Full Text of HB2487 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Task Force on Human Services Contracting Act | 5 | | is amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 5140/10) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
| 8 | | Sec. 10. Task Force on State Contracting with Private | 9 | | Nonprofit Human Service Providers. | 10 | | (a) The Task Force on State Contracting with Private | 11 | | Nonprofit Human Service Providers is created to study State | 12 | | contracting with private nonprofit human service providers and | 13 | | to develop recommendations on how to improve the contracting | 14 | | relationship and partnership between State departments and | 15 | | agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so that | 16 | | they work effectively and efficiently to improve the well-being | 17 | | of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall perform the following | 18 | | actions: | 19 | | (1) Review data provided by State departments and | 20 | | agencies that contract with private nonprofit human | 21 | | service providers regarding the effectiveness of the | 22 | | system of service provision. | 23 | | (2) Collect and review data on each of the following: |
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| 1 | | (A) Service system planning: the means by which | 2 | | State departments and agencies and private nonprofit | 3 | | human service providers assess needs, identify gaps, | 4 | | and establish system goals, especially the flow of | 5 | | information collected by the State departments and | 6 | | agencies and shared back with private nonprofit human | 7 | | service providers. | 8 | | (B) Contract negotiation: the process by which | 9 | | State departments and agencies engage private | 10 | | nonprofit human service providers to provide specific | 11 | | services and achieve specific goals, especially the | 12 | | adequacy of time to review and adjust. | 13 | | (C) Reimbursement rate methodologies: the | 14 | | processes by which State departments and agencies | 15 | | establish rates, the frequency of review and | 16 | | adjustment, and the adequacy of those rates to achieve | 17 | | the outcomes sought by the State. | 18 | | (D) Monitoring of service and administration: the | 19 | | process by which State departments and agencies | 20 | | evaluate performance, especially the efficiency of | 21 | | data collection and review, and prevent or resolve | 22 | | processes and reports that are duplicative, costly, | 23 | | and wasteful of staff time and that slow the process of | 24 | | permanency and contribute to unnecessary staff | 25 | | turnover. | 26 | | (E) Business processes: the means by which State |
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| 1 | | departments and agencies provide approvals for | 2 | | services, activities, plans and changes, especially | 3 | | preventing the unnecessary delays that arise from | 4 | | delayed or slowed approvals, which also slow the | 5 | | process of permanency and unnecessarily add to the | 6 | | stress and trauma experience of children in State care. | 7 | | (F) Timely payment: the process by which State | 8 | | departments and agencies make payments, including the | 9 | | timeliness of payments and the opportunities for | 10 | | appeal; and the court of claims process as it relates | 11 | | to human service contracting. | 12 | | (3) In each of the study categories described in | 13 | | subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2), develop | 14 | | recommendations on how to improve the contracting | 15 | | relationship and partnership between State departments and | 16 | | agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so | 17 | | that they work effectively and efficiently to improve the | 18 | | well-being of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall also issue | 19 | | specific recommendations on procedures that will improve | 20 | | the court of claims process, as it relates to human service | 21 | | contracting, to make it operate more expeditiously and | 22 | | efficiently. | 23 | | (b) The Task Force shall consist of persons representing | 24 | | nonprofit service providers that provide direct services to the | 25 | | State concerning child care and child welfare, mental health, | 26 | | developmental disabilities, domestic violence, early |
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| 1 | | intervention, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, and other | 2 | | applicable nonprofit providers providing direct services at | 3 | | the community level. Members of the Task Force shall be | 4 | | appointed as follows: | 5 | | (1) 7 members appointed by the President of the Senate, | 6 | | one of whom shall be designated as Co-Chairperson; | 7 | | (2) 7 6 members appointed by the Senate Minority | 8 | | Leader; | 9 | | (3) 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 10 | | Representatives, one of whom shall be designated as | 11 | | Co-Chairperson; and | 12 | | (4) 7 6 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 13 | | House of Representatives. | 14 | | In addition, the Director of Children and Family Services, | 15 | | the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the Director of | 16 | | Human Services, the Director of Human Rights, and the Director, | 17 | | or his or her designee, of any other State agency that | 18 | | contracts for direct human services shall each serve as an ex | 19 | | officio member of the Task Force. | 20 | | The Task Force shall also include at least 2, but no more | 21 | | than 3, members that represent organizations or agencies that | 22 | | provide research, analytics, and fiduciary analysis. | 23 | | (c) The Task Force may establish a method to gather | 24 | | testimony and input from individuals and organizations that are | 25 | | not members of the Task Force. | 26 | | (d) The Department of Human Services shall provide |
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| 1 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | 2 | | (e) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the | 3 | | Auditor General, the General Assembly, and the Governor no | 4 | | later than October 1, 2020 2019 , and a final report, along with | 5 | | recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the General | 6 | | Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2021 2020 . | 7 | | The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the | 8 | | Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the | 9 | | Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk | 10 | | and the Secretary shall direct. | 11 | | (f) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2022 2021 .
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1128, eff. 11-27-18.) | 13 | | (20 ILCS 5140/15) | 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
| 15 | | Sec. 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 2022 | 16 | | 2021 .
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1128, eff. 11-27-18.)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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