96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2654

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Esther Golar

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Purchase of Care and Grant Adjustment Act. Applies to purchase of care contracts and grant agreements between specified State agencies and private community-based providers. Requires annual rate adjustments in accordance with the non-seasonally-adjusted Employment Cost index. Effective January 1, 2010.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 and grant agreements between the
16 Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of
17 Human Services, the Department of Corrections, the Department
18 of Public Health, the Department of Commerce and Economic
19 Opportunity, or the Department of Healthcare and Family
20 Services and a private community-based contractual provider or
21 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, 2010.