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of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall perform the following |
actions: |
(1) Review data provided by State departments and |
agencies that contract with private nonprofit human |
service providers regarding the effectiveness of the |
system of service provision. |
(2) Collect and review data on each of the following: |
(A) Service system planning: the means by which |
State departments and agencies and private nonprofit |
human service providers assess needs, identify gaps, |
and establish system goals, especially the flow of |
information collected by the State departments and |
agencies and shared back with private nonprofit human |
service providers. |
(B) Contract negotiation: the process by which |
State departments and agencies engage private |
nonprofit human service providers to provide specific |
services and achieve specific goals, especially the |
adequacy of time to review and adjust. |
(C) Reimbursement rate methodologies: the |
processes by which State departments and agencies |
establish rates, the frequency of review and |
adjustment, and the adequacy of those rates to achieve |
the outcomes sought by the State. |
(D) Monitoring of service and administration: the |
process by which State departments and agencies |
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evaluate performance, especially the efficiency of |
data collection and review, and prevent or resolve |
processes and reports that are duplicative, costly, |
and wasteful of staff time and that slow the process of |
permanency and contribute to unnecessary staff |
turnover. |
(E) Business processes: the means by which State |
departments and agencies provide approvals for |
services, activities, plans and changes, especially |
preventing the unnecessary delays that arise from |
delayed or slowed approvals, which also slow the |
process of permanency and unnecessarily add to the |
stress and trauma experience of children in State care. |
(F) Timely payment: the process by which State |
departments and agencies make payments, including the |
timeliness of payments and the opportunities for |
appeal; and the court of claims process as it relates |
to human service contracting. |
(3) In each of the study categories described in |
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2), develop |
recommendations on how to improve the contracting |
relationship and partnership between State departments and |
agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so |
that they work effectively and efficiently to improve the |
well-being of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall also issue |
specific recommendations on procedures that will improve |
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the court of claims process, as it relates to human service |
contracting, to make it operate more expeditiously and |
efficiently. |
(b) The Task Force shall consist of persons representing |
nonprofit service providers that provide direct services to the |
State concerning child care and child welfare, mental health, |
developmental disabilities, domestic violence, early |
intervention, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, and other |
applicable nonprofit providers providing direct services at |
the community level. Members of the Task Force shall be |
appointed as follows: |
(1) 7 members appointed by the President of the Senate, |
one of whom shall be designated as Co-Chairperson; |
(2) 6 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; |
(3) 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
Representatives, one of whom shall be designated as |
Co-Chairperson; and |
(4) 6 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
House of Representatives. |
In addition, the Director of Children and Family Services, |
the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the Director of |
Human Services, the Director of Human Rights, and the Director, |
or his or her designee, of any other State agency that |
contracts for direct human services shall each serve as an ex |
officio member of the Task Force. |
The Task Force shall also include at least 2, but no more |
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than 3, members that represent organizations or agencies that |
provide research, analytics, and fiduciary analysis. |
(c) The Task Force may establish a method to gather |
testimony and input from individuals and organizations that are |
not members of the Task Force. |
(d) The Department of Human Services shall provide |
administrative and other support to the Task Force. |
(e) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the |
Auditor General, the General Assembly, and the Governor no |
later than October 1, 2019, and a final report, along with |
recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the General |
Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2020. |
The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the |
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the |
Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk |
and the Secretary shall direct. |
(f) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2021.
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Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, |
2021.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |