101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4950

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1305/10-25
20 ILCS 3020/805
30 ILCS 105/5k
110 ILCS 49/15
730 ILCS 5/5-4-3a

    Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Removes a requirement that the Department of Human Services must report quarterly to the Governor and the General Assembly on certain expenditures under the WIC nutrition program. Amends the Capital Spending Accountability Law. Provides that reports on capital spending are due on or before the forty-fifth day after the end of each quarter (currently, the first day of each quarter). Amends the State Finance Act to eliminate a report on certain transfers. Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act to eliminate a requirement that certain survey results must be posted on an Internet website. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections concerning the DNA testing backlog. Effective immediately.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
5by changing Section 10-25 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1305/10-25)
7    Sec. 10-25. Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition
8Program.
9    (a) The Department shall participate in the Women, Infants
10and Children Nutrition program of the federal government to the
11maximum extent permitted by the federal appropriation and
12allocation to the State of Illinois. The Department shall
13report quarterly to the Governor and the General Assembly the
14status of obligations and expenditures of the WIC nutrition
15program appropriation and make recommendations on actions
16necessary to expend all available federal funds. Other
17appropriations and funds from any public or private source in
18addition to federal funds may be used by the Department for the
19purpose of maximum participation in the WIC nutrition program.
20    (b) The Department shall maintain a drug abuse education
21program for participants in the Women, Infants and Children
22Nutrition Program. The program shall include but need not be
23limited to (1) the provision of information concerning the

 

 

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1dangers of drug abuse and (2) the referral of participants who
2are suspected drug abusers to drug abuse clinics, treatment
3programs, counselors or other drug abuse treatment providers.
4    (c) The Department shall cooperate with the Department of
5Public Health for purposes of the smoking cessation program for
6participants in the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition
7Program maintained by the Department of Public Health under
8Section 2310-435 of the Department of Public Health Powers and
9Duties Law (20 ILCS 2310/2310-435).
10    (d) The Department may contract with any bank as defined by
11the Illinois Banking Act to redeem bank drafts issued by the
12Department under the United States Department of Agriculture
13Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and
14Children (WIC). Any bank with which the Department has entered
15into a contract to redeem bank drafts may receive, pursuant to
16an appropriation to the Department, an initial advance and
17periodic payment of funds for the Women, Infants and Children
18Program in amounts determined by the Secretary.
19Notwithstanding any other law, such funds shall be retained in
20a separate account by the bank. Any interest earned by monies
21in such account shall accrue to the USDA Women, Infants and
22Children Fund and shall be used exclusively for the redemption
23of bank drafts issued by the Department. WIC program food funds
24received by the bank from the Department shall be used
25exclusively for the redemption of bank drafts. The bank shall
26not use such food funds, or interest accrued thereon, for any

 

 

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1other purpose including, but not limited to, reimbursement of
2administrative expenses or payments of administrative fees due
3the bank pursuant to its contract or contracts with the
4Department.
5    Such initial and periodic payments by the Department to the
6bank shall be effected, pursuant to an appropriation, in an
7amount needed for the redemption of bank drafts issued by the
8Department under the United States Department of Agriculture
9Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and
10Children in any initial or succeeding period. The State
11Comptroller shall, upon presentation by the Secretary of
12adequate certification of funds needed for redemption of bank
13drafts, promptly draw a warrant payable to the bank for deposit
14to the separate account of the bank. Such certification may be
15in magnetic tape or computer output form, indicating the amount
16of the total payment made by the bank for the redemption of
17bank drafts from funds provided to the bank under this Section.
18    The separate account of the bank established under this
19Section, any payments to that account, and the use of such
20account and funds shall be subject to (1) audit by the
21Department or a private contractor authorized by the Department
22to conduct audits, including but not limited to such audits as
23may be required by State law, (2) audit by the federal
24government or a private contractor authorized by the federal
25government, and (3) post audit pursuant to the Illinois State
26Auditing Act.

 

 

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1    (e) The Department may include a program of lactation
2support services as part of the benefits and services provided
3for pregnant and breast feeding participants in the Women,
4Infants and Children Nutrition Program. The program may include
5payment for breast pumps, breast shields, or any supply deemed
6essential for the successful maintenance of lactation, as well
7as lactation specialists who are registered nurses, licensed
8dietitians, or persons who have successfully completed a
9lactation management training program.
10    (f) The Department shall coordinate the operation of the
11Women, Infants and Children program with the Medicaid program
12by interagency agreement whereby each program provides
13information about the services offered by the other to
14applicants for services.
15(Source: P.A. 90-290, eff. 1-1-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
16    Section 10. The Capital Spending Accountability Law is
17amended by changing Section 805 as follows:
 
18    (20 ILCS 3020/805)
19    Sec. 805. Reports on capital spending. On or before the
20forty-fifth day after the end first day of each quarterly
21period in each fiscal year, the Governor's Office of Management
22and Budget shall provide to the Comptroller, the Treasurer, the
23President and the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
24Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives

 

 

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1a report on the status of all capital projects in the State.
2The report may be provided in both written and electronic
3format. The report must include all of the following:
4        (1) A brief description or stated purpose of each
5    capital project where applicable (as referred to in this
6    Section, "project").
7        (2) The amount and source of funds (whether from bond
8    funds or other revenues) appropriated for each project,
9    organized into categories including roads, mass transit,
10    schools, environment, civic centers and other categories
11    as applicable (as referred to in this Section, "category or
12    categories"), with subtotals for each category.
13        (3) The date the appropriation bill relating to each
14    project was signed by the Governor, organized into
15    categories.
16        (4) The date the written release of the Governor for
17    each project was submitted to the Comptroller or is
18    projected to be submitted and, if a release for any project
19    has not been submitted within 6 months after its
20    appropriation became law, an explanation why the project
21    has not yet been released, all organized into categories.
22        (5) The amount of expenditures to date by the State
23    relating to each project and estimated amount of total
24    State expenditures and proposed schedule of future State
25    expenditures relating to each project, all organized into
26    categories.

 

 

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1        (6) A timeline for completion of each project,
2    including the dates, if applicable, of execution by the
3    State of any grant agreement, any required engineering or
4    design work or environmental approvals, and the estimated
5    or actual dates of the start and completion of
6    construction, all organized into categories. Any
7    substantial variances on any project from this reported
8    timeline must be explained in the next quarterly report.
9        (7) A summary report of the status of all projects,
10    including the amount of undisbursed funds intended to be
11    held or used in the next quarter.
12(Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14.)
 
13    Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
14Section 5k as follows:
 
15    (30 ILCS 105/5k)
16    Sec. 5k. Cash flow borrowing and general funds liquidity;
17FY15.
18    (a) In order to meet cash flow deficits and to maintain
19liquidity in the General Revenue Fund and the Health Insurance
20Reserve Fund, on and after July 1, 2014 and through June 30,
212015, the State Treasurer and the State Comptroller shall make
22transfers to the General Revenue Fund and the Health Insurance
23Reserve Fund, as directed by the Governor, out of special funds
24of the State, to the extent allowed by federal law. No such

 

 

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1transfer may reduce the cumulative balance of all of the
2special funds of the State to an amount less than the total
3debt service payable during the 12 months immediately following
4the date of the transfer on any bonded indebtedness of the
5State and any certificates issued under the Short Term
6Borrowing Act. At no time shall the outstanding total transfers
7made from the special funds of the State to the General Revenue
8Fund and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund under this Section
9exceed $650,000,000; once the amount of $650,000,000 has been
10transferred from the special funds of the State to the General
11Revenue Fund and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund, additional
12transfers may be made from the special funds of the State to
13the General Revenue Fund and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund
14under this Section only to the extent that moneys have first
15been re-transferred from the General Revenue Fund and the
16Health Insurance Reserve Fund to those special funds of the
17State. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no
18such transfer may be made from any special fund that is
19exclusively collected by or appropriated to any other
20constitutional officer without the written approval of that
21constitutional officer.
22    (b) If moneys have been transferred to the General Revenue
23Fund and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund pursuant to
24subsection (a) of this Section, this amendatory Act of the 98th
25General Assembly shall constitute the continuing authority for
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1reimburse the funds of origin from the General Revenue Fund by
2transferring to the funds of origin, at such times and in such
3amounts as directed by the Governor when necessary to support
4appropriated expenditures from the funds, an amount equal to
5that transferred from them plus any interest that would have
6accrued thereon had the transfer not occurred. When any of the
7funds from which moneys have been transferred pursuant to
8subsection (a) have insufficient cash from which the State
9Comptroller may make expenditures properly supported by
10appropriations from the fund, then the State Treasurer and
11State Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund
12to the fund only such amount as is immediately necessary to
13satisfy outstanding expenditure obligations on a timely basis.
14    (c) (Blank). On the first day of each quarterly period in
15each fiscal year, until such time as a report indicates that
16all moneys borrowed and interest pursuant to this Section have
17been repaid, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget
18shall provide to the President and the Minority Leader of the
19Senate, the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of
20Representatives, and the Commission on Government Forecasting
21and Accountability a report on all transfers made pursuant to
22this Section in the prior quarterly period. The report must be
23provided in electronic format. The report must include all of
24the following:
25        (1) The date each transfer was made.
26        (2) The amount of each transfer.

 

 

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1        (3) In the case of a transfer from the General Revenue
2    Fund to a fund of origin pursuant to subsection (b) of this
3    Section, the amount of interest being paid to the fund of
4    origin.
5        (4) The end of day balance of the fund of origin, the
6    General Revenue Fund and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund
7    on the date the transfer was made.
8(Source: P.A. 98-682, eff. 6-30-14; 99-523, eff. 6-30-16.)
 
9    Section 20. The Higher Education Veterans Service Act is
10amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
11    (110 ILCS 49/15)
12    Sec. 15. Survey; coordinator; best practices report; best
13efforts.
14    (a) All public colleges and universities shall, within 60
15days after the effective date of this Act, conduct a survey of
16the services and programs that are provided for veterans,
17active duty military personnel, and their families, at each of
18their respective campuses. This survey shall enumerate and
19fully describe the service or program that is available, the
20number of veterans or active duty personnel using the service
21or program, an estimated range for potential use within a
225-year and 10-year period, information on the location of the
23service or program, and how its administrators may be
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1which a student veteran may avail himself or herself of the
2program's services. This survey must be made available to all
3veterans matriculating at the college or university in the form
4of an orientation-related guidebook.
5    Each public college and university shall make the survey
6available on the homepage of all campus Internet links as soon
7as practical after the completion of the survey. As soon as
8possible after the completion of the survey, each public
9college and university shall provide a copy of its survey to
10the following:
11        (1) the Board of Higher Education;
12        (2) the Department of Veterans' Affairs;
13        (3) the President and Minority Leader of the Senate and
14    the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
15    Representatives; and
16        (4) the Governor.
17    (b) Each public college and university shall, at its
18discretion, (i) appoint, within 6 months after the effective
19date of this Act, an existing employee or (ii) hire a new
20employee to serve as a Coordinator of Veterans and Military
21Personnel Student Services on each campus of the college or
22university that has an onsite, daily, full-time student
23headcount above 1,000 students.
24    The Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student
25Services shall be an ombudsperson serving the specific needs of
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1shall serve as an advocate before the administration of the
2college or university for the needs of student veterans. The
3college or university shall enable the Coordinator of Veterans
4and Military Personnel Student Services to communicate
5directly with the senior executive administration of the
6college or university periodically. The college or university
7shall retain unfettered discretion to determine the
8organizational management structure of its institution.
9    In addition to any responsibilities the college or
10university may assign, the Coordinator of Veterans and Military
11Personnel Student Services shall make its best efforts to
12create a centralized source for student veterans and military
13personnel to learn how to receive all benefit programs and
14services for which they are eligible.
15    Each college and university campus that is required to have
16a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student
17Services shall regularly and conspicuously advertise the
18office location and , phone number of , and Internet access to
19the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student
20Services, along with a brief summary of the manner in which he
21or she can assist student veterans. The advertisement shall
22include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:
23        (1) advertisements on each campus' Internet home page;
24    and
25        (2) any promotional mailings for student application.
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1Services shall facilitate other campus offices with the
2promotion of programs and services that are available.
3    (c) Upon receipt of all of the surveys under subsection (a)
4of this Section, the Board of Higher Education and the
5Department of Veterans' Affairs shall conduct a joint review of
6the surveys and post, on any Internet home page they may
7operate, a link to each survey as posted on the Internet
8website for the college or university. Upon receipt of all of
9the surveys, the Office of the Governor, through its military
10affairs advisors, shall similarly conduct a review of the
11surveys and post the surveys on its Internet website. Following
12its review of the surveys, the Office of the Governor shall
13submit an evaluation report to each college and university
14offering suggestions and insight on the conduct of student
15veteran-related policies and programs.
16    (d) The Board of Higher Education and the Department of
17Veterans' Affairs may issue a best practices report to
18highlight those programs and services that are most beneficial
19to veterans and active duty military personnel. The report
20shall contain a fiscal needs assessment in conjunction with any
21program recommendations.
22    (e) Each college and university campus that is required to
23have a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student
24Services under subsection (b) of this Section shall make its
25best efforts to create academic and social programs and
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1will provide reasonable opportunities for academic performance
2and success.
3    Each public college and university shall make its best
4efforts to determine how its online educational curricula can
5be expanded or altered to serve the needs of student veterans
6and currently-deployed military, including a determination of
7whether and to what extent the public colleges and universities
8can share existing technologies to improve the online curricula
9of peer institutions, provided such efforts are both
10practically and economically feasible.
11(Source: P.A. 96-133, eff. 8-7-09; revised 7-16-19.)
 
12    Section 25. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
13changing Section 5-4-3a as follows:
 
14    (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3a)
15    Sec. 5-4-3a. DNA testing backlog accountability.
16    (a) On or before August 1 of each year, the Department of
17State Police shall report to the Governor and both houses of
18the General Assembly the following information:
19        (1) the extent of the backlog of cases awaiting testing
20    or awaiting DNA analysis by that Department, including but
21    not limited to those tests conducted under Section 5-4-3,
22    as of June 30 of the previous fiscal year, with the backlog
23    being defined as all cases awaiting forensic testing
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1    the physical custody of local law enforcement, provided
2    that the State Police have written notice of any evidence
3    in the physical custody of local law enforcement prior to
4    June 1 of that year; and
5        (2) what measures have been and are being taken to
6    reduce that backlog and the estimated costs or expenditures
7    in doing so.
8    (b) The information reported under this Section shall be
9made available to the public, at the time it is reported, on
10the official web site of the Department of State Police.
11    (c) Beginning January 1, 2016, the Department of State
12Police shall quarterly report on the status of the processing
13of forensic biology and DNA evidence submitted to the
14Department of State Police Laboratory for analysis. The report
15shall be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly,
16and shall be posted on the Department of State Police website.
17The report shall include the following for each State Police
18Laboratory location and any laboratory to which the Department
19of State Police has outsourced evidence for testing:
20        (1) For forensic biology submissions, report both
21    total assignments case and sexual assault or abuse
22    assignment case (as defined by the Sexual Assault Evidence
23    Submission Act) figures for:
24            (A) The number of cases received in the preceding
25        quarter.
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1        the preceding quarter.
2            (C) The number of assignments cases waiting
3        analysis.
4            (D) The number of assignments cases sent for
5        outsourcing.
6            (E) The number of assignments cases waiting
7        analysis that were received within the past 30 days.
8            (F) The number of assignments cases waiting
9        analysis that were received 31 to 90 days prior.
10            (G) The number of assignments cases waiting
11        analysis that were received 91 to 180 days prior.
12            (H) The number of assignments cases waiting
13        analysis that were received 181 to 365 days prior.
14            (I) The number of assignments cases waiting
15        analysis that were received more than 365 days prior.
16            (J) (Blank). The number of cases forwarded for DNA
17        analyses.
18        (2) (Blank). For DNA submissions, report both total
19    case and sexual assault or abuse case (as defined by the
20    Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act) figures for:
21            (A) The number of cases received in the preceding
22        quarter.
23            (B) The number of cases completed in the preceding
24        quarter.
25            (C) The number of cases waiting analysis.
26            (D) The number of cases sent for outsourcing.

 

 

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1            (E) The number of cases waiting analysis that were
2        received within the past 30 days.
3            (F) The number of cases waiting analysis that were
4        received 31 to 90 days prior.
5            (G) The number of cases waiting analysis that were
6        received 91 to 180 days prior.
7            (H) The number of cases waiting analysis that were
8        received 181 to 365 days prior.
9            (I) The number of cases waiting analysis that were
10        received more than 365 days prior.
11        (3) For all other categories of testing (e.g., drug
12    chemistry, firearms/toolmark, footwear/tire track, latent
13    prints, toxicology, and trace chemistry analysis):
14            (A) The number of assignments cases received in the
15        preceding quarter.
16            (B) The number of assignments cases completed in
17        the preceding quarter.
18            (C) The number of assignments cases waiting
19        analysis.
20        (4) For the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), report
21    both total assignment case and sexual assault or abuse
22    assignment case (as defined by the Sexual Assault Evidence
23    Submission Act) figures for subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F)
24    of this paragraph (4):
25            (A) The number of new offender samples received in
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1            (B) The number of offender samples uploaded to
2        CODIS in the preceding quarter.
3            (C) The number of offender samples awaiting
4        analysis.
5            (D) The number of unknown DNA case profiles
6        uploaded to CODIS in the preceding quarter.
7            (E) The number of CODIS hits in the preceding
8        quarter.
9            (F) The number of forensic evidence submissions
10        submitted to confirm a previously reported CODIS hit.
11        (5) For each category of testing, report the number of
12    trained forensic scientists and the number of forensic
13    scientists in training.
14    As used in this subsection (c), "completed" means
15completion of both the analysis of the evidence and the
16provision of the results to the submitting law enforcement
17agency.
18    (d) The provisions of this subsection (d), other than this
19sentence, are inoperative on and after January 1, 2019 or 2
20years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2199th General Assembly, whichever is later. In consultation with
22and subject to the approval of the Chief Procurement Officer,
23the Department of State Police may obtain contracts for
24services, commodities, and equipment to assist in the timely
25completion of forensic biology, DNA, drug chemistry,
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1toxicology, microscopy, trace chemistry, and Combined DNA
2Index System (CODIS) analysis. Contracts to support the
3delivery of timely forensic science services are not subject to
4the provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code, except for
5Sections 20-60, 20-65, 20-70, and 20-160 and Article 50 of that
6Code, provided that the Chief Procurement Officer may, in
7writing with justification, waive any certification required
8under Article 50 of the Illinois Procurement Code. For any
9contracts for services which are currently provided by members
10of a collective bargaining agreement, the applicable terms of
11the collective bargaining agreement concerning subcontracting
12shall be followed.
13(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.