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90_SB0319eng
20 ILCS 1305/1-5
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a
technical change in provisions dealing with the purpose of
the Act.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Department of Human Services Act by
2 changing Section 80-5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is
6 amended by changing Section 80-5 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 1305/80-5)
8 Sec. 80-5. Task Force on Human Services Consolidation.
9 (a) There is hereby established a Task Force on Human
10 Services Consolidation.
11 (b) The Task Force shall consist of 7 voting members, as
12 follows: one person appointed by the Governor, who shall
13 serve as chair of the Task Force; 2 members appointed by the
14 President of the Senate, one of whom shall be designated a
15 vice chair at the time of appointment; one member appointed
16 by the Senate Minority Leader; 2 members appointed by the
17 Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be
18 designated a vice chair at the time of appointment; and one
19 member appointed by the House Minority Leader.
20 Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be
21 appointed for the duration of the Task Force; in the event of
22 a vacancy, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made
23 by the legislative leader of the same house and party as the
24 leader who made the original appointment. The Governor may
25 at any time terminate the service of the person appointed by
26 the Governor and reappoint a different person to serve as
27 chair of the Task Force.
28 The following persons (or their designees) shall serve,
29 ex officio, as nonvoting members of the Task Force: the
30 Director of Public Health, the Director of Public Aid, the
31 Director of Children and Family Services, the Director of the
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1 Bureau of the Budget, and, until their offices are abolished,
2 the Director of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities,
3 the Director of Rehabilitation Services, and the Director of
4 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. The Governor may appoint up
5 to 3 additional persons to serve as nonvoting members of the
6 Task Force; such persons shall be officers or employees of a
7 constitutional office or of a department or agency of the
8 executive branch.
9 The Task Force may begin to conduct business upon the
10 appointment of a majority of the voting members. If the
11 chair has not been appointed but both vice chairs have been
12 appointed, the 2 vice chairs shall preside jointly. If the
13 chair has not been appointed and only one vice chair has been
14 appointed, that vice chair shall preside.
15 Members shall serve without compensation but may be
16 reimbursed for their expenses.
17 (c) The Task Force shall gather information and make
18 recommendations relating to the planning, organization, and
19 implementation of human services consolidation. The Task
20 Force shall work to assure that the human services delivery
21 system meets and adheres to the goals of quality, efficiency,
22 accountability, and financial responsibility; to make
23 recommendations in keeping with those goals concerning the
24 design, operation, and organizational structure of the new
25 Department of Human Services; and to recommend any necessary
26 implementing legislation.
27 The Task Force shall monitor the implementation of human
28 service program reorganization and shall study its effect on
29 the delivery of services to the citizens of Illinois. The
30 Task Force shall make recommendations to the Governor and the
31 General Assembly regarding future consolidation of human
32 service programs and functions.
33 (d) The Task Force shall:
34 (1) review and make recommendations on the
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1 organizational structure of the new Department of Human
2 Services;
3 (2) review and approve plans for a unified
4 electronic management and intake information and
5 reporting system as provided in Section 1-25, and monitor
6 and guide the implementation of the system;
7 (3) review and make recommendations on the
8 consolidation or elimination of fragmented or duplicative
9 programs;
10 (4) monitor and make recommendations on how best to
11 maximize future federal funding for the new Department of
12 Human Services, specifically including consideration of
13 any federal Medicaid, welfare, or block grant reform;
14 (5) review and make recommendations on geographic
15 regionalization;
16 (6) review and make recommendations on development
17 of common intake and client confidentiality processes;
18 (7) review and make recommendations to foster
19 effective community-based privatization;
20 (8) obtain a management audit of the Department of
21 Children and Family Services, to be completed and
22 submitted to the Task Force no later than July 1, 1997;
23 and
24 (9) review any other appropriate matter and make
25 recommendations to assure a high quality, efficient,
26 accountable, and financially responsible system for the
27 delivery of human services to the people of Illinois.
28 (e) The Task Force may hire any necessary staff or
29 consultants, enter into contracts, and make any expenditures
30 necessary for carrying out its duties, all out of moneys
31 appropriated for that purpose. Staff support services may be
32 provided to the Task Force by the Office of the Governor, the
33 agencies of State government directly involved in the
34 reorganization of the delivery of human services, and
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1 appropriate legislative staff.
2 (f) The Task Force may establish an advisory committee
3 to ensure maximum public participation in the Task Force's
4 planning, organization, and implementation review process.
5 If established, the advisory committee shall (1) advise and
6 assist the Task Force in its duties, (2) help the Task Force
7 to identify issues of public concern, and (3) meet at least
8 quarterly.
9 (g) The Task Force shall submit preliminary reports of
10 its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the
11 General Assembly by February 1, 1997 and February 1, 1998 and
12 a final report by July 1, 1998 January 1, 1999. It may
13 submit other reports as it deems appropriate.
14 (h) The Task Force is abolished on July 1, 1998 February
15 1, 1999.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-506, eff. 7-3-96.)
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.