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91_HB4281
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois State Auditing Act by adding
2 Section 3-5.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by
6 adding Section 3-5.5 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 5/3-5.5 new)
8 Sec. 3-5.5. Random audit of private sector mental health
9 providers.
10 (a) The Auditor General shall conduct random compliance
11 and management audits, not to exceed 10 per year, of
12 non-State operated entities providing services to the
13 mentally ill or developmentally disabled whose care is funded
14 in whole or in part by the Department of Human Services or by
15 reimbursement from Medicaid funds, excluding care provided in
16 general or psychiatric hospitals and excluding care provided
17 by entities whose total State revenue totals less than
18 $3,000,000 annually.
19 (b) The audits shall include, but shall not be limited
20 to: a comparison of wage rates provided in State
21 reimbursement formulas for direct care workers and actual
22 wage rates paid by the entity to these workers; a comparison
23 of benefit costs provided in State reimbursement formulas for
24 direct care workers and the actual cost of benefits paid by
25 the entity for these workers; a determination as to whether
26 the entity provided to its employees, on average, an increase
27 in compensation equal to the State revenue increase provided
28 for wages in previous fiscal years; a determination as to
29 whether the entity is engaging in related-party transactions;
30 and a determination as to whether the entity is operating in
31 accordance with applicable State laws and State regulations.
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1 (c) The Auditor General is specifically authorized to
2 review and publicly report on any books, records, revenues,
3 expenditures, policies, procedures, and other relevant
4 aspects of the entities subject to audit under this Section.
5 Those entities, as well as any State or other entities that
6 may have information relevant to the audit, are directed to
7 cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General in the
8 conduct of the audit. When completed, the audits required by
9 this Section shall be distributed in accordance with Section
10 3-14.
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.