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92_SB0863 LRB9200782MWpk 1 AN ACT to amend the State Finance Act by changing Section 2 25. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing 6 Section 25 as follows: 7 (30 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 127, par. 161) 8 Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations. 9 (a) All appropriations shall be available for 10 expenditure for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the 11 Act making that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or 12 emergency appropriation shall be available for expenditure 13 only through June 30 of the year when the Act making that 14 appropriation is enacted unless that Act otherwise provides. 15 (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from 16 appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out 17 of the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period 18 ending at the close of business on August 31. Any service 19 involving professional or artistic skills or any personal 20 services by an employee whose compensation is subject to 21 income tax withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the 22 fiscal year in order to be considered an "outstanding 23 liability as of June 30" that is thereby eligible for payment 24 out of the expiring appropriation. 25 However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims under 26 Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by the 27 State Board of Education from its appropriations for those 28 respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the 29 claims reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable 30 to a prior fiscal year, and payments may be made at the 31 direction of the State Superintendent of Education from the -2- LRB9200782MWpk 1 fund from which the appropriation is made without regard to 2 any fiscal year limitations. 3 Medical payments may be made by the Department of 4 Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes 5 for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the 6 medical services being compensated for by such payment may 7 have been rendered in a prior fiscal year. 8 Medical payments may be made by the Department of Public 9 Aid and child care payments may be made by the Department of 10 Human Services (as successor to the Department of Public Aid) 11 from appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, 12 without regard to the fact that the medical or child care 13 services being compensated for by such payment may have been 14 rendered in a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made at 15 the direction of the Department of Central Management 16 Services from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local 17 Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to 18 any fiscal year limitations. 19 Additionally, payments may be made by the Department of 20 Human Services from its appropriations, or any other State 21 agency from its appropriations with the approval of the 22 Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and 23 Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the 24 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to 25 any fiscal year limitations. 26 (c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of 27 Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as 28 successor to the Department of Public Health under the 29 Department of Human Services Act) from their respective 30 appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of 31 persons suffering from chronic renal disease, persons 32 suffering from hemophilia, rape victims, and premature and 33 high-mortality risk infants and their mothers, for children 34 under 36 months of age receiving medical and support services -3- LRB9200782MWpk 1 under Part C of the Early Intervention Program, and for 2 grants for supplemental food supplies provided under the 3 United States Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and 4 Children Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without 5 regard to the fact that the services being compensated for by 6 such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year. 7 (d) The Department of Public Health and the Department 8 of Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of 9 Public Health under the Department of Human Services Act) 10 shall each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate 11 President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, 12 House Minority Leader, and the respective Chairmen and 13 Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the 14 Senate and the House, on or before December 31, a report of 15 fiscal year funds used to pay for services provided in any 16 prior fiscal year. This report shall document by program or 17 service category those expenditures from the most recently 18 completed fiscal year used to pay for services provided in 19 prior fiscal years. 20 (e) The Department of Public Aid and the Department of 21 Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of 22 Public Aid) shall each annually submit to the State 23 Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, 24 Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, the respective 25 Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations 26 Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before November 27 30, a report that shall document by program or service 28 category those expenditures from the most recently completed 29 fiscal year used to pay for (i) services provided in prior 30 fiscal years and (ii) services for which claims were received 31 in prior fiscal years. 32 (f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to 33 the Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the 34 State Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, -4- LRB9200782MWpk 1 Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, and the 2 respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the 3 Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on or 4 before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay 5 for services (other than medical care) provided in any prior 6 fiscal year. This report shall document by program or 7 service category those expenditures from the most recently 8 completed fiscal year used to pay for services provided in 9 prior fiscal years. 10 (g) In addition, each annual report required to be 11 submitted by the Department of Public Aid under subsection 12 (e) shall include the following information with respect to 13 the State's Medicaid program: 14 (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the 15 variance between the previous year's estimated and actual 16 liabilities. 17 (2) Factors affecting the Department of Public 18 Aid's liabilities, including but not limited to numbers 19 of aid recipients, levels of medical service utilization 20 by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost of medical 21 services. 22 (3) The results of the Department's efforts to 23 combat fraud and abuse. 24 (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly 25 Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a 26 General Assembly member's district office for a period 27 including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid 28 from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal 29 year. 30 (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the 31 Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for: 32 (1) billing user agencies in advance based on 33 estimated charges for goods or services; 34 (2) issuing credits during the subsequent fiscal -5- LRB9200782MWpk 1 year for all user agency payments received during the 2 prior fiscal year which were in excess of the final 3 amounts owed by the user agency for that period; and 4 (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies 5 during the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining 6 due when payments received from the user agency during 7 the prior fiscal year were less than the total amount 8 owed for that period. 9 User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service 10 funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their 11 respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the 12 catch-up billing was issued. 13 (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 14 89-511, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-168, eff. 15 7-23-97.)