Full Text of HB1488 97th General Assembly
HB1488eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | 5 | | by adding Section 1-37a as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 1305/1-37a new) | 7 | | Sec. 1-37a. Management Improvement Initiative Committee. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, unless the context indicates | 9 | | otherwise: | 10 | | "Departments" means the Department on Aging, the | 11 | | Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of | 12 | | Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Human | 13 | | Services, and the Department of Public Health. | 14 | | "Management Improvement Initiative Committee" or | 15 | | "Committee" means the Management Improvement Initiative | 16 | | Committee created under this Section. | 17 | | "Management Improvement Initiative Departmental Leadership | 18 | | Team" or "Team" means the Management Improvement Initiative | 19 | | Departmental Leadership Team created under this Section. | 20 | | (b) The Governor shall create a Management Improvement | 21 | | Initiative Committee that shall include the Management | 22 | | Improvement Initiative Departmental Leadership Team to | 23 | | implement the recommendations made in the report submitted to |
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| 1 | | the General Assembly on January 1, 2011 as required under | 2 | | Public Act 96-1141, and to continue the work of the group | 3 | | formed under the auspices of Public Act 96-1141. | 4 | | The Team shall be comprised of a representative from each | 5 | | of the Departments. | 6 | | The Team members shall integrate the Committee's | 7 | | objectives into their respective departmental operations and | 8 | | continue the work of the group formed under the auspices of | 9 | | Public Act 96-1141 including: | 10 | | (1) Implementing the recommendations of the report | 11 | | submitted to the General Assembly on January 1, 2011 under | 12 | | Public Act 96-1141. | 13 | | (2) Submitting a progress report to the General | 14 | | Assembly by May 1, 2011 on the progress made in | 15 | | implementing the recommendations made in the report | 16 | | submitted to the General Assembly on January 1, 2011 under | 17 | | Public Act 96-1141. | 18 | | (3) Reviewing contracts held with community health and | 19 | | human service providers on the regulations and work | 20 | | processes, including reporting, monitoring, compliance, | 21 | | auditing, certification, and licensing processes, required | 22 | | by the departments and their divisions. | 23 | | (4) Eliminating obsolete, redundant, or unreasonable | 24 | | regulations, reporting, monitoring, compliance, auditing, | 25 | | certifications, licensing, and work processes. | 26 | | (5) Implementing reciprocity across divisions and |
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| 1 | | departments. Reciprocity shall be used to accept other | 2 | | division or department regulations, reporting, monitoring, | 3 | | compliance, auditing, certification, and licensing | 4 | | processes. | 5 | | (6) Implementing integrated work processes across | 6 | | divisions and departments that will be used for efficient | 7 | | and effective work processes including regulations, | 8 | | reporting, monitoring, compliance, auditing, licensing, | 9 | | and certification processes. | 10 | | (7) Implementing the deemed status for accredited | 11 | | community health and human service providers. | 12 | | (8) Reviewing work products meant to address the | 13 | | Committee's objectives as set forth in this Section. The | 14 | | review shall be done in concert with similar reviews | 15 | | conducted by the divisions under the Department of Human | 16 | | Services and other department steering committees, | 17 | | committees, and work groups as appropriate and necessary to | 18 | | eliminate redundant work processes including reporting, | 19 | | monitoring, compliance, auditing, licensing, and | 20 | | certification processes. | 21 | | (9) Describing how improved regulations, reporting, | 22 | | monitoring, compliance, auditing, certification, | 23 | | licensing, and work processes are measured at the community | 24 | | vendor, contractor, and departmental levels, and how they | 25 | | have reduced redundant regulations, reporting, monitoring, | 26 | | compliance, auditing, certification, licensing, and work |
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| 1 | | processes. | 2 | | (c) The Team shall examine the entire body of regulations, | 3 | | reporting, monitoring, compliance, auditing, certification, | 4 | | licensing, and work processes that guide departmental | 5 | | operations and contracts to eliminate obsolete, redundant, or | 6 | | unreasonable regulations, reporting, monitoring, compliance, | 7 | | auditing, licensing, and certifications. | 8 | | (d) The Team shall identify immediate, near-term, and | 9 | | long-term opportunities to improve accountable, non-redundant, | 10 | | effective, and efficient accountability, regulations, | 11 | | reporting, monitoring, compliance, auditing, certification, | 12 | | and licensing processes that are necessary, appropriate, and | 13 | | sufficient to determine the success and quality of contracts | 14 | | with community health and human service vendors and providers. | 15 | | (e) The Team shall develop performance measures to assess | 16 | | progress towards accomplishing the Committee's objectives and | 17 | | shall develop procedures to provide feedback on the impact of | 18 | | the State's operational improvements meant to achieve | 19 | | management improvement initiative objectives. | 20 | | (f) The Team shall report operational improvements and | 21 | | document efforts that address the Committee's objectives. | 22 | | These reports shall be submitted to the Governor and the | 23 | | General Assembly semi-annually and shall: | 24 | | (1) Include the results made to maintain efficient | 25 | | accountability while eliminating obsolete, redundant, or | 26 | | unreasonable regulations, reporting, monitoring, |
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| 1 | | compliance, auditing, licensing, and certifications. | 2 | | (2) Specify improved regulations, reporting, | 3 | | monitoring, compliance, auditing, certification, | 4 | | licensing, and work processes. | 5 | | (3) Describe how improved regulations, reporting, | 6 | | monitoring, compliance, auditing, certification, | 7 | | licensing, and work processes are measured at the community | 8 | | vendor, contractor, and departmental levels, and how they | 9 | | have reduced redundant regulations, reporting, monitoring, | 10 | | compliance, auditing, certification, licensing, and work | 11 | | processes. | 12 | | (4) Include the methods used to engage health and human | 13 | | service providers in the management improvement initiative | 14 | | to improve regulations, reporting, monitoring, compliance, | 15 | | auditing, certification, licensing, and work processes. | 16 | | (5) Describe how departmental practices have been | 17 | | changed to improve non-redundant accountability, | 18 | | efficiency, effectiveness, and quality. | 19 | | (g) Beginning in State Fiscal Year 2012, regulations, | 20 | | reporting, monitoring, compliance, auditing, certification, | 21 | | licensing, and work processes, including each new departmental | 22 | | initiative, shall be linked directly to non-redundant, | 23 | | accountable, efficient, and effective outcome indicators which | 24 | | can be used to evaluate the success of the new initiative. | 25 | | (h) The Management Improvement Initiative Committee. | 26 | | (1) The Committee shall be comprised of Team members |
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| 1 | | from each of the Departments to manage the overall | 2 | | implementation process and to ensure that any new | 3 | | monitoring and compliance activities are developed as | 4 | | recommended in the report submitted to the General Assembly | 5 | | on January 1, 2011. | 6 | | (2) Team members shall be able to access available | 7 | | resources within their respective departments, to set | 8 | | priorities, manage the overall implementation process, and | 9 | | ensure that any new monitoring and compliance activities | 10 | | are developed as recommended in the report submitted to the | 11 | | General Assembly on January 1, 2011. | 12 | | (3) The Departments shall each designate a member to | 13 | | serve as a member of the Committee. | 14 | | (4) The Committee shall also consist of the community | 15 | | organizations, community providers, associations, and | 16 | | private philanthropic organizations appointed under Public | 17 | | Act 96-1141, and shall be charged with overseeing | 18 | | implementation of the Committee's objectives and ensuring | 19 | | that provider prospective is incorporated. | 20 | | (5) The Committee shall be co-chaired by department and | 21 | | community representatives, with leadership responsibility | 22 | | resting with the Governor in order to increase the priority | 23 | | and accountability for implementation of the Committee's | 24 | | objectives and recommendations. | 25 | | (6) The Team shall be responsible for establishing | 26 | | within the Committee workgroups consisting of subject |
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| 1 | | matter experts necessary to reach the Committee's | 2 | | objectives, including the recommendations made in the | 3 | | report submitted to the General Assembly on January 1, 2011 | 4 | | under Public Act 96-1141. Those subject matter experts, | 5 | | including those with necessary technological expertise, | 6 | | shall include outside experts, departmental, association, | 7 | | and community providers. | 8 | | (7) Recommendations of the Committee shall be reviewed | 9 | | and its efforts integrated into existing as well as ongoing | 10 | | initiatives as appropriate, including the implementation | 11 | | of Public Act 96-1501, the Illinois Frameworks planning and | 12 | | implementation efforts, and any other task force that may | 13 | | make proposals that impact community provider work | 14 | | processes and contract deliverables. | 15 | | (8) The Department of Human Services shall be | 16 | | designated as the lead support agency and provide | 17 | | administrative staffing for the Committee. Other | 18 | | Departments, as defined by this Section, shall provide | 19 | | additional administrative staffing in conjunction with the | 20 | | Department of Human Services to support the Committee.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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