093_SB1569
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1 AN ACT in relation to health.
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 Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
7 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
8 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
9 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
10 services. The annual appropriation to the Department of
11 Human Services to fund community services shall include an
12 increase over the appropriation for the previous fiscal year
13 that reflects any increase in the Implicit Price Deflator
14 for State and Local Government Purchases as determined by the
15 United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month
16 calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which
17 the increase is to be applied. The increase shall be applied
18 to appropriations beginning July 1, 2003 for the State
19 fiscal year 2004 and continued each year thereafter.
20 In accepting Department funds, providers shall recognize
21 their responsibility to be accountable to the Department and
22 the State for the delivery of services which are consistent
23 with the philosophies and goals of this Act and the rules and
24 regulations promulgated under it.
25 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.