Full Text of HR0214 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On September 10, 2018, the Department of Human | 3 | | Services (DHS) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) | 4 | | for the Independent Service Coordination
(ISC) Program; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, According to the NOFO, "Independent Service | 6 | | Coordination (ISC) agencies serve
as the primary connection | 7 | | between individuals (and guardians) who are seeking or | 8 | | receiving
developmental disability services and the Illinois | 9 | | Department of Human Services' Division of
Developmental | 10 | | Disabilities (DDD) ... These service coordination activities | 11 | | are critical
contributions to a comprehensive system of | 12 | | high-quality services for individuals with
developmental | 13 | | disabilities."; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, DHS planned for the selected applicants to | 15 | | commence services for assigned
service areas on July 1, 2019, | 16 | | at an anticipated FY 2020 cost of $38,134,100 in general | 17 | | revenue funds; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In conjunction with the NOFO, DHS took the | 19 | | opportunity to adjust service area
boundaries, reducing the | 20 | | number of service delivery areas from 17 to 12; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, As a result of the competitive application for |
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| 1 | | funding process, a total of eight bidding agencies
were | 2 | | selected to provide ISC services effective July 1, 2019; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Concerns about the NOFO process and award | 4 | | decisions have been raised by interested
parties; therefore, be | 5 | | it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a management audit | 9 | | of the Department of Human
Services' process for selecting | 10 | | Independent Service Coordination agencies for the Fiscal Year
| 11 | | commencing July 1, 2019; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | 13 | | the following determinations: | 14 | | (1) Whether all aspects of the competitive funding | 15 | | process were conducted in accordance
with applicable laws, | 16 | | rules, regulations, and policies; | 17 | | (2) Whether the evaluative criteria guiding DHS's | 18 | | selection of ISC agencies were
adequate and uniformly | 19 | | applied; | 20 | | (3) Whether decisions concerning the selection of | 21 | | successful bidding agencies were
adequately supported and | 22 | | documented; | 23 | | (4) Whether decisions concerning the resolution of |
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| 1 | | protests were adequately supported and
documented; and | 2 | | (5) Whether the competitive funding process was | 3 | | adequately planned to allow reasonable
time frames for | 4 | | response by bidding agencies, review of responses by DHS, | 5 | | and implementation of the transition of ISC services from | 6 | | unsuccessful to successful
bidding agencies; and be it | 7 | | further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That DHS and any other State agency or other | 9 | | entity that may
have relevant information pertaining to this | 10 | | audit cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's
| 11 | | Office in the conduct of this audit; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 13 | | soon as possible and report his findings
and recommendations | 14 | | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 15 | | 3-14 of the Illinois
State Auditing Act; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to the Auditor General and DHS.
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