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90_HB0649
405 ILCS 30/4 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904
Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that the
annual appropriation to the Department of Human Services to
fund community services shall include increases for the wages
of direct care workers for State fiscal years 1998 through
2004 in accordance with a specified formula. Effective July
1, 1997.
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1 AN ACT in relation to public services.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by
5 changing Section 4 as follows:
6 (405 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)
7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
8 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
9 of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the
10 Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in
11 their respective areas of jurisdiction are authorized to
12 provide financial assistance to eligible private service
13 providers, corporations, local government entities or
14 voluntary associations for the provision of services to
15 persons with mental illness, persons with a developmental
16 disability and alcohol and drug dependent persons living in
17 the community for the purpose of achieving the goals of this
18 Act.
19 The Department and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism
20 and Substance Abuse shall utilize the following funding
21 mechanisms for community services:
22 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
23 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
24 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
25 service rates are set by an established formula which
26 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
27 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
28 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
29 program components.
30 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department or
31 the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
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1 grants to private providers or governmental entities
2 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
3 certain services, as defined by Departmental or the
4 Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
5 grant guidelines, to an approximate number of service
6 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
7 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
8 other funds available to the program.
9 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
10 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
11 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
12 the provision of community services.
13 The Department and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism
14 and Substance Abuse shall strive to establish and maintain an
15 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
16 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
17 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
18 services. In accepting Department or the Illinois Department
19 of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse funds, providers shall
20 recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the
21 Department or the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and
22 Substance Abuse and the State for the delivery of services
23 which are consistent with the philosophies and goals of this
24 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
25 (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
26 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
27 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
28 of Human Services is authorized to provide financial
29 assistance to eligible private service providers,
30 corporations, local government entities or voluntary
31 associations for the provision of services to persons with
32 mental illness, persons with a developmental disability and
33 alcohol and drug dependent persons living in the community
34 for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
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1 The Department shall utilize the following funding
2 mechanisms for community services:
3 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
4 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
5 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
6 service rates are set by an established formula which
7 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
8 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
9 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
10 program components.
11 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department
12 grants to private providers or governmental entities
13 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
14 certain services, as defined by departmental grant
15 guidelines, to an approximate number of service
16 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
17 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
18 other funds available to the program.
19 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
20 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
21 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
22 the provision of community services.
23 The annual appropriation to the Department of Human
24 Services to fund community services shall include an increase
25 for the wages of direct care workers according to the
26 following formula: in each of the 7 fiscal years beginning
27 with fiscal year 1998 and ending with fiscal year 2004, each
28 direct care worker who is receiving a lower rate of pay than
29 State employees in the same job classification shall receive
30 an annual pay increase that is equal to the sum of (i)
31 one-seventh of the difference between the worker's pay on
32 July 1, 1997 and the pay of State employees in the same job
33 classification on July 1, 1997 and (ii) the amount of any
34 raise in pay received since July 1, 1997 by State employees
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1 in the same job classification unless the raise has already
2 been given to the direct care worker in a previous increase
3 in accordance with this formula.
4 The Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
5 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
6 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
7 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
8 services. In accepting Department funds, providers shall
9 recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the
10 Department and the State for the delivery of services which
11 are consistent with the philosophies and goals of this Act
12 and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
13 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
15 July 1, 1997.