Sen. Laura M. Murphy
Filed: 4/20/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2662




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2662, AS AMENDED, 
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
5    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task 
6Force on Human Services Contracting Act.
 
7    Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to create 
8a task force to study State contracting with private nonprofit 
9human service providers and the challenges faced by those 
10providers and to develop recommendations on how to improve the 
11contracting relationship  and partnership between State 
12departments and agencies and private nonprofit human service 
13providers so that they work effectively and efficiently to 
14improve the well-being of Illinoisans. 
 
15    Section 10. Task Force on State Contracting with Private 
 
 
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1Nonprofit Human Service Providers.   
2    (a) The Task Force on State Contracting with Private 
3Nonprofit Human Service Providers is created to study State 
4contracting with private nonprofit human service providers and 
5to develop recommendations on how to improve the contracting 
6relationship and partnership between State departments and 
7agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so that 
8they work effectively and efficiently to improve the well-being 
9of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall perform the following 
10actions:
11        (1) Review data provided by State departments and 
12    agencies that contract with private nonprofit human 
13    service providers regarding the effectiveness of the 
14    system of service provision.
15        (2) Collect and review data on each of the following:
16            (A) Service system planning: the means by which 
17        State departments and agencies and private nonprofit 
18        human service providers assess needs, identify gaps, 
19        and establish system goals, especially the flow of 
20        information collected by the State departments and 
21        agencies and shared back with private nonprofit human 
22        service providers.
23            (B) Contract negotiation: the process by which 
24        State departments and agencies engage private 
25        nonprofit human service providers to provide specific 
26        services and achieve specific goals, especially the 
 
 
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1        adequacy of time to review and adjust.
2            (C) Reimbursement rate methodologies: the 
3        processes by which State departments and agencies 
4        establish rates, the frequency of review and 
5        adjustment, and the adequacy of those rates to achieve 
6        the outcomes sought by the State.
7            (D) Monitoring of service and administration: the 
8        process by which State departments and agencies 
9        evaluate performance, especially the efficiency of 
10        data collection and review, and prevent or resolve 
11        processes and reports that are duplicative, costly, 
12        and wasteful of staff time and that slow the process of 
13        permanency and contribute to unnecessary staff 
14        turnover. 
15            (E) Business processes: the means by which State 
16        departments and agencies provide approvals for 
17        services, activities, plans and changes, especially 
18        preventing the unnecessary delays that arise from 
19        delayed or slowed approvals, which also slow the 
20        process of permanency and unnecessarily add to the 
21        stress and trauma experience of children in State care.
22            (F) Timely payment: the process by which State 
23        departments and agencies make payments, including the 
24        timeliness of payments and the opportunities for 
25        appeal; and the court of claims process as it relates 
26        to human service contracting.
 
 
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1        (3)  In each of the study categories described in 
2    subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2), develop 
3    recommendations on how to improve the contracting 
4    relationship and partnership between State departments and 
5    agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so 
6    that they work effectively and efficiently to improve the 
7    well-being of Illinoisans.  The Task Force shall also issue 
8    specific recommendations on procedures that will improve 
9    the court of claims process, as it relates to human service 
10    contracting, to make it operate more expeditiously and 
11    efficiently.
12    (b) The Task Force shall consist of persons representing 
13nonprofit service providers that provide direct services to the 
14State concerning child care and child welfare, mental health, 
15developmental disabilities, domestic violence, early 
16intervention, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, and other 
17applicable nonprofit providers providing direct services at 
18the community level. Members of the Task Force shall be 
19appointed as follows:
20        (1) 7 members appointed by the President of the Senate, 
21    one of whom shall be designated as Co-Chairperson;
22        (2) 6 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader;
23        (3) 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
24    Representatives, one of whom shall be designated as 
25    Co-Chairperson; and
26        (4) 6 members appointed by the  Minority Leader of the 
 
 
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1    House of Representatives.
2    In addition, the Director of Children and Family Services, 
3the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the Director of 
4Human Services, the Director of Human Rights, and the Director, 
5or his or her designee, of any other State agency that 
6contracts for direct human services shall each serve as an ex 
7officio member of the Task Force.
8    The Task Force shall also include at least 2, but no more 
9than 3, members that represent organizations or agencies that 
10provide research, analytics, and fiduciary analysis.
11    (c) The Task Force may establish a method to gather 
12testimony and input from individuals and organizations that are 
13not members of the Task Force.
14    (d) The Office of the Auditor General shall provide 
15administrative and other support to the Task Force. 
16    (e) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the 
17Auditor General, the General Assembly, and the Governor no 
18later than October 1, 2019, and a final report, along with 
19recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the General 
20Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2020.
21    The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the 
22Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the 
23Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk 
24and the Secretary shall direct.  
25    (f) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2021.

 
 
 
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1    Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 
22021.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".