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(20 ILCS 1305/1-37 new) |
Sec. 1-37. Streamlined auditing and accreditation system. |
(a) As used in this Section, "State human services agency" |
means the Department of Children and Family Services, the |
Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and |
Family Services, and the Department of Public Health. |
(b) Each State human services agency shall conduct an |
internal review and coordinate with other State human services |
agencies to file a unified report with the General Assembly |
summarizing the provider contracts issued by the agencies; |
auditing requirements related to these contracts; licensing |
and training requirements subject to audits; mandated |
reporting requirements for grant recipients and contractual |
providers; the extent to which audits or rules are redundant or |
result in duplication; and proposed actions to address the |
redundancy or duplication. The proposed actions shall seek to |
accomplish the development of a streamlined auditing and |
accreditation system and the streamlining of agency rules to |
reduce administrative costs associated with multiple and |
duplicative program and accreditation audits and duplication |
in agency oversight. To the extent feasible, the report shall |
include (i) necessary statutory changes and (ii) proposed rule |
changes needed to implement the proposed actions. The |
Department of Human Services shall serve as the lead agency in |
the development of the unified report. |
(c) In addition to the information required by subsection |
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(b), the portion of the report related to the Department of |
Human Services shall also include recommendations on how to |
address potential inefficiencies in the current oversight of |
agency providers and the potential outcomes from implementing |
system changes related to the following: |
(1) Addressing redundant checks of policies and |
procedures which have already been reviewed for a |
particular provider, with the focus of the review instead |
on any changes which may have been made to policies or |
procedures. |
(2) The use of consumer rights statements with |
terminology that is not consumer friendly and the need for |
a statewide, standardized consumer rights statement. |
(3) Streamlining of review of individualized service |
plan requirements to ensure that sufficient review of plans |
occurs while eliminating the need for redundant reviews. |
(4) The need for flexibility in scheduling service plan |
meetings to allow for time extensions in circumstances |
where a guardian may not be able to attend due to illness |
or other temporary reasons. |
(5) Standardization of staff training curriculum to |
expedite the review of curriculum and training previously |
approved by the Department of Human Services. |
(6) The current use of random review of staff training |
documents instead of focusing reviews on newly hired |
individuals, which results in multiple reviews of the same |
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file year after year. |
(7) The use of redundant surveys for providers who |
consistently demonstrate compliance in previous surveys |
instead of focusing survey efforts on agencies with |
on-going compliance issues. |
(d) Recommendations in the report shall include a primary |
focus on developing a coordinated, non-redundant process for |
providing quality, effective, and efficient oversight of grant |
recipients and contractual providers in a manner which ensures |
patient safety, the provision of quality treatment, and the |
limitation of fraud and abuse. |
(e) The final unified report shall be filed with the |
General Assembly by January 1, 2011.
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Section 15. The Department of Healthcare and Family |
Services Law is amended by adding Section 2205-15 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2205/2205-15 new) |
Sec. 2205-15. Internal oversight review and unified |
report. As required in Section 1-37 of the Department of Human |
Services Act, the Department shall conduct an internal review |
and work in conjunction with the Department of Human Services |
and other State human services agencies in the development of a |
unified report to the General Assembly summarizing the provider |
contracts issued by the agencies; auditing requirements |
related to these contracts; licensing and training |
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requirements subject to audits; mandated reporting |
requirements for grant recipients and contractual providers; |
the extent to which audits or rules are redundant or result in |
duplication; and proposed actions to address the redundancy or |
duplication.
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Section 20. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
Duties Law is amended by adding Section 2310-12 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2310/2310-12 new) |
Sec. 2310-12. Internal oversight review and unified |
report. As required in Section 1-37 of the Department of Human |
Services Act, the Department shall conduct an internal review |
and work in conjunction with the Department of Human Services |
and other State human services agencies in the development of a |
unified report to the General Assembly summarizing the provider |
contracts issued by the agencies; auditing requirements |
related to these contracts; licensing and training |
requirements subject to audits; mandated reporting |
requirements for grant recipients and contractual providers; |
the extent to which audits or rules are redundant or result in |
duplication; and proposed actions to address the redundancy or |
duplication.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |