Public Act 096-1127
 
SB3420 EnrolledLRB096 16379 HLH 31643 b

    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 8.27 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/8.27)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.27)
    Sec. 8.27. All receipts from federal financial
participation in the Foster Care and Adoption Services program
under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act, including
receipts for related indirect costs, shall be deposited in the
DCFS Children's Services Fund.
    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly, any funds paid to the State by the
federal government under Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social
Security Act for child welfare services delivered by community
mental health providers, certified and paid as Medicaid
providers by the Department of Children and Family Services,
for child welfare services relating to Medicaid-eligible
clients and families served consistent with the purposes of the
Department of Children and Family Services, including services
delivered as a result of the conversion of such providers from
a comprehensive rate to a fee-for-service payment methodology,
and any subsequent revenue maximization initiatives performed
by such providers, and any interest earned thereon, shall be
deposited directly into the DCFS Children's Services Fund. Such
funds shall be used for the provision of child welfare services
provided to eligible individuals identified by the Department
of Children and Family Services. Child welfare services are
defined in Section 5 of the Children and Family Services Act
(20 ILCS 505/5).
    Eighty percent of the federal funds received by the
Illinois Department of Human Services under the Title IV-A
Emergency Assistance program as reimbursement for expenditures
made from the Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services appropriations for the costs of services in behalf of
Department of Children and Family Services clients shall be
deposited into the DCFS Children's Services Fund.
    All receipts from federal financial participation in the
Child Welfare Services program under Title IV-B of the federal
Social Security Act, including receipts for related indirect
costs, shall be deposited into the DCFS Children's Services
Fund for those moneys received as reimbursement for services
provided on or after July 1, 1994.
    In addition, as soon as may be practicable after the first
day of November, 1994, the Department of Children and Family
Services shall request the Comptroller to order transferred and
the Treasurer shall transfer the unexpended balance of the
Child Welfare Services Fund to the DCFS Children's Services
Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Child Welfare
Services Fund will be considered dissolved and any outstanding
obligations or liabilities of that fund will pass to the DCFS
Children's Services Fund.
    For services provided on or after July 1, 2007, all federal
funds received pursuant to the John H. Chafee Foster Care
Independence Program shall be deposited into the DCFS
Children's Services Fund.
    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, moneys Monies
in the Fund may be used by the Department, pursuant to
appropriation by the General Assembly, for the ordinary and
contingent expenses of the Department.
    In fiscal year 1988 and in each fiscal year thereafter
through fiscal year 2000, the Comptroller shall order
transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer an amount of
$16,100,000 from the DCFS Children's Services Fund to the
General Revenue Fund in the following manner: As soon as may be
practicable after the 15th day of September, December, March
and June, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
Treasurer shall transfer, to the extent that funds are
available, 1/4 of $16,100,000, plus any cumulative
deficiencies in such transfers for prior transfer dates during
such fiscal year. In no event shall any such transfer reduce
the available balance in the DCFS Children's Services Fund
below $350,000.
    In accordance with subsection (q) of Section 5 of the
Children and Family Services Act, disbursements from
individual children's accounts shall be deposited into the DCFS
Children's Services Fund.
    Receipts from public and unsolicited private grants, fees
for training, and royalties earned from the publication of
materials owned by or licensed to the Department of Children
and Family Services shall be deposited into the DCFS Children's
Services Fund.
    As soon as may be practical after September 1, 2005, upon
the request of the Department of Children and Family Services,
the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
transfer the unexpended balance of the Department of Children
and Family Services Training Fund into the DCFS Children's
Services Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Department
of Children and Family Services Training Fund is dissolved and
any outstanding obligations or liabilities of that Fund pass to
the DCFS Children's Services Fund.
(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.