95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1699

 

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Purchase of Care and Grant Adjustment Act. Applies to agreements that provide services to persons with disabilities that are entered into between the Department of Children and Family Services, Human Services, Corrections, Public Health, or Healthcare and Family Services and a private community-based contractual provider or grantee. Requires annual adjustments in accordance with the non-seasonally-adjusted Employment Cost Index. Effective January 1, 2008.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Purchase of Care and Grant Adjustment Act.
 
6     Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7     "Purchase of care contract" means a contract between a
8 State officer or agency and a private provider under which
9 rates for services are set in accordance with a formula that
10 takes personnel, supplies, and other allowable costs into
11 account.
12     "Grant" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the
13 Illinois Procurement Code.
 
14     Section 10. Applicability. This Act applies to all
15 purchase of care contracts, grant agreements, and provider
16 agreements that (i) provide in whole or in part for the
17 provision of services for persons with disabilities and (ii)
18 are entered into between the Department of Children and Family
19 Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of
20 Corrections, the Department of Public Health, or the Department
21 of Healthcare and Family Services and a private community-based
22 contractual provider or grantee.
 

 

 

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1     Section 15. Adjustments. Notwithstanding any other
2 provision of law, purchase of care contracts and grant
3 agreements to which this Act applies must provide for annual
4 adjustments in accordance with the non-seasonally-adjusted
5 Employment Cost Index for total compensation for civilian
6 workers compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
8 1, 2008.