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Synopsis As Introduced Creates the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Children and Family Services, shall establish the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program and may make grants to eligible licensed residential service providers subject to appropriations. Provides that the Program shall operate in a manner so that the estimated cost of the Program during the fiscal year will not exceed the total appropriation for the Program and that grants shall be for the purpose of constructing or renovating new residential services sites, renovating existing residential services sites, and supporting capital rate enhancements for residential services sites' capital projects. Contains provisions on the use of grant moneys and reporting requirements. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the Illinois Capital Development Board shall establish the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program, and pursuant to the Department's resource allocation management plan determined in consultation with eligible providers, may make grants to eligible licensed residential services providers, subject to appropriations, out of funds reserved for capital improvements of expenditures (rather than, the Illinois Capital Development Board shall establish the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program and may make grants to eligible licensed residential services providers, subject to appropriations, out of funds reserved for capital improvements of expenditures). Provides that grants to eligible licensed residential services providers shall be for the purpose of constructing new residential services sites (rather than, constructing or renovating), and supporting capital rate enhancements for residential services sites' capital projects. Eliminates language providing that grant money can be used to purchase equipment. Changes the definition of "residential services" to exclude services provided by the Department of Children and Family Services to persons with severe mental illness.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services, in consultation with the Illinois Capital Development Board, shall establish the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program (rather than, the Illinois Capital Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Children and Family Services, shall establish the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program).
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