Full Text of SB2992 98th General Assembly
SB2992ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie Filed: 12/1/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2992
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2992 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 4d as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 415/4d) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104d)
| 7 | | Sec. 4d. Partial exemptions. The following positions in | 8 | | State service are
exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C to the | 9 | | extent stated for each, unless
those jurisdictions are extended | 10 | | as provided in this Act:
| 11 | | (1) In each department, board or commission that now | 12 | | maintains or may
hereafter maintain a major administrative | 13 | | division, service or office in
both Sangamon County and | 14 | | Cook County, 2 private secretaries for the
director or | 15 | | chairman thereof, one located in the Cook County office and | 16 | | the
other located in the Sangamon County office, shall be |
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| 1 | | exempt from
jurisdiction B; in all other departments, | 2 | | boards and commissions one
private secretary for the | 3 | | director or chairman thereof shall be exempt from
| 4 | | jurisdiction B. In all departments, boards and commissions | 5 | | one confidential
assistant for the director or chairman | 6 | | thereof shall be exempt from
jurisdiction B. This paragraph | 7 | | is subject to such modifications or waiver
of the | 8 | | exemptions as may be necessary to assure the continuity of | 9 | | federal
contributions in those agencies supported in whole | 10 | | or in part by federal
funds.
| 11 | | (2) The resident administrative head of each State | 12 | | charitable, penal and
correctional institution, the | 13 | | chaplains thereof, and all member, patient
and inmate | 14 | | employees are exempt from jurisdiction B.
| 15 | | (3) The Civil Service Commission, upon written | 16 | | recommendation of the
Director of Central Management | 17 | | Services, shall exempt
from jurisdiction B other positions
| 18 | | which, in the judgment of the Commission, involve either | 19 | | principal
administrative responsibility for the | 20 | | determination of policy or principal
administrative | 21 | | responsibility for the way in which policies are carried
| 22 | | out, except positions in agencies which receive federal | 23 | | funds if such
exemption is inconsistent with federal | 24 | | requirements, and except positions
in agencies supported | 25 | | in whole by federal funds.
| 26 | | (4) All beauticians and teachers of beauty culture and |
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| 1 | | teachers of
barbering, and all positions heretofore paid | 2 | | under Section 1.22 of "An Act
to standardize position | 3 | | titles and salary rates", approved June 30, 1943,
as | 4 | | amended, shall be exempt from jurisdiction B.
| 5 | | (5) Licensed attorneys in positions as legal or | 6 | | technical advisors, positions in the Department of Natural | 7 | | Resources requiring incumbents
to be either a registered | 8 | | professional engineer or to hold a bachelor's degree
in | 9 | | engineering from a recognized college or university,
| 10 | | licensed physicians in positions of medical administrator | 11 | | or physician or
physician specialist (including | 12 | | psychiatrists), all positions within the Department of | 13 | | Juvenile Justice requiring licensure by the State Board of | 14 | | Education under Article 21B of the School Code, and | 15 | | registered nurses (except
those registered nurses employed | 16 | | by the Department of Public Health), except
those in | 17 | | positions in agencies which receive federal funds if such
| 18 | | exemption is inconsistent with federal requirements and | 19 | | except those in
positions in agencies supported in whole by | 20 | | federal funds, are exempt from
jurisdiction B only to the | 21 | | extent that the requirements of Section 8b.1,
8b.3 and 8b.5 | 22 | | of this Code need not be met.
| 23 | | (6) All positions established outside the geographical | 24 | | limits of the
State of Illinois to which appointments of | 25 | | other than Illinois citizens may
be made are exempt from | 26 | | jurisdiction B.
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| 1 | | (7) Staff attorneys reporting directly to individual | 2 | | Commissioners of
the Illinois Workers' Compensation
| 3 | | Commission are exempt from jurisdiction B.
| 4 | | (8) Twenty-one senior public service administrator | 5 | | positions within the Department of Healthcare and Family | 6 | | Services, as set forth in this paragraph (8), requiring the | 7 | | specific knowledge of healthcare administration, | 8 | | healthcare finance, healthcare data analytics, or | 9 | | information technology described are exempt from | 10 | | jurisdiction B only to the extent that the requirements of | 11 | | Sections 8b.1, 8b.3, and 8b.5 of this Code need not be met. | 12 | | The General Assembly finds that these positions are all | 13 | | senior policy makers and have spokesperson authority for | 14 | | the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family | 15 | | Services. When filling positions so designated, the | 16 | | Director of Healthcare and Family Services shall cause a | 17 | | position description to be published which allots points to | 18 | | various qualifications desired. After scoring qualified | 19 | | applications, the Director shall add Veteran's Preference | 20 | | points as enumerated in Section 8b.7 of this Code. The | 21 | | following are the minimum qualifications for the senior | 22 | | public service administrator positions provided for in | 23 | | this paragraph (8): | 24 | | (A) HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION. | 25 | | Medical Director: Licensed Medical Doctor in | 26 | | good standing; experience in healthcare payment |
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| 1 | | systems, pay for performance initiatives, medical | 2 | | necessity criteria or federal or State quality | 3 | | improvement programs; preferred experience serving | 4 | | Medicaid patients or experience in population | 5 | | health programs with a large provider, health | 6 | | insurer, government agency, or research | 7 | | institution. | 8 | | Chief, Bureau of Quality Management: Advanced | 9 | | degree in health policy or health professional | 10 | | field preferred; at least 3 years experience in | 11 | | implementing or managing healthcare quality | 12 | | improvement initiatives in a clinical setting. | 13 | | Quality Management Bureau: Manager, Care | 14 | | Coordination/Managed Care Quality: Clinical degree | 15 | | or advanced degree in relevant field required; | 16 | | experience in the field of managed care quality | 17 | | improvement, with knowledge of HEDIS measurements, | 18 | | coding, and related data definitions. | 19 | | Quality Management Bureau: Manager, Primary | 20 | | Care Provider Quality and Practice Development: | 21 | | Clinical degree or advanced degree in relevant | 22 | | field required; experience in practice | 23 | | administration in the primary care setting with a | 24 | | provider or a provider association or an | 25 | | accrediting body; knowledge of practice standards | 26 | | for medical homes and best evidence based |
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| 1 | | standards of care for primary care. | 2 | | Director of Care Coordination Contracts and | 3 | | Compliance: Bachelor's degree required; multi-year | 4 | | experience in negotiating managed care contracts, | 5 | | preferably on behalf of a payer; experience with | 6 | | health care contract compliance. | 7 | | Manager, Long Term Care Policy: Bachelor's | 8 | | degree required; social work, gerontology, or | 9 | | social service degree preferred; knowledge of | 10 | | Olmstead and other relevant court decisions | 11 | | required; experience working with diverse long | 12 | | term care populations and service systems, federal | 13 | | initiatives to create long term care community | 14 | | options, and home and community-based waiver | 15 | | services required. The General Assembly finds that | 16 | | this position is necessary for the timely and | 17 | | effective implementation of this amendatory Act of | 18 | | the 97th General Assembly. | 19 | | Manager, Behavioral Health Programs: Clinical | 20 | | license or Advanced degree required, preferably in | 21 | | psychology, social work, or relevant field; | 22 | | knowledge of medical necessity criteria and | 23 | | governmental policies and regulations governing | 24 | | the provision of mental health services to | 25 | | Medicaid populations, including children and | 26 | | adults, in community and institutional settings of |
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| 1 | | care. The General Assembly finds that this | 2 | | position is necessary for the timely and effective | 3 | | implementation of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 4 | | General Assembly. | 5 | | Manager, Office of Accountable Care Entity | 6 | | Development: Bachelor's degree required, clinical | 7 | | degree or advanced degree in relevant field | 8 | | preferred; experience in developing integrated | 9 | | delivery systems, including knowledge of health | 10 | | homes and evidence-based standards of care | 11 | | delivery; multi-year experience in health care or | 12 | | public health management; knowledge of federal ACO | 13 | | or other similar delivery system requirements and | 14 | | strategies for improving health care delivery. | 15 | | Manager of Federal Regulatory Compliance: | 16 | | Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree | 17 | | preferred, in healthcare management or relevant | 18 | | field; experience in healthcare administration or | 19 | | Medicaid State Plan amendments preferred; | 20 | | experience interpreting federal rules; experience | 21 | | with either federal health care agency or with a | 22 | | State agency in working with federal regulations. | 23 | | Manager, Office of Medical Project Management: | 24 | | Bachelor's degree required, project management | 25 | | certification preferred; multi-year experience in | 26 | | project management and developing business analyst |
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| 1 | | skills; leadership skills to manage multiple and | 2 | | complex projects. | 3 | | Manager of Medicare/Medicaid Coordination: | 4 | | Bachelor's degree required, knowledge and | 5 | | experience with Medicare Advantage rules and | 6 | | regulations, knowledge of Medicaid laws and | 7 | | policies; experience with contract drafting | 8 | | preferred. | 9 | | Chief, Bureau of Eligibility Integrity: | 10 | | Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree in | 11 | | public administration or business administration | 12 | | preferred; experience equivalent to 4 years of | 13 | | administration in a public or business | 14 | | organization required; experience with managing | 15 | | contract compliance required; knowledge of | 16 | | Medicaid eligibility laws and policy preferred; | 17 | | supervisory experience preferred. The General | 18 | | Assembly finds that this position is necessary for | 19 | | the timely and effective implementation of this | 20 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | 21 | | (B) HEALTHCARE FINANCE. | 22 | | Director of Care Coordination Rate and | 23 | | Finance: MBA, CPA, or Actuarial degree required; | 24 | | experience in managed care rate setting, | 25 | | including, but not limited to, baseline costs and | 26 | | growth trends; knowledge and experience with |
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| 1 | | Medical Loss Ratio standards and measurements. | 2 | | Director of Encounter Data Program: Bachelor's | 3 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 4 | | preferably in health care, business, or | 5 | | information systems; at least 2 years healthcare | 6 | | or other similar data reporting experience, | 7 | | including, but not limited to, data definitions, | 8 | | submission, and editing; background in HIPAA | 9 | | transactions relevant to encounter data | 10 | | submission; experience with large provider, health | 11 | | insurer, government agency, or research | 12 | | institution or other knowledge of healthcare | 13 | | claims systems. | 14 | | Manager of Medical Finance, Division of | 15 | | Finance: Requires relevant advanced degree or | 16 | | certification in relevant field, such as Certified | 17 | | Public Accountant; coursework in business or | 18 | | public administration, accounting, finance, data | 19 | | analysis, or statistics preferred; experience in | 20 | | control systems and GAAP; financial management | 21 | | experience in a healthcare or government entity | 22 | | utilizing Medicaid funding. | 23 | | (C) HEALTHCARE DATA ANALYTICS. | 24 | | Data Quality Assurance Manager: Bachelor's | 25 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 26 | | preferably in business, information systems, or |
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| 1 | | epidemiology; at least 3 years of extensive | 2 | | healthcare data reporting experience with a large | 3 | | provider, health insurer, government agency, or | 4 | | research institution; previous data quality | 5 | | assurance role or formal data quality assurance | 6 | | training. | 7 | | Data Analytics Unit Manager: Bachelor's degree | 8 | | required, advanced degree preferred, in | 9 | | information systems, applied mathematics, or | 10 | | another field with a strong analytics component; | 11 | | extensive healthcare data reporting experience | 12 | | with a large provider, health insurer, government | 13 | | agency, or research institution; experience as a | 14 | | business analyst interfacing between business and | 15 | | information technology departments; in-depth | 16 | | knowledge of health insurance coding and evolving | 17 | | healthcare quality metrics; working knowledge of | 18 | | SQL and/or SAS. | 19 | | Data Analytics Platform Manager: Bachelor's | 20 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 21 | | preferably in business or information systems; | 22 | | extensive healthcare data reporting experience | 23 | | with a large provider, health insurer, government | 24 | | agency, or research institution; previous | 25 | | experience working on a health insurance data | 26 | | analytics platform; experience managing contracts |
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| 1 | | and vendors preferred. | 2 | | (D) HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. | 3 | | Manager of MMIS Claims Unit: Bachelor's degree | 4 | | required, with preferred coursework in business, | 5 | | public administration, information systems; | 6 | | experience equivalent to 4 years of administration | 7 | | in a public or business organization; working | 8 | | knowledge with design and implementation of | 9 | | technical solutions to medical claims payment | 10 | | systems; extensive technical writing experience, | 11 | | including, but not limited to, the development of | 12 | | RFPs, APDs, feasibility studies, and related | 13 | | documents; thorough knowledge of IT system design, | 14 | | commercial off the shelf software packages and | 15 | | hardware components. | 16 | | Assistant Bureau Chief, Office of Information | 17 | | Systems: Bachelor's degree required, with | 18 | | preferred coursework in business, public | 19 | | administration, information systems; experience | 20 | | equivalent to 5 years of administration in a public | 21 | | or private business organization; extensive | 22 | | technical writing experience, including, but not | 23 | | limited to, the development of RFPs, APDs, | 24 | | feasibility studies and related documents; | 25 | | extensive healthcare technology experience with a | 26 | | large provider, health insurer, government agency, |
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| 1 | | or research institution; experience as a business | 2 | | analyst interfacing between business and | 3 | | information technology departments; thorough | 4 | | knowledge of IT system design, commercial off the | 5 | | shelf software packages and hardware components. | 6 | | Technical System Architect: Bachelor's degree | 7 | | required, with preferred coursework in computer | 8 | | science or information technology; prior | 9 | | experience equivalent to 5 years of computer | 10 | | science or IT administration in a public or | 11 | | business organization; extensive healthcare | 12 | | technology experience with a large provider, | 13 | | health insurer, government agency, or research | 14 | | institution; experience as a business analyst | 15 | | interfacing between business and information | 16 | | technology departments. | 17 | | The provisions of this paragraph (8), other than this | 18 | | sentence, are inoperative after January 1, 2014. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-649, eff. 12-30-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; | 20 | | 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)".
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