Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 398

Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Requires that the Auditor General's audits of certain mental health and developmental disabilities facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services include their records concerning reports of suspected abuse of facility staff by facility residents or patients. Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Provides that the biennial program audit required under the Act shall include an examination of the records of each facility concerning the abuse or suspected abuse of facility staff by patients or residents and the Inspector General's effectiveness in investigating these kinds of reports.

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act to provide that in conjunction with the biennial program audit required under that Act the Auditor General shall examine, on a test basis, facility records concerning reports of suspected abuse of facility staff by patients or residents.

Further amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Provides that the Auditor General's examination shall concern reports of injuries to and assaults on (instead of reports of suspected abuse of) facility staff by patients or residents.

Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Provides that the Auditor General shall conduct or cause to be conducted a financial audit and compliance attestation examination for the year ended December 31, 2004, of the Chicago Transit Authority's use of funds and moneys appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department of Transportation which are distributed to the Regional Transportation Authority, by the means of grants, awards, State aid formula payments, construction funds, and direct or indirect payments. Sets forth that the audits shall determine if these funds have been and are being expended consistent with and in furtherance of the purposes set forth in the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that the Auditor General shall conduct a performance audit to review the Chicago Transit Authority's actual service levels for the most recent year for which statistics are available and a comparison to projected service levels for the current budget year. Effective immediately.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
1/25/2005	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang
1/26/2005	House	First Reading
1/26/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/2/2005	House	Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
2/17/2005	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee
2/17/2005	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote
2/17/2005	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000
2/18/2005	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2/18/2005	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2/18/2005	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2/22/2005	House	Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
2/24/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
2/24/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
2/24/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
2/24/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2/24/2005	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
2/25/2005	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2/25/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 1, 2005
3/2/2005	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
3/2/2005	Senate	First Reading
3/2/2005	Senate	Referred to Rules
4/13/2005	Senate	Assigned to Health & Human Services
4/20/2005	Senate	Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000
4/20/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
5/4/2005	Senate	Second Reading
5/4/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
5/5/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
5/5/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
5/13/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter
5/13/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
5/13/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter
5/13/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules
5/16/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
5/17/2005	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
5/17/2005	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
5/18/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Health & Human Services; 010-000-000
5/20/2005	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005
5/23/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
5/24/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 008-000-000
5/24/2005	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
5/24/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Crotty
5/24/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Trotter
5/24/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
5/24/2005	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
5/24/2005	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
5/24/2005	House	Arrived in House
5/24/2005	House	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1,3
7/1/2005	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

	Fiscal Note (H-AM 1) (Office of the Auditor General)
	The Auditor General's Office estimates the examination required by House Bill 398, as amended by House Amendment 1, will cost approximately $30,309: (1) 749 hours of staff work at an average hourly rate of $36.46 = $27,309 (2) Travel = $3,000. Costs in subsequent years are not expected to differ substantially.

	Deletes reference to:
	30 ILCS 5/3-2

	Adds reference to:
	30 ILCS 5/3-1	from Ch. 15, par. 303-1