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90_SB0319sam001 LRB9001501SMcwam01 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 319 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 319 by replacing 3 the title with the following: 4 "AN ACT to amend the Department of Human Services Act by 5 changing Section 80-5."; and 6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 7 following: 8 "Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is 9 amended by changing Section 80-5 as follows: 10 (20 ILCS 1305/80-5) 11 Sec. 80-5. Task Force on Human Services Consolidation. 12 (a) There is hereby established a Task Force on Human 13 Services Consolidation. 14 (b) The Task Force shall consist of 7 voting members, as 15 follows: one person appointed by the Governor, who shall 16 serve as chair of the Task Force; 2 members appointed by the 17 President of the Senate, one of whom shall be designated a 18 vice chair at the time of appointment; one member appointed 19 by the Senate Minority Leader; 2 members appointed by the 20 Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be 21 designated a vice chair at the time of appointment; and one -2- LRB9001501SMcwam01 1 member appointed by the House Minority Leader. 2 Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be 3 appointed for the duration of the Task Force; in the event of 4 a vacancy, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made 5 by the legislative leader of the same house and party as the 6 leader who made the original appointment. The Governor may 7 at any time terminate the service of the person appointed by 8 the Governor and reappoint a different person to serve as 9 chair of the Task Force. 10 The following persons (or their designees) shall serve, 11 ex officio, as nonvoting members of the Task Force: the 12 Director of Public Health, the Director of Public Aid, the 13 Director of Children and Family Services, the Director of the 14 Bureau of the Budget, and, until their offices are abolished, 15 the Director of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, 16 the Director of Rehabilitation Services, and the Director of 17 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. The Governor may appoint up 18 to 3 additional persons to serve as nonvoting members of the 19 Task Force; such persons shall be officers or employees of a 20 constitutional office or of a department or agency of the 21 executive branch. 22 The Task Force may begin to conduct business upon the 23 appointment of a majority of the voting members. If the 24 chair has not been appointed but both vice chairs have been 25 appointed, the 2 vice chairs shall preside jointly. If the 26 chair has not been appointed and only one vice chair has been 27 appointed, that vice chair shall preside. 28 Members shall serve without compensation but may be 29 reimbursed for their expenses. 30 (c) The Task Force shall gather information and make 31 recommendations relating to the planning, organization, and 32 implementation of human services consolidation. The Task 33 Force shall work to assure that the human services delivery 34 system meets and adheres to the goals of quality, efficiency, -3- LRB9001501SMcwam01 1 accountability, and financial responsibility; to make 2 recommendations in keeping with those goals concerning the 3 design, operation, and organizational structure of the new 4 Department of Human Services; and to recommend any necessary 5 implementing legislation. 6 The Task Force shall monitor the implementation of human 7 service program reorganization and shall study its effect on 8 the delivery of services to the citizens of Illinois. The 9 Task Force shall make recommendations to the Governor and the 10 General Assembly regarding future consolidation of human 11 service programs and functions. 12 (d) The Task Force shall: 13 (1) review and make recommendations on the 14 organizational structure of the new Department of Human 15 Services; 16 (2) review and approve plans for a unified 17 electronic management and intake information and 18 reporting system as provided in Section 1-25, and monitor 19 and guide the implementation of the system; 20 (3) review and make recommendations on the 21 consolidation or elimination of fragmented or duplicative 22 programs; 23 (4) monitor and make recommendations on how best to 24 maximize future federal funding for the new Department of 25 Human Services, specifically including consideration of 26 any federal Medicaid, welfare, or block grant reform; 27 (5) review and make recommendations on geographic 28 regionalization; 29 (6) review and make recommendations on development 30 of common intake and client confidentiality processes; 31 (7) review and make recommendations to foster 32 effective community-based privatization; 33 (8) obtain a management audit of the Department of 34 Children and Family Services, to be completed and -4- LRB9001501SMcwam01 1 submitted to the Task Force no later than July 1, 1997; 2 and 3 (9) review any other appropriate matter and make 4 recommendations to assure a high quality, efficient, 5 accountable, and financially responsible system for the 6 delivery of human services to the people of Illinois. 7 (e) The Task Force may hire any necessary staff or 8 consultants, enter into contracts, and make any expenditures 9 necessary for carrying out its duties, all out of moneys 10 appropriated for that purpose. Staff support services may be 11 provided to the Task Force by the Office of the Governor, the 12 agencies of State government directly involved in the 13 reorganization of the delivery of human services, and 14 appropriate legislative staff. 15 (f) The Task Force may establish an advisory committee 16 to ensure maximum public participation in the Task Force's 17 planning, organization, and implementation review process. 18 If established, the advisory committee shall (1) advise and 19 assist the Task Force in its duties, (2) help the Task Force 20 to identify issues of public concern, and (3) meet at least 21 quarterly. 22 (g) The Task Force shall submit preliminary reports of 23 its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 24 General Assembly by February 1, 1997 and February 1, 1998 and 25 a final report by July 1, 1998January 1, 1999. It may 26 submit other reports as it deems appropriate. 27 (h) The Task Force is abolished on July 1, 1998February281, 1999. 29 (Source: P.A. 89-506, eff. 7-3-96.) 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 31 becoming law.".