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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, On September 10, 2018, the Department of Human | ||||||
| 3 | Services (DHS) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) | ||||||
| 4 | for the Independent Service Coordination
(ISC) Program; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, According to the NOFO, "Independent Service | ||||||
| 6 | Coordination (ISC) agencies serve
as the primary connection | ||||||
| 7 | between individuals (and guardians) who are seeking or | ||||||
| 8 | receiving
developmental disability services and the Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | Department of Human Services' Division of
Developmental | ||||||
| 10 | Disabilities (DDD) ... These service coordination activities | ||||||
| 11 | are critical
contributions to a comprehensive system of | ||||||
| 12 | high-quality services for individuals with
developmental | ||||||
| 13 | disabilities."; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, DHS planned for the selected applicants to | ||||||
| 15 | commence services for assigned
service areas on July 1, 2019, | ||||||
| 16 | at an anticipated FY 2020 cost of $38,134,100 in general | ||||||
| 17 | revenue funds; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, In conjunction with the NOFO, DHS took the | ||||||
| 19 | opportunity to adjust service area
boundaries, reducing the | ||||||
| 20 | number of service delivery areas from 17 to 12; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, As a result of the competitive application for | ||||||
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| 1 | funding process, a total of eight bidding agencies
were | ||||||
| 2 | selected to provide ISC services effective July 1, 2019; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Concerns about the NOFO process and award | ||||||
| 4 | decisions have been raised by interested
parties; therefore, be | ||||||
| 5 | it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a management audit | ||||||
| 9 | of the Department of Human
Services' process for selecting | ||||||
| 10 | Independent Service Coordination agencies for the Fiscal Year
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| 11 | commencing July 1, 2019; and be it further | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | ||||||
| 13 | the following determinations: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) Whether all aspects of the competitive funding | ||||||
| 15 | process were conducted in accordance
with applicable laws, | ||||||
| 16 | rules, regulations, and policies; | ||||||
| 17 | (2) Whether the evaluative criteria guiding DHS's | ||||||
| 18 | selection of ISC agencies were
adequate and uniformly | ||||||
| 19 | applied; | ||||||
| 20 | (3) Whether decisions concerning the selection of | ||||||
| 21 | successful bidding agencies were
adequately supported and | ||||||
| 22 | documented; | ||||||
| 23 | (4) Whether decisions concerning the resolution of | ||||||
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| 1 | protests were adequately supported and
documented; and | ||||||
| 2 | (5) Whether the competitive funding process was | ||||||
| 3 | adequately planned to allow reasonable
time frames for | ||||||
| 4 | response by bidding agencies, review of responses by DHS, | ||||||
| 5 | and implementation of the transition of ISC services from | ||||||
| 6 | unsuccessful to successful
bidding agencies; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, That DHS and any other State agency or other | ||||||
| 9 | entity that may
have relevant information pertaining to this | ||||||
| 10 | audit cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's
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| 11 | Office in the conduct of this audit; and be it further | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
| 13 | soon as possible and report his findings
and recommendations | ||||||
| 14 | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||||||
| 15 | 3-14 of the Illinois
State Auditing Act; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | delivered to the Auditor General and DHS.
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