SB2251 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2251

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Laura Ellman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 708/50
30 ILCS 708/55

Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that the State grant-making agency shall report all information to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit that relates to the status of a grant application or execution for the purposes of providing information for a public portal. Provides the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall create and maintain an internet-based public portal that provides information on the status of grants being executed by the State. Provides that this portal shall include the amount of monetary award the entity has received, a description of where the grant is at in the approval process, the estimated completion date of the execution of a grant agreement with the State, and the next outstanding information needed by the agency or the department from the grantee.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act is amended by changing Sections 50 and 55 as follows:

(30 ILCS 708/50)

Sec. 50. State grant-making agency responsibilities.

(a) The specific requirements and responsibilities of State grant-making agencies and non-federal entities are set forth in this Act. State agencies making State awards to non-federal entities must adopt by rule the language in 2 CFR 200, Subpart C through Subpart F unless different provisions are required by law.

(b) Each State grant-making agency shall appoint a Chief Accountability Officer who shall serve as a liaison to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit and who shall be responsible for the State agency's implementation of and compliance with the rules.

(c) In order to effectively measure the performance of its recipients and subrecipients, each State grant-making agency shall:

(1) require its recipients and subrecipients to relate financial data to performance accomplishments of the award and, when applicable, must require recipients and subrecipients to provide cost information to demonstrate cost-effective practices. The recipient's and subrecipient's performance should be measured in a way that will help the State agency to improve program outcomes, share lessons learned, and spread the adoption of promising practices; and

(2) provide recipients and subrecipients with clear performance goals, indicators, and milestones and must establish performance reporting frequency and content to not only allow the State agency to understand the recipient's progress, but also to facilitate identification of promising practices among recipients and subrecipients and build the evidence upon which the State agency's program and performance decisions are made.

(c-5) Each State grant-making agency shall, when it is in the best interests of the State, request that the Office of the Comptroller issue a stop payment order in accordance with Section 105 of this Act.

(c-6) Upon notification by the Grant Transparency and Accountability Unit that a stop payment order has been requested by a State grant-making agency, each State grant-making agency who has issued a grant to that recipient or subrecipient shall determine if it remains in the best interests of the State to continue to issue payments to the recipient or subrecipient.

(d) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall provide such advice and technical assistance to the State grant-making agencies as is necessary or indicated in order to ensure compliance with this Act.

(e) In accordance with this Act and the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986, refunds required under the Grant Funds Recovery Act may be referred to the Comptroller's offset system.

(f) Upon request, each State grant-making agency shall report to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit information on the status of the grant applications it is processing and the grant agreements it has executed, and the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit shall make that information publicly available on its website.

(Source: P.A. 100-997, eff. 8-20-18.)

(30 ILCS 708/55)

Sec. 55. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget responsibilities.

(a) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall:

(1) provide technical assistance and interpretations of policy requirements in order to ensure effective and efficient implementation of this Act by State grant-making agencies; and

(2) have authority to approve any exceptions to the requirements of this Act and shall adopt rules governing the criteria to be considered when an exception is requested; exceptions shall only be made in particular cases where adequate justification is presented.

(b) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall, on or before July 1, 2016, establish a centralized unit within the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. The centralized unit shall be known as the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit and shall be funded with a portion of the administrative funds provided under existing and future State and federal pass-through grants. The amounts charged will be allocated based on the actual cost of the services provided to State grant-making agencies and public institutions of higher education in accordance with the applicable federal cost principles contained in 2 CFR 200 and this Act will not cause the reduction in the amount of any State or federal grant awards that have been or will be directed towards State agencies or public institutions of higher education.

(c) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget, in conjunction with the Illinois Single Audit Commission, shall research and provide recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the adoption of legislation in accordance with the federal Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012. The recommendations shall be included in the Annual Report of the Commission to be submitted to the General Assembly on January 1, 2020. The report 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. This subsection (c) is inoperative on and after January 1, 2021.

(d) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall create and maintain an Internet-based public portal that provides information on the status of grants being executed by the State. The information reported shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(1) the amount of the monetary award the entity has received;

(2) a description of where the grant is at in the approval process;

(3) the estimated completion date of the execution of a grant agreement with the State; and

(4) the next outstanding information needed by the agency or the department from the grantee.

(Source: P.A. 99-523, eff. 6-30-16; 100-997, eff. 8-20-18.)