(325 ILCS 20/13.32)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026)
Sec. 13.32.
Contracting.
The lead agency may enter into contracts for some
or all of its responsibilities under this Act, including but not limited to,
credentialing and enrolling providers; training under Section 13.30;
maintaining a central billing office; data collection and analysis;
establishing and maintaining a computerized case management system accessible
to local referral offices and providers; creating and maintaining a system for
provider credentialing and enrollment; creating and maintaining the central
directory required under subsection (g) of Section 7 of this Act; and program
operations. If contracted, the contract shall be subject to a public request
for proposals as described in the Illinois Procurement Code, notwithstanding
any exemptions or alternative processes that may be allowed for such a contract
under that Code, and, in addition to the posting requirements under that Code,
shall be posted on the early intervention website maintained by the lead agency
during the entire bid period. With the exception of contracts with or grants to
regional intake entities, any of these listed responsibilities currently under
contract or grant that have not met these requirements shall be subject to
public bid under this request for proposal process no later than July 1, 2002
or the date of termination of any contract in place.
Contracts with or grants to regional intake entities must be made subject to
public bid under a request for proposals process no later than July 1, 2005.
(Source: P.A. 92-307, eff. 8-9-01; 93-147, eff. 1-1-04.)
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