96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3975

 

Introduced 11/18/2010, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/25  from Ch. 127, par. 161

    Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that all outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2010, payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2010, may be paid out of the expiring appropriations until April 30, 2011 (instead of December 31, 2010). Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/25)  (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
7    Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations.
8    (a) All appropriations shall be available for expenditure
9for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the Act making
10that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency
11appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through
12June 30 of the year when the Act making that appropriation is
13enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
14    (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from
15appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out of
16the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period ending at
17the close of business on August 31. Any service involving
18professional or artistic skills or any personal services by an
19employee whose compensation is subject to income tax
20withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the fiscal year
21in order to be considered an "outstanding liability as of June
2230" that is thereby eligible for payment out of the expiring
23appropriation.

 

 

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1    However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims under
2Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by the
3State Board of Education from its appropriations for those
4respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the claims
5reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to a prior
6fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction of the
7State Superintendent of Education from the fund from which the
8appropriation is made without regard to any fiscal year
9limitations.
10    All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2010, payable
11from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
12conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2010, and
13interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State
14Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
15appropriations until April 30, 2011 December 31, 2010, without
16regard to the fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long
17as vouchers for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller
18no later than August 31, 2010.
19    Medical payments may be made by the Department of Veterans'
20Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes for any
21fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the medical
22services being compensated for by such payment may have been
23rendered in a prior fiscal year.
24    Medical payments may be made by the Department of
25Healthcare and Family Services and medical payments and child
26care payments may be made by the Department of Human Services

 

 

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1(as successor to the Department of Public Aid) from
2appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without
3regard to the fact that the medical or child care services
4being compensated for by such payment may have been rendered in
5a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made at the direction
6of the Department of Central Management Services from the
7Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local Government Health
8Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to any fiscal year
9limitations.
10    Medical payments may be made by the Department of Human
11Services from its appropriations relating to substance abuse
12treatment services for any fiscal year, without regard to the
13fact that the medical services being compensated for by such
14payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, provided
15the payments are made on a fee-for-service basis consistent
16with requirements established for Medicaid reimbursement by
17the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
18    Additionally, payments may be made by the Department of
19Human Services from its appropriations, or any other State
20agency from its appropriations with the approval of the
21Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
22Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
23Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
24any fiscal year limitations.
25    Further, with respect to costs incurred in fiscal years
262002 and 2003 only, payments may be made by the State Treasurer

 

 

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1from its appropriations from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund
2without regard to any fiscal year limitations.
3    Lease payments may be made by the Department of Central
4Management Services under the sale and leaseback provisions of
5Section 7.4 of the State Property Control Act with respect to
6the James R. Thompson Center and the Elgin Mental Health Center
7and surrounding land from appropriations for that purpose
8without regard to any fiscal year limitations.
9    Lease payments may be made under the sale and leaseback
10provisions of Section 7.5 of the State Property Control Act
11with respect to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
12headquarters building and surrounding land without regard to
13any fiscal year limitations.
14    Payments may be made in accordance with a plan authorized
15by paragraph (11) or (12) of Section 405-105 of the Department
16of Central Management Services Law from appropriations for
17those payments without regard to fiscal year limitations.
18    (c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of
19Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as
20successor to the Department of Public Health under the
21Department of Human Services Act) from their respective
22appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
23persons suffering from chronic renal disease, persons
24suffering from hemophilia, rape victims, and premature and
25high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and for grants
26for supplemental food supplies provided under the United States

 

 

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1Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children
2Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard to the
3fact that the services being compensated for by such payment
4may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year.
5    (d) The Department of Public Health and the Department of
6Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public
7Health under the Department of Human Services Act) shall each
8annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate President,
9Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority
10Leader, and the respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of
11the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on
12or before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to
13pay for services provided in any prior fiscal year. This report
14shall document by program or service category those
15expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
16to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
17    (e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
18Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
19Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human Services
20making fee-for-service payments relating to substance abuse
21treatment services provided during a previous fiscal year shall
22each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
23President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House
24Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and Minority
25Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and
26the House, on or before November 30, a report that shall

 

 

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1document by program or service category those expenditures from
2the most recently completed fiscal year used to pay for (i)
3services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii) services for
4which claims were received in prior fiscal years.
5    (f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to the
6Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State
7Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker
8of the House, House Minority Leader, and the respective
9Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations
10Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before December
1131, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay for services
12(other than medical care) provided in any prior fiscal year.
13This report shall document by program or service category those
14expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
15to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
16    (g) In addition, each annual report required to be
17submitted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
18under subsection (e) shall include the following information
19with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
20        (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance
21    between the previous year's estimated and actual
22    liabilities.
23        (2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and
24    Family Services' liabilities, including but not limited to
25    numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical service
26    utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost of

 

 

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1    medical services.
2        (3) The results of the Department's efforts to combat
3    fraud and abuse.
4    (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly
5Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a
6General Assembly member's district office for a period
7including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid
8from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
9year.
10    (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the
11Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
12        (1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or
13    authorized inter-fund transfers based on estimated charges
14    for goods or services;
15        (2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund
16    transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers during
17    the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or
18    authorized inter-fund transfers received during the prior
19    fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed
20    by the user agency for that period; and
21        (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies during
22    the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when
23    payments or authorized inter-fund transfers received from
24    the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less than
25    the total amount owed for that period.
26User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service

 

 

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1funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their
2respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the
3catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized
4inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the
5purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers
6without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized
7by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act.
8(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-928, eff. 6-15-10;
996-958, eff. 7-1-10; revised 7-22-10.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.