Full Text of SB0115 102nd General Assembly
SB0115 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB0115 Introduced 2/3/2021, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2022, and for every
State fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Children and Family Services shall implement the rate reimbursement methodology outlined in a specified provision of the Illinois Administrative Code when calculating and determining the payment rates for private agencies that contract with the Department to provide any specified services, including, but not limited to: (i) residential services; (ii) specialized, adolescent, treatment, or other non-traditional or Home-of-Relative foster care services; and (iii) intact family services. Provides that the payment rates
calculated and determined, as provided in the amendatory Act, shall
include an amount equal to any increase in the general
inflation as determined by the consumer price index and shall be subject to appropriation. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning children.
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services' | 3 | | stated mission is to protect children who are reported to be | 4 | | abused or neglected and to increase their families' capacity | 5 | | to safely care for them; provide for the well-being of | 6 | | children in their care; provide appropriate, permanent | 7 | | families as quickly as possible for those children who cannot | 8 | | safely return home; support early intervention and child abuse | 9 | | prevention activities and work in partnerships with | 10 | | communities to fulfill this mission; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Community-based agencies provide care and | 12 | | services for more than 80% of children involved with the child | 13 | | welfare system on behalf of the State of Illinois, which has a | 14 | | moral, legal, and financial responsibility to provide them | 15 | | with the best possible care; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services | 17 | | contracts with community-based agencies to provide services | 18 | | for, but not limited to, children and youth in foster care, | 19 | | intact families, and congregate care settings, at an | 20 | | established fixed rate which should include all costs | 21 | | associated with the delivery of those services; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, The community-based agencies that provide these | 23 | | vital services continually face rising operational and |
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| 1 | | personnel costs such as competitive employee wages, increasing | 2 | | insurance premiums, employee benefits, occupancy, utilities, | 3 | | training costs, and travel costs, yet the rates provided to | 4 | | the community-based agencies are not adjusted for these | 5 | | costs-of-doing-business expenses; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, It is the obligation of the General Assembly to | 7 | | promote the health, safety, and well-being of children, youth, | 8 | | and families in the care of the Department of Children and | 9 | | Family Services; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Investing in community-based agencies will help | 11 | | the General Assembly meet its obligation and improve outcomes | 12 | | for all families to reach their full potential and to ensure a | 13 | | stronger and more equitable future for the children, youth, | 14 | | and families in the care of the Department of Children and | 15 | | Family Services; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, It is imperative that the General Assembly | 17 | | establish a standardized annual process that includes | 18 | | adjustments for the cost of doing business, as measured by the | 19 | | Consumer Price Index, and for evaluating and setting the rates | 20 | | for child welfare services to ensure sufficient resources to | 21 | | obtain the appropriate outcomes for children, youth, and | 22 | | families involved in the Illinois child welfare system; | 23 | | therefore |
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| 1 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 2 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 3 | | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 4 | | by adding Section 5g as follows: | 5 | | (20 ILCS 505/5g new) | 6 | | Sec. 5g. Payment rate increases for reimbursable services. | 7 | | (a) As used in this Section, "consumer price index" means | 8 | | the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the | 9 | | United States Department of Labor that measures the consumer | 10 | | price index of all items less medical care in Midwest urban | 11 | | areas, for all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted. | 12 | | (b) Beginning in State Fiscal Year 2022, and for every | 13 | | State fiscal year thereafter, the Department shall implement | 14 | | the rate reimbursement methodology outlined in 89 Ill. Adm. | 15 | | Code 356.50(f) when calculating and determining the payment | 16 | | rates for private agencies that contract with the Department | 17 | | to provide any of the services enumerated in 89 Ill. Adm. Code | 18 | | 356.50(f) and in paragraph (1) of this subsection. Payment | 19 | | rates calculated and determined as provided in this Section | 20 | | shall include an amount equal to any increase in the general | 21 | | inflation as determined by the consumer price index. The | 22 | | contractual and grant services under this Section to which the |
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| 1 | | rate methodology shall apply include the following: | 2 | | (1) Residential services, including child care | 3 | | institution, group home care, independent living services, | 4 | | and transitional living services. | 5 | | (2) Specialized, adolescent, treatment, or other | 6 | | non-traditional or Home-of-Relative foster care. | 7 | | (3) Traditional or Home-of-Relative foster care. | 8 | | (4) Intact Family Services. | 9 | | (5) Teen Parenting Services. | 10 | | (c) The payment rates calculated and determined as | 11 | | provided in this Section shall be subject to appropriation.
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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