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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 25 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
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7 | Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations.
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8 | (a) All appropriations shall be
available for expenditure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the
Act making | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency
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11 | appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | June 30 of
the year when the Act making that appropriation is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | enacted unless that Act
otherwise provides.
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14 | (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | appropriations
which have otherwise expired, may be paid out of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | the expiring
appropriations during the 2-month period ending at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the
close of business on August 31 , except as otherwise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | provided in this Section . Any service involving
professional or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | artistic skills or any personal services by an employee whose
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20 | compensation is subject to income tax withholding must be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | performed as of June
30 of the fiscal year in order to be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | considered an "outstanding liability as of
June 30" that is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | thereby eligible for payment out of the expiring
appropriation.
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1 | However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims under | ||||||
2 | Section 14-7.03 or
18-3 of the School Code may be made by the | ||||||
3 | State Board of Education from its
appropriations for those | ||||||
4 | respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though
the claims | ||||||
5 | reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to a prior
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6 | fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction of the | ||||||
7 | State
Superintendent of Education from the fund from which the | ||||||
8 | appropriation is made
without regard to any fiscal year | ||||||
9 | limitations.
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10 | Medical payments for services rendered during the fiscal | ||||||
11 | year may be made by the Department of Veterans' Affairs , from
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12 | its
appropriations for those purposes for that
any fiscal year , | ||||||
13 | out of the expiring appropriations during the 4-month period | ||||||
14 | ending at the close of business on October 31
, without regard | ||||||
15 | to the
fact that the medical services being compensated for by | ||||||
16 | such payment may have
been rendered in a prior fiscal year .
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17 | Medical payments for services rendered during the fiscal | ||||||
18 | year may be made by the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
19 | Services
Public Aid and medical payments for services rendered | ||||||
20 | during the fiscal year and child care
payments for services | ||||||
21 | rendered during the fiscal year may be made by the Department | ||||||
22 | of
Human Services (as successor to the Department of Public | ||||||
23 | Aid) , from
appropriations for those purposes for that
any | ||||||
24 | fiscal year , out of the expiring appropriations during the | ||||||
25 | 4-month period ending at the close of business on October 31
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26 | without regard to the fact that the medical or child care |
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1 | services being
compensated for by such payment may have been | ||||||
2 | rendered in a prior fiscal
year ; and payments may be made for | ||||||
3 | services rendered during the fiscal year at the direction of | ||||||
4 | the Department of
Central Management Services from the Health | ||||||
5 | Insurance Reserve Fund and the
Local Government Health | ||||||
6 | Insurance Reserve Fund , from appropriations for those purposes | ||||||
7 | for that fiscal year, out of the expiring appropriations during | ||||||
8 | the 4-month period ending at the close of business on October | ||||||
9 | 31
without regard to any fiscal
year limitations .
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10 | Medical payments for services rendered during the fiscal | ||||||
11 | year may be made by the Department of Human Services , from its | ||||||
12 | appropriations relating to substance abuse treatment services | ||||||
13 | for that
any fiscal year , out of the expiring appropriations | ||||||
14 | during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on | ||||||
15 | October 31
, without regard to the fact that the medical | ||||||
16 | services being compensated for by such payment may have been | ||||||
17 | rendered in a prior fiscal year , provided the payments are made | ||||||
18 | on a fee-for-service basis consistent with requirements | ||||||
19 | established for Medicaid reimbursement by the Department of | ||||||
20 | Healthcare and Family Services
Public Aid . | ||||||
21 | Additionally, payments may be made by the Department of | ||||||
22 | Human Services from
its appropriations, or any other State | ||||||
23 | agency from its appropriations with
the approval of the | ||||||
24 | Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform
and | ||||||
25 | Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the | ||||||
26 | Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986, without regard to |
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1 | any fiscal year limitations.
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2 | Further, with respect to costs incurred in fiscal years | ||||||
3 | 2002 and 2003 only,
payments may be made by the State Treasurer | ||||||
4 | from its
appropriations
from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund | ||||||
5 | without regard to any fiscal year
limitations.
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6 | Lease payments may be made by the Department of Central | ||||||
7 | Management
Services under the sale and leaseback provisions of
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8 | Section 7.4 of
the State Property Control Act with respect to | ||||||
9 | the James R. Thompson Center and
the
Elgin Mental Health Center | ||||||
10 | and surrounding land from appropriations for that
purpose | ||||||
11 | without regard to any fiscal year
limitations.
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12 | Lease payments may be made under the sale and leaseback | ||||||
13 | provisions of
Section 7.5 of the State Property Control Act | ||||||
14 | with
respect to the
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | ||||||
15 | headquarters building and surrounding
land
without regard to | ||||||
16 | any fiscal year
limitations.
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17 | (c) Further, payments for services rendered during the | ||||||
18 | fiscal year may be made by the Department of Public Health and | ||||||
19 | the
Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the | ||||||
20 | Department of Public
Health under the Department of Human | ||||||
21 | Services Act)
from their respective appropriations for those | ||||||
22 | purposes for that fiscal year for grants for medical care to or | ||||||
23 | on
behalf of persons
suffering from chronic renal disease, | ||||||
24 | persons suffering from hemophilia, rape
victims, and premature | ||||||
25 | and high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and
for | ||||||
26 | grants for supplemental food supplies provided under the United |
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1 | States
Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children | ||||||
2 | Nutrition Program , from appropriations for those purposes for | ||||||
3 | that fiscal year, out of the expiring appropriations during the | ||||||
4 | 4-month period ending at the close of business on October 31
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5 | for any fiscal year without regard to the fact that the | ||||||
6 | services being
compensated for by such payment may have been | ||||||
7 | rendered in a prior fiscal year .
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8 | (d) The Department of Public Health and the Department of | ||||||
9 | Human Services
(acting as successor to the Department of Public | ||||||
10 | Health under the Department of
Human Services Act) shall each | ||||||
11 | annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
President, | ||||||
12 | Senate
Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority | ||||||
13 | Leader, and the
respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of | ||||||
14 | the
Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on | ||||||
15 | or before
December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to | ||||||
16 | pay for services
provided in any prior fiscal year. This report | ||||||
17 | shall document by program or
service category those | ||||||
18 | expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal
year used | ||||||
19 | to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
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20 | (e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Public | ||||||
21 | Aid , the Department of Human Services
(acting as successor to | ||||||
22 | the Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human | ||||||
23 | Services making fee-for-service payments relating to substance | ||||||
24 | abuse treatment services provided during a previous fiscal year | ||||||
25 | shall each annually
submit to the State
Comptroller, Senate | ||||||
26 | President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House,
House |
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1 | Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and Minority | ||||||
2 | Spokesmen of the
Appropriations Committees of the Senate and | ||||||
3 | the House, on or before November
30, a report that shall | ||||||
4 | document by program or service category those
expenditures from | ||||||
5 | the most recently completed fiscal year used to pay for (i)
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6 | services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii) services for | ||||||
7 | which claims were
received in prior fiscal years.
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8 | (f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to the | ||||||
9 | Department of
Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State
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10 | Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker | ||||||
11 | of the House,
House Minority Leader, and the respective | ||||||
12 | Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of
the Appropriations | ||||||
13 | Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before
December | ||||||
14 | 31, a report
of fiscal year funds used to pay for services | ||||||
15 | (other than medical care)
provided in any prior fiscal year. | ||||||
16 | This report shall document by program or
service category those | ||||||
17 | expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal
year used | ||||||
18 | to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
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19 | (g) In addition, each annual report required to be | ||||||
20 | submitted by the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services
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21 | Public Aid under subsection (e) shall include the following
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22 | information with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
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23 | (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance | ||||||
24 | between the previous
year's estimated and actual | ||||||
25 | liabilities.
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26 | (2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and |
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1 | Family Services'
Public Aid's liabilities,
including but | ||||||
2 | not limited to numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical
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3 | service utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the | ||||||
4 | cost of medical
services.
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5 | (3) The results of the Department's efforts to combat | ||||||
6 | fraud and abuse.
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7 | (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly | ||||||
8 | Compensation Act,
any utility bill for service provided to a | ||||||
9 | General Assembly
member's district office for a period | ||||||
10 | including portions of 2 consecutive
fiscal years may be paid | ||||||
11 | from funds appropriated for such expenditure in
either fiscal | ||||||
12 | year.
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13 | (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the | ||||||
14 | Comptroller as an
internal service fund may issue rules for:
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15 | (1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or | ||||||
16 | authorized inter-fund transfers
based on estimated charges | ||||||
17 | for goods or services;
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18 | (2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund | ||||||
19 | transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers
during
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20 | the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or | ||||||
21 | authorized inter-fund transfers received during the
prior | ||||||
22 | fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed | ||||||
23 | by the user
agency for that period; and
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24 | (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies
during | ||||||
25 | the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when | ||||||
26 | payments or authorized inter-fund transfers
received from |
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1 | the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less than | ||||||
2 | the
total amount owed for that period.
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3 | User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service | ||||||
4 | funds for catch-up
billings by vouchers drawn against their | ||||||
5 | respective appropriations for the
fiscal year in which the | ||||||
6 | catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized | ||||||
7 | inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the | ||||||
8 | purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers | ||||||
9 | without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized | ||||||
10 | by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 92-885, eff. 1-13-03; 93-19, eff. 6-20-03; | ||||||
12 | 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-841, eff. 7-30-04; revised 12-15-05.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
14 | 2008.
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