101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4908

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Deb Conroy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
325 ILCS 20/4  from Ch. 23, par. 4154
325 ILCS 20/13.32

    Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Provides that the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention shall be composed of at least 20 but not more than 35 (rather than 30) members. Provides that the Council shall include: one member who is a representative of the Child Care Assistance Program; and one member who is a representative of the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program authorized under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. In a provision permitting the Department of Human Services to enter into contracts for some or all of its responsibilities under the Act, removes language requiring such contracts to be subject to a request for proposals as described in the Illinois Procurement Code and to be posted on the early intervention website maintained by the Department during the entire bid period. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is
5amended by changing Sections 4 and 13.32 as follows:
 
6    (325 ILCS 20/4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 4154)
7    Sec. 4. Illinois Interagency Council on Early
8Intervention.
9    (a) There is established the Illinois Interagency Council
10on Early Intervention. The Council shall be composed of at
11least 20 but not more than 35 30 members. The members of the
12Council and the designated chairperson of the Council shall be
13appointed by the Governor. The Council member representing the
14lead agency may not serve as chairperson of the Council. The
15Council shall be composed of the following members:
16        (1) The Secretary of Human Services (or his or her
17    designee) and 2 additional representatives of the
18    Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary,
19    plus the Directors (or their designees) of the following
20    State agencies involved in the provision of or payment for
21    early intervention services to eligible infants and
22    toddlers and their families:
23            (A) Department of Insurance; and

 

 

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1            (B) Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
2        (2) Other members as follows:
3            (A) At least 20% of the members of the Council
4        shall be parents, including minority parents, of
5        infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with
6        disabilities aged 12 or younger, with knowledge of, or
7        experience with, programs for infants and toddlers
8        with disabilities. At least one such member shall be a
9        parent of an infant or toddler with a disability or a
10        child with a disability aged 6 or younger;
11            (B) At least 20% of the members of the Council
12        shall be public or private providers of early
13        intervention services;
14            (C) One member shall be a representative of the
15        General Assembly;
16            (D) One member shall be involved in the preparation
17        of professional personnel to serve infants and
18        toddlers similar to those eligible for services under
19        this Act;
20            (E) Two members shall be from advocacy
21        organizations with expertise in improving health,
22        development, and educational outcomes for infants and
23        toddlers with disabilities;
24            (F) One member shall be a Child and Family
25        Connections manager from a rural district;
26            (G) One member shall be a Child and Family

 

 

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1        Connections manager from an urban district;
2            (H) One member shall be the co-chair of the
3        Illinois Early Learning Council (or his or her
4        designee); and
5            (I) One member shall be a representative of the
6        Child Care Assistance Program;
7            (J) One member shall be a representative of the
8        Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program
9        authorized under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
10        Assistance Act; and
11            (K) (I) Members representing the following
12        agencies or entities: the State Board of Education; the
13        Department of Public Health; the Department of
14        Children and Family Services; the University of
15        Illinois Division of Specialized Care for Children;
16        the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities;
17        Head Start or Early Head Start; and the Department of
18        Human Services' Division of Mental Health. A member may
19        represent one or more of the listed agencies or
20        entities.
21    The Council shall meet at least quarterly and in such
22places as it deems necessary. Terms of the initial members
23appointed under paragraph (2) shall be determined by lot at the
24first Council meeting as follows: of the persons appointed
25under subparagraphs (A) and (B), one-third shall serve one year
26terms, one-third shall serve 2 year terms, and one-third shall

 

 

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1serve 3 year terms; and of the persons appointed under
2subparagraphs (C) and (D), one shall serve a 2 year term and
3one shall serve a 3 year term. Thereafter, successors appointed
4under paragraph (2) shall serve 3 year terms. Once appointed,
5members shall continue to serve until their successors are
6appointed. No member shall be appointed to serve more than 2
7consecutive terms.
8    Council members shall serve without compensation but shall
9be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in the performance
10of their duties, including costs related to child care, and
11parents may be paid a stipend in accordance with applicable
12requirements.
13    The Council shall prepare and approve a budget using funds
14appropriated for the purpose to hire staff, and obtain the
15services of such professional, technical, and clerical
16personnel as may be necessary to carry out its functions under
17this Act. This funding support and staff shall be directed by
18the lead agency.
19    (b) The Council shall:
20        (1) advise and assist the lead agency in the
21    performance of its responsibilities including but not
22    limited to the identification of sources of fiscal and
23    other support services for early intervention programs,
24    and the promotion of interagency agreements which assign
25    financial responsibility to the appropriate agencies;
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1    preparation of applications and amendments to
2    applications;
3        (3) review and advise on relevant regulations and
4    standards proposed by the related State agencies;
5        (4) advise and assist the lead agency in the
6    development, implementation and evaluation of the
7    comprehensive early intervention services system;
8        (4.5) coordinate and collaborate with State
9    interagency early learning initiatives, as appropriate;
10    and
11        (5) prepare and submit an annual report to the Governor
12    and to the General Assembly on the status of early
13    intervention programs for eligible infants and toddlers
14    and their families in Illinois. The annual report shall
15    include (i) the estimated number of eligible infants and
16    toddlers in this State, (ii) the number of eligible infants
17    and toddlers who have received services under this Act and
18    the cost of providing those services, and (iii) the
19    estimated cost of providing services under this Act to all
20    eligible infants and toddlers in this State. The report
21    shall be posted by the lead agency on the early
22    intervention website as required under paragraph (f) of
23    Section 5 of this Act.
24    No member of the Council shall cast a vote on or
25participate substantially in any matter which would provide a
26direct financial benefit to that member or otherwise give the

 

 

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1appearance of a conflict of interest under State law. All
2provisions and reporting requirements of the Illinois
3Governmental Ethics Act shall apply to Council members.
4(Source: P.A. 97-902, eff. 8-6-12; 98-41, eff. 6-28-13.)
 
5    (325 ILCS 20/13.32)
6    Sec. 13.32. Contracting. The lead agency may enter into
7contracts for some or all of its responsibilities under this
8Act, including but not limited to, credentialing and enrolling
9providers; training under Section 13.30; maintaining a central
10billing office; data collection and analysis; establishing and
11maintaining a computerized case management system accessible
12to local referral offices and providers; creating and
13maintaining a system for provider credentialing and
14enrollment; creating and maintaining the central directory
15required under subsection (g) of Section 7 of this Act; and
16program operations. If contracted, the contract shall be
17subject to a public request for proposals as described in the
18Illinois Procurement Code, notwithstanding any exemptions or
19alternative processes that may be allowed for such a contract
20under that Code, and, in addition to the posting requirements
21under that Code, shall be posted on the early intervention
22website maintained by the lead agency during the entire bid
23period. With the exception of contracts with or grants to
24regional intake entities, any of these listed responsibilities
25currently under contract or grant that have not met these

 

 

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1requirements shall be subject to public bid under this request
2for proposal process no later than July 1, 2002 or the date of
3termination of any contract in place. Contracts with or grants
4to regional intake entities must be made subject to public bid
5under a request for proposals process no later than July 1,
62005.
7(Source: P.A. 92-307, eff. 8-9-01; 93-147, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.