | | delayed or slowed approvals, which also slow the | 22 | | process of permanency and unnecessarily add to the | 23 | | stress and trauma experience of children in State care. | 24 | | (F) Timely payment: the process by which State | 25 | | departments and agencies make payments, including the | 26 | | timeliness of payments and the opportunities for |
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| 1 | | appeal; and the court of claims process as it relates | 2 | | to human service contracting. | 3 | | (3) In each of the study categories described in | 4 | | subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2), develop | 5 | | recommendations on how to improve the contracting | 6 | | relationship and partnership between State departments and | 7 | | agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so | 8 | | that they work effectively and efficiently to improve the | 9 | | well-being of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall also issue | 10 | | specific recommendations on procedures that will improve | 11 | | the court of claims process, as it relates to human service | 12 | | contracting, to make it operate more expeditiously and | 13 | | efficiently. | 14 | | (b) Members of the Task Force shall include: | 15 | | (1) 2 legislative members appointed by the Speaker of | 16 | | the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be | 17 | | designated as Co-Chairperson; | 18 | | (2) 2 legislative members appointed by the Minority | 19 | | Leader of the House of Representatives; | 20 | | (3) 2 legislative members appointed by the President of | 21 | | the Senate, one of whom shall be designated as | 22 | | Co-Chairperson; | 23 | | (4) 2 legislative members appointed by the Senate | 24 | | Minority Leader; | 25 | | (5) 6 members who are representatives of private | 26 | | nonprofit human service providers from each of the regions |
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| 1 | | of the Department of Children and Family Services, | 2 | | appointed by the co-chairs; | 3 | | (6) the Director of Children and Family Services, or | 4 | | his or her designee; | 5 | | (7) the Director of the Governor's Office of Management | 6 | | and Budget, or his or her designee; | 7 | | (8) the chief executive officer of the Illinois | 8 | | Collaboration on Youth, or his or her designee; | 9 | | (9) the executive director of Illinois Partners for | 10 | | Human Service, or his or her designee; and | 11 | | (10) the president and chief executive officer of | 12 | | Forefront, or his or her designee. | 13 | | (c) The Task Force may establish a method to gather | 14 | | testimony and input from individuals and organizations that are | 15 | | not members of the Task Force. | 16 | | (d) The Office of the Auditor General shall provide | 17 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | 18 | | (e) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary electronic | 19 | | report to the Auditor General, the General Assembly, and the | 20 | | Governor no later than October 1, 2019, and a final electronic | 21 | | report, along with recommendations and any proposed | 22 | | legislation, to the General Assembly and the Governor by | 23 | | January 1, 2020. The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, | 24 | | 2021.
| 25 | | Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, |
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| 1 | | 2021. | 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.".
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