093_HB2848eng HB2848 Engrossed LRB093 07152 DRJ 07307 b 1 AN ACT in relation to children. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is 5 amended by changing Section 13.32 as follows: 6 (325 ILCS 20/13.32) 7 Sec. 13.32. Contracting. The lead agency may enter into 8 contracts for some or all of its responsibilities under this 9 Act, including but not limited to, credentialing and 10 enrolling providers; training under Section 13.30; 11 maintaining a central billing office; data collection and 12 analysis; establishing and maintaining a computerized case 13 management system accessible to local referral offices and 14 providers; creating and maintaining a system for provider 15 credentialing and enrollment; creating and maintaining the 16 central directory required under subsection (g) of Section 7 17 of this Act; and program operations. If contracted, the 18 contract shall be subject to a public request for proposals 19 as described in the Illinois Procurement Code, 20 notwithstanding any exemptions or alternative processes that 21 may be allowed for such a contract under that Code, and, in 22 addition to the posting requirements under that Code, shall 23 be posted on the early intervention website maintained by the 24 lead agency during the entire bid period. With the exception 25 of contracts with or grants to regional intake entities, any 26 of these listed responsibilities currently under contract or 27 grant that have not met these requirements shall be subject 28 to public bid under this request for proposal process no 29 later than July 1, 2002 or the date of termination of any 30 contract in place. Contracts with or grants to regional 31 intake entities must be made subject to public bid under a HB2848 Engrossed -2- LRB093 07152 DRJ 07307 b 1 request for proposals process no later than July 1, 2005. 2 (Source: P.A. 92-307, eff. 8-9-01.)