Full Text of HB1485 097th 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 Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 4.02f as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 105/4.02f new) | 7 | | Sec. 4.02f. Cross-agency prequalification and master | 8 | | service agreements. As required in Section 1-37a of the | 9 | | Department of Human Services Act, the Department shall have the | 10 | | authority and is hereby directed to collaborate with the | 11 | | Department of Human Services and other State human services | 12 | | agencies in the adoption of joint rules to establish (i) a | 13 | | cross-agency prequalification process for contracting with | 14 | | human service providers; (ii) a cross-agency master service | 15 | | agreement of standard terms and conditions for contracting with | 16 | | human service providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common | 17 | | service taxonomy for human service providers to streamline the | 18 | | processes referenced in this Section and outlined in Section | 19 | | 1-37a of the Department of Human Services Act. | 20 | | Section 10. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 21 | | by adding Section 37a as follows: |
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 505/37a new) | 2 | | Sec. 37a. Cross-agency prequalification and master service | 3 | | agreements. As required in Section 1-37a of the Department of | 4 | | Human Services Act, the Department shall have the authority and | 5 | | is hereby directed to collaborate with the Department of Human | 6 | | Services and other State human services agencies in the | 7 | | adoption of joint rules to establish (i) a cross-agency | 8 | | prequalification process for contracting with human service | 9 | | providers; (ii) a cross-agency master service agreement of | 10 | | standard terms and conditions for contracting with human | 11 | | service providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common service | 12 | | taxonomy for human service providers to streamline the | 13 | | processes referenced in this Section and outlined in Section | 14 | | 1-37a of the Department of Human Services Act. | 15 | | Section 15. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | 16 | | by adding Section 1-37a as follows: | 17 | | (20 ILCS 1305/1-37a new) | 18 | | Sec. 1-37a. Cross-agency prequalification and master | 19 | | service agreements. | 20 | | (a) "State human services agency" means the Department on | 21 | | Aging, the Department of Children and Family Services, the
| 22 | | Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and
| 23 | | Family Services, and the Department of Public Health. | 24 | | (b) Intent. Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on |
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| 1 | | January 1, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and | 2 | | Monitoring for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a | 3 | | More Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the | 4 | | Community" was provided to members of the General Assembly. The | 5 | | report, which was developed by a steering committee of | 6 | | community providers, trade associations, and designated | 7 | | representatives from the Departments of Children and Family | 8 | | Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and | 9 | | Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including | 10 | | recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois | 11 | | statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation, | 12 | | fiscal audits, centralized repository of information, | 13 | | Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring | 14 | | procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to | 15 | | pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been | 16 | | determined to require Acts of the General Assembly. | 17 | | (c) Cross-Agency Prequalification of Human Service | 18 | | Providers. Each State human services agency shall have the | 19 | | authority and is hereby directed to collaboratively adopt joint | 20 | | rules to establish a cross-agency prequalification process for | 21 | | contracting with human service providers. This process shall | 22 | | include a mechanism for the State human services agencies to | 23 | | collect information from human service providers including, | 24 | | but not limited to, provider organizational experience, | 25 | | capability to perform services, and organizational integrity | 26 | | in order for the agencies to screen potential human service |
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| 1 | | providers as vendors to contract with the agencies. | 2 | | (d) Master Service Agreements for human service providers. | 3 | | Each State human services agency shall have the authority and | 4 | | is hereby directed to collaboratively adopt joint rules to | 5 | | establish a cross-agency master service agreement of standard | 6 | | terms and conditions for contracting with human service | 7 | | providers. The master service agreement shall be awarded to | 8 | | prequalified providers as determined through the cross-agency | 9 | | prequalification process outlined in subsection (c) of this | 10 | | Act. The master service agreement shall not replace or serve as | 11 | | the equivalent of a contract between an agency and a human | 12 | | service provider, but only those human service providers that | 13 | | are prequalified with a master service agreement may contract | 14 | | with an agency to provide services. | 15 | | (e) Common Service Taxonomy for human service providers. | 16 | | Each State human services agency shall have the authority and | 17 | | is hereby directed to collaboratively adopt joint rules to | 18 | | establish a cross-agency common service taxonomy for human | 19 | | service providers to streamline the processes outlined in | 20 | | subsections (c) and (d) of this Act. The taxonomy shall | 21 | | include, but not be limited to, a common list of terms to | 22 | | define services, processes, and client populations. | 23 | | (f) Nothwithstanding any provision in this Section to the | 24 | | contrary, the
Department of Human Services shall serve as the | 25 | | lead agency
on all matters provided in subsections (c), (d), | 26 | | and (e). |
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| 1 | | Section 20. The Department of Healthcare and Family | 2 | | Services Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 3 | | amended by adding Section 2205-15a as follows: | 4 | | (20 ILCS 2205/2205-15a new) | 5 | | Sec. 2205-15a. Cross-agency prequalification and master | 6 | | service agreements. As required in Section 1-37a of the | 7 | | Department of Human Services Act, the Department shall have the | 8 | | authority and is hereby directed to collaborate with the | 9 | | Department of Human Services and other State human services | 10 | | agencies in the adoption of joint rules to establish (i) a | 11 | | cross-agency prequalification process for contracting with | 12 | | human service providers; (ii) a cross-agency master service | 13 | | agreement of standard terms and conditions for contracting with | 14 | | human service providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common | 15 | | service taxonomy for human service providers to streamline the | 16 | | processes referenced in this Section and outlined in Section | 17 | | 1-37a of the Department of Human Services Act. | 18 | | Section 25. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 19 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 20 | | amended by adding Section 2310-12a as follows: | 21 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-12a new) | 22 | | Sec. 2310-12a. Cross-agency prequalification and master |
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| 1 | | service agreements. As required in Section 1-37a of the | 2 | | Department of Human Services Act, the Department shall have the | 3 | | authority and is hereby directed to collaborate with the | 4 | | Department of Human Services and other State human services | 5 | | agencies in the adoption of joint rules to establish (i) a | 6 | | cross-agency prequalification process for contracting with | 7 | | human service providers; (ii) a cross-agency master service | 8 | | agreement of standard terms and conditions for contracting with | 9 | | human service providers; and (iii) a cross-agency common | 10 | | service taxonomy for human service providers to streamline the | 11 | | processes referenced in this Section and outlined in Section | 12 | | 1-37a of the Department of Human Services Act.
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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