Public Act 100-1128
 
SB2662 EnrolledLRB100 18771 KTG 34007 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task
Force on Human Services Contracting Act.
 
    Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to create
a task force to study State contracting with private nonprofit
human service providers and the challenges faced by those
providers and to develop recommendations on how to improve the
contracting relationship and partnership between State
departments and agencies and private nonprofit human service
providers so that they work effectively and efficiently to
improve the well-being of Illinoisans.
 
    Section 10. Task Force on State Contracting with Private
Nonprofit Human Service Providers.
    (a) The Task Force on State Contracting with Private
Nonprofit Human Service Providers is created to study State
contracting with private nonprofit human service providers and
to develop recommendations on how to improve the contracting
relationship and partnership between State departments and
agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so that
they work effectively and efficiently to improve the well-being
of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall perform the following
actions:
        (1) Review data provided by State departments and
    agencies that contract with private nonprofit human
    service providers regarding the effectiveness of the
    system of service provision.
        (2) Collect and review data on each of the following:
            (A) Service system planning: the means by which
        State departments and agencies and private nonprofit
        human service providers assess needs, identify gaps,
        and establish system goals, especially the flow of
        information collected by the State departments and
        agencies and shared back with private nonprofit human
        service providers.
            (B) Contract negotiation: the process by which
        State departments and agencies engage private
        nonprofit human service providers to provide specific
        services and achieve specific goals, especially the
        adequacy of time to review and adjust.
            (C) Reimbursement rate methodologies: the
        processes by which State departments and agencies
        establish rates, the frequency of review and
        adjustment, and the adequacy of those rates to achieve
        the outcomes sought by the State.
            (D) Monitoring of service and administration: the
        process by which State departments and agencies
        evaluate performance, especially the efficiency of
        data collection and review, and prevent or resolve
        processes and reports that are duplicative, costly,
        and wasteful of staff time and that slow the process of
        permanency and contribute to unnecessary staff
        turnover.
            (E) Business processes: the means by which State
        departments and agencies provide approvals for
        services, activities, plans and changes, especially
        preventing the unnecessary delays that arise from
        delayed or slowed approvals, which also slow the
        process of permanency and unnecessarily add to the
        stress and trauma experience of children in State care.
            (F) Timely payment: the process by which State
        departments and agencies make payments, including the
        timeliness of payments and the opportunities for
        appeal; and the court of claims process as it relates
        to human service contracting.
        (3) In each of the study categories described in
    subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2), develop
    recommendations on how to improve the contracting
    relationship and partnership between State departments and
    agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so
    that they work effectively and efficiently to improve the
    well-being of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall also issue
    specific recommendations on procedures that will improve
    the court of claims process, as it relates to human service
    contracting, to make it operate more expeditiously and
    efficiently.
    (b) The Task Force shall consist of persons representing
nonprofit service providers that provide direct services to the
State concerning child care and child welfare, mental health,
developmental disabilities, domestic violence, early
intervention, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, and other
applicable nonprofit providers providing direct services at
the community level. Members of the Task Force shall be
appointed as follows:
        (1) 7 members appointed by the President of the Senate,
    one of whom shall be designated as Co-Chairperson;
        (2) 6 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader;
        (3) 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
    Representatives, one of whom shall be designated as
    Co-Chairperson; and
        (4) 6 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the
    House of Representatives.
    In addition, the Director of Children and Family Services,
the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the Director of
Human Services, the Director of Human Rights, and the Director,
or his or her designee, of any other State agency that
contracts for direct human services shall each serve as an ex
officio member of the Task Force.
    The Task Force shall also include at least 2, but no more
than 3, members that represent organizations or agencies that
provide research, analytics, and fiduciary analysis.
    (c) The Task Force may establish a method to gather
testimony and input from individuals and organizations that are
not members of the Task Force.
    (d) The Department of Human Services shall provide
administrative and other support to the Task Force.
    (e) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the
Auditor General, the General Assembly, and the Governor no
later than October 1, 2019, and a final report, along with
recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the General
Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2020.
    The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the
Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk
and the Secretary shall direct.
    (f) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2021.
 
    Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
2021.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 11/27/2018