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1    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 



 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task 
5Force on Human Services Contracting Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to create 
7a task force to study State contracting with private nonprofit 
8human service providers and the challenges faced by those 
9providers and to develop recommendations on how to improve the 
10contracting relationship  and partnership between State 
11departments and agencies and private nonprofit human service 
12providers so that they work effectively and efficiently to 
13improve the well-being of Illinoisans. 
 
14    Section 10. Task Force on State Contracting with Private 
15Nonprofit Human Service Providers.   
16    (a) The Task Force on State Contracting with Private 
17Nonprofit Human Service Providers is created to study State 
18contracting with private nonprofit human service providers and 
19to develop recommendations on how to improve the contracting 
20relationship and partnership between State departments and 
21agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so that 
22they work effectively and efficiently to improve the well-being 
 
 
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1of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall perform the following 
2actions:
3        (1) Review data provided by State departments and 
4    agencies that contract with private nonprofit human 
5    service providers regarding the effectiveness of the 
6    system of service provision.
7        (2) Collect and review data on each of the following:
8            (A) Service system planning: the means by which 
9        State departments and agencies and private nonprofit 
10        human service providers assess needs, identify gaps, 
11        and establish system goals, especially the flow of 
12        information collected by the State departments and 
13        agencies and shared back with private nonprofit human 
14        service providers.
15            (B) Contract negotiation: the process by which 
16        State departments and agencies engage private 
17        nonprofit human service providers to provide specific 
18        services and achieve specific goals, especially the 
19        adequacy of time to review and adjust.
20            (C) Reimbursement rate methodologies: the 
21        processes by which State departments and agencies 
22        establish rates, the frequency of review and 
23        adjustment, and the adequacy of those rates to achieve 
24        the outcomes sought by the State.
25            (D) Monitoring of service and administration: the 
26        process by which State departments and agencies 
 
 
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1        evaluate performance, especially the efficiency of 
2        data collection and review, and prevent or resolve 
3        processes and reports that are duplicative, costly, 
4        and wasteful of staff time and that slow the process of 
5        permanency and contribute to unnecessary staff 
6        turnover. 
7            (E) Business processes: the means by which State 
8        departments and agencies provide approvals for 
9        services, activities, plans and changes, especially 
10        preventing the unnecessary delays that arise from 
11        delayed or slowed approvals, which also slow the 
12        process of permanency and unnecessarily add to the 
13        stress and trauma experience of children in State care.
14            (F) Timely payment: the process by which State 
15        departments and agencies make payments, including the 
16        timeliness of payments and the opportunities for 
17        appeal; and the court of claims process as it relates 
18        to human service contracting.
19        (3)  In each of the study categories described in 
20    subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2), develop 
21    recommendations on how to improve the contracting 
22    relationship and partnership between State departments and 
23    agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so 
24    that they work effectively and efficiently to improve the 
25    well-being of Illinoisans.  The Task Force shall also issue 
26    specific recommendations on procedures that will improve 
 
 
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1    the court of claims process, as it relates to human service 
2    contracting, to make it operate more expeditiously and 
3    efficiently.
4    (b) The Task Force shall consist of persons representing 
5nonprofit service providers that provide direct services to the 
6State concerning child care and child welfare, mental health, 
7developmental disabilities, domestic violence, early 
8intervention, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, and other 
9applicable nonprofit providers providing direct services at 
10the community level. Members of the Task Force shall be 
11appointed as follows:
12        (1) 7 members appointed by the President of the Senate, 
13    one of whom shall be designated as Co-Chairperson;
14        (2) 6 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader;
15        (3) 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
16    Representatives, one of whom shall be designated as 
17    Co-Chairperson; and
18        (4) 6 members appointed by the  Minority Leader of the 
19    House of Representatives.
20    In addition, the Director of Children and Family Services, 
21the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the Director of 
22Human Services, the Director of Human Rights, and the Director, 
23or his or her designee, of any other State agency that 
24contracts for direct human services shall each serve as an ex 
25officio member of the Task Force.
26    The Task Force shall also include at least 2, but no more 
 
 
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1than 3, members that represent organizations or agencies that 
2provide research, analytics, and fiduciary analysis.
3    (c) The Task Force may establish a method to gather 
4testimony and input from individuals and organizations that are 
5not members of the Task Force.
6    (d) The Office of the Auditor General shall provide 
7administrative and other support to the Task Force. 
8    (e) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the 
9Auditor General, the General Assembly, and the Governor no 
10later than October 1, 2019, and a final report, along with 
11recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the General 
12Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2020.
13    The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the 
14Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the 
15Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk 
16and the Secretary shall direct.  
17    (f) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2021.

 
18    Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 
192021.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.