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90_HB0368
405 ILCS 30/4 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904
Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that the
annual appropriation to the Department of Human Services to
fund community services shall include a percentage increase
for the wages of direct care workers that is equivalent to
the percentage cost of living increases granted for the same
year to mental health technicians in mental health centers
operated by the Department. Provides that the increases in
wages that are based on cost of living increases granted to
mental health technicians and provided to direct care workers
in community settings shall be applied to appropriations to
the Department beginning July 1, 1997 for the State fiscal
year 1998 and shall continue each year thereafter. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT in relation to public services.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by
5 changing Section 4 as follows:
6 (405 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)
7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
8 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
9 of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the
10 Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in
11 their respective areas of jurisdiction are authorized to
12 provide financial assistance to eligible private service
13 providers, corporations, local government entities or
14 voluntary associations for the provision of services to
15 persons with mental illness, persons with a developmental
16 disability and alcohol and drug dependent persons living in
17 the community for the purpose of achieving the goals of this
18 Act.
19 The Department and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism
20 and Substance Abuse shall utilize the following funding
21 mechanisms for community services:
22 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
23 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
24 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
25 service rates are set by an established formula which
26 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
27 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
28 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
29 program components.
30 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department or
31 the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
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1 grants to private providers or governmental entities
2 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
3 certain services, as defined by Departmental or the
4 Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
5 grant guidelines, to an approximate number of service
6 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
7 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
8 other funds available to the program.
9 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
10 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
11 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
12 the provision of community services.
13 The annual appropriation to the Department of Human
14 Services to fund community services shall include a
15 percentage increase for the wages of direct care workers that
16 is equivalent to the percentage cost of living increases
17 granted for the same year to mental health technicians in
18 mental health centers operated by the Department. Community
19 services funds appropriated to the Department that are
20 attributable to increases in the percentage cost of living
21 increases granted to mental health technicians in mental
22 health centers operated by the Department shall be expended
23 to raise wages of direct care workers in community settings,
24 and the increases for direct care workers shall be in
25 addition to any increases that are attributable to other
26 factors, including general cost of living increases for
27 community services. The increases in wages that are based on
28 cost of living increases granted to mental health technicians
29 and provided to direct care workers in community settings
30 shall be applied to appropriations to the Department
31 beginning July 1, 1997 for the State fiscal year 1998 and
32 shall continue each year thereafter.
33 The Department and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism
34 and Substance Abuse shall strive to establish and maintain an
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1 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
2 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
3 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
4 services. In accepting Department or the Illinois Department
5 of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse funds, providers shall
6 recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the
7 Department or the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and
8 Substance Abuse and the State for the delivery of services
9 which are consistent with the philosophies and goals of this
10 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
11 (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
12 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
13 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
14 of Human Services is authorized to provide financial
15 assistance to eligible private service providers,
16 corporations, local government entities or voluntary
17 associations for the provision of services to persons with
18 mental illness, persons with a developmental disability and
19 alcohol and drug dependent persons living in the community
20 for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
21 The Department shall utilize the following funding
22 mechanisms for community services:
23 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
24 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
25 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
26 service rates are set by an established formula which
27 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
28 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
29 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
30 program components.
31 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department
32 grants to private providers or governmental entities
33 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
34 certain services, as defined by departmental grant
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1 guidelines, to an approximate number of service
2 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
3 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
4 other funds available to the program.
5 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
6 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
7 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
8 the provision of community services.
9 The annual appropriation to the Department of Human
10 Services to fund community services shall include a
11 percentage increase for the wages of direct care workers that
12 is equivalent to the percentage cost of living increases
13 granted for the same year to mental health technicians in
14 mental health centers operated by the Department. Community
15 services funds appropriated to the Department that are
16 attributable to increases in the percentage cost of living
17 increases granted to mental health technicians in mental
18 health centers operated by the Department shall be expended
19 to raise wages of direct care workers in community settings,
20 and the increases for direct care workers shall be in
21 addition to any increases that are attributable to other
22 factors, including general cost of living increases for
23 community services. The increases in wages that are based on
24 cost of living increases granted to mental health technicians
25 and provided to direct care workers in community settings
26 shall be applied to appropriations to the Department
27 beginning July 1, 1997 for the State fiscal year 1998 and
28 shall continue each year thereafter.
29 The Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
30 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
31 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
32 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
33 services. In accepting Department funds, providers shall
34 recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the
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1 Department and the State for the delivery of services which
2 are consistent with the philosophies and goals of this Act
3 and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
5 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
6 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
7 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
8 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
9 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
10 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
11 any other Public Act.
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.