Full Text of SB2662 100th 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task | 5 | | Force on Human Services Contracting Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to create | 7 | | a task force to study State contracting with private nonprofit | 8 | | human service providers and the challenges faced by those | 9 | | providers and to develop recommendations on how to improve the | 10 | | contracting relationship and partnership between State | 11 | | departments and agencies and private nonprofit human service | 12 | | providers so that they work effectively and efficiently to | 13 | | improve the well-being of Illinoisans. | 14 | | Section 10. Task Force on State Contracting with Private | 15 | | Nonprofit Human Service Providers. | 16 | | (a) The Task Force on State Contracting with Private | 17 | | Nonprofit Human Service Providers is created to study State | 18 | | contracting with private nonprofit human service providers and | 19 | | to develop recommendations on how to improve the contracting | 20 | | relationship and partnership between State departments and | 21 | | agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so that | 22 | | they work effectively and efficiently to improve the well-being |
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| 1 | | of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall perform the following | 2 | | actions: | 3 | | (1) Review data provided by State departments and | 4 | | agencies that contract with private nonprofit human | 5 | | service providers regarding the effectiveness of the | 6 | | system of service provision. | 7 | | (2) Collect and review data on each of the following: | 8 | | (A) Service system planning: the means by which | 9 | | State departments and agencies and private nonprofit | 10 | | human service providers assess needs, identify gaps, | 11 | | and establish system goals, especially the flow of | 12 | | information collected by the State departments and | 13 | | agencies and shared back with private nonprofit human | 14 | | service providers. | 15 | | (B) Contract negotiation: the process by which | 16 | | State departments and agencies engage private | 17 | | nonprofit human service providers to provide specific | 18 | | services and achieve specific goals, especially the | 19 | | adequacy of time to review and adjust. | 20 | | (C) Reimbursement rate methodologies: the | 21 | | processes by which State departments and agencies | 22 | | establish rates, the frequency of review and | 23 | | adjustment, and the adequacy of those rates to achieve | 24 | | the outcomes sought by the State. | 25 | | (D) Monitoring of service and administration: the | 26 | | process by which State departments and agencies |
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| 1 | | evaluate performance, especially the efficiency of | 2 | | data collection and review, and prevent or resolve | 3 | | processes and reports that are duplicative, costly, | 4 | | and wasteful of staff time and that slow the process of | 5 | | permanency and contribute to unnecessary staff | 6 | | turnover. | 7 | | (E) Business processes: the means by which State | 8 | | departments and agencies provide approvals for | 9 | | services, activities, plans and changes, especially | 10 | | preventing the unnecessary delays that arise from | 11 | | delayed or slowed approvals, which also slow the | 12 | | process of permanency and unnecessarily add to the | 13 | | stress and trauma experience of children in State care. | 14 | | (F) Timely payment: the process by which State | 15 | | departments and agencies make payments, including the | 16 | | timeliness of payments and the opportunities for | 17 | | appeal; and the court of claims process as it relates | 18 | | to human service contracting. | 19 | | (3) In each of the study categories described in | 20 | | subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2), develop | 21 | | recommendations on how to improve the contracting | 22 | | relationship and partnership between State departments and | 23 | | agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so | 24 | | that they work effectively and efficiently to improve the | 25 | | well-being of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall also issue | 26 | | specific recommendations on procedures that will improve |
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| 1 | | the court of claims process, as it relates to human service | 2 | | contracting, to make it operate more expeditiously and | 3 | | efficiently. | 4 | | (b) The Task Force shall consist of persons representing | 5 | | nonprofit service providers that provide direct services to the | 6 | | State concerning child care and child welfare, mental health, | 7 | | developmental disabilities, domestic violence, early | 8 | | intervention, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, and other | 9 | | applicable nonprofit providers providing direct services at | 10 | | the community level. Members of the Task Force shall be | 11 | | appointed as follows: | 12 | | (1) 7 members appointed by the President of the Senate, | 13 | | one of whom shall be designated as Co-Chairperson; | 14 | | (2) 6 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; | 15 | | (3) 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 16 | | Representatives, one of whom shall be designated as | 17 | | Co-Chairperson; and | 18 | | (4) 6 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 19 | | House of Representatives. | 20 | | In addition, the Director of Children and Family Services, | 21 | | the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the Director of | 22 | | Human Services, the Director of Human Rights, and the Director, | 23 | | or his or her designee, of any other State agency that | 24 | | contracts for direct human services shall each serve as an ex | 25 | | officio member of the Task Force. | 26 | | The Task Force shall also include at least 2, but no more |
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| 1 | | than 3, members that represent organizations or agencies that | 2 | | provide research, analytics, and fiduciary analysis. | 3 | | (c) The Task Force may establish a method to gather | 4 | | testimony and input from individuals and organizations that are | 5 | | not members of the Task Force. | 6 | | (d) The Department of Human Services shall provide | 7 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | 8 | | (e) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the | 9 | | Auditor General, the General Assembly, and the Governor no | 10 | | later than October 1, 2019, and a final report, along with | 11 | | recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the General | 12 | | Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2020. | 13 | | The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the | 14 | | Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the | 15 | | Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk | 16 | | and the Secretary shall direct. | 17 | | (f) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2021.
| 18 | | Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 19 | | 2021. | 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 | | becoming law. |
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