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90_HB3703
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 for the developmentally disabled and
mentally ill shall include a percentage increase for the
wages of direct care workers that is equivalent to the
Employment Cost Index for Health Service Occupations, which
increase shall be in addition to any increase attributable to
other factors, including cost of doing business increases for
community services. Provides that the increases in wages
that are based on the Employment Cost Index for direct care
workers in community settings shall be applied to
appropriations to the Department beginning July 1, 1998 for
the State fiscal year 1999 and ending June 30, 2001 for the
State fiscal year 2001. Provides that the Department shall
receive certification from the provider agency that any
increase appropriated pursuant to this amendatory Act of 1998
shall be utilized in its entirety to provide wage increases
to direct care workers. Effective immediately.
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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 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
8 of Human Services is authorized to provide financial
9 assistance to eligible private service providers,
10 corporations, local government entities or voluntary
11 associations for the provision of services to persons with
12 mental illness, persons with a developmental disability and
13 alcohol and drug dependent persons living in the community
14 for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
15 The Department shall utilize the following funding
16 mechanisms for community services:
17 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
18 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
19 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
20 service rates are set by an established formula which
21 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
22 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
23 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
24 program components.
25 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department
26 grants to private providers or governmental entities
27 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
28 certain services, as defined by departmental grant
29 guidelines, to an approximate number of service
30 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
31 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
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1 other funds available to the program.
2 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
3 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
4 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
5 the provision of community services.
6 The annual appropriation to the Department of Human
7 Services (formerly the Department of Mental Health and
8 Developmental Disabilities) to fund community services for
9 the developmentally disabled and mentally ill shall include a
10 percentage increase for the wages of direct care workers that
11 is equivalent to the Employment Cost Index for Health Service
12 Occupations. The increases for direct care workers shall be
13 in addition to any increases that are attributable to other
14 factors, including general cost of doing business increases
15 for community services. The increases in wages that are
16 based on the Employment Cost Index for direct care workers in
17 community settings shall be applied to appropriations to the
18 Department beginning July 1, 1998 for the State fiscal year
19 1999 and ending June 30, 2001, for the State fiscal year
20 2001.
21 The Department shall receive certification from the
22 provider agency that any increase appropriated pursuant to
23 this amendatory Act of 1998 shall be utilized in its entirety
24 to provide wage increases to direct care workers. The
25 Department shall monitor the effects of these increases on
26 turnover of direct care staff and quality of care for persons
27 served and shall report the results to the Governor, Speaker
28 of the House of Representative, President of the Senate, and
29 the minority leaders of both Houses by January 1, 2002.
30 The Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
31 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
32 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
33 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
34 services. In accepting Department funds, providers shall
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1 recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the
2 Department and the State for the delivery of services which
3 are consistent with the philosophies and goals of this Act
4 and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
5 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.