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1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10-26.2 and by adding Section 10-16.8 as | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (305 ILCS 5/10-16.8 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 10-16.8. Enforcement of order for support; | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | nondisclosure of obligee's address and telephone number. The | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall take | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | appropriate steps to ensure that an obligee's address or | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | telephone number is not disclosed to the obligor in any case in | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | which the Department is collecting child support from the | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | obligor by means of income withholding, garnishment, or other | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | process to enforce an order for support.
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16 | (305 ILCS 5/10-26.2)
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17 | Sec. 10-26.2. Contracts concerning the operation of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | State Disbursement
Unit.
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19 | (a) In this Section:
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20 | "Contract" has the same meaning as in the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Procurement Code.
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22 | "SDU contractor" means any public or private entity or | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | individual with whom
the
Illinois Department enters into a | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | contract in connection with the operation of
the State
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25 | Disbursement Unit.
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26 | (b) The contract entered into by the Illinois Department | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | with a public or
private
entity or an individual in connection | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | with the operation of the State
Disbursement Unit
must contain, | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | at a minimum, the provisions set forth in this Section.
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30 | (c) The contract must include standards and procedures
to | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | ensure that the data
relied on
by the State Disbursement Unit |
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1 | in performing its functions is accurate so that
the State
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2 | Disbursement Unit will be able to effectively administer the | ||||||
3 | collection and
disbursement
of support payments.
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4 | (d) The contract must contain provisions to ensure that all | ||||||
5 | clerks of the
circuit
court have access to
non-custodial
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6 | parents' support payment information in the possession of the | ||||||
7 | State
Disbursement Unit.
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8 | (e) The contract must contain provisions to ensure that | ||||||
9 | notices to employers
in
connection with the collection of | ||||||
10 | support are clear and consistent and that the
SDU
contractor | ||||||
11 | will promptly inform an employer about any problems and any
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12 | necessary
changes in connection with the collection of support.
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13 | (f) The contract must contain appropriate management | ||||||
14 | controls to ensure that
(i)
all of the SDU contractor's actions | ||||||
15 | in performing the functions of the State
Disbursement
Unit are | ||||||
16 | reasonably planned, timely implemented, and adequately | ||||||
17 | controlled and
(ii) all
reports that are necessary to provide | ||||||
18 | the Illinois Department with the
information
necessary to | ||||||
19 | effectively monitor the quality and accuracy of the SDU
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20 | contractor's actions
in performing the functions of the State | ||||||
21 | Disbursement Unit are timely filed.
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22 | (g) The contract must contain provisions specifying | ||||||
23 | standards with respect
to the level of performance expected of | ||||||
24 | the SDU contractor. The contract may
include provisions for | ||||||
25 | incentives and penalties in connection with the SDU
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26 | contractor's performance.
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27 | (h) The contract must contain provisions projecting the | ||||||
28 | number of active
support collection and disbursement cases to | ||||||
29 | be handled by the State
Disbursement Unit and estimating the | ||||||
30 | number of support disbursement
transactions to be handled each | ||||||
31 | year.
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32 | (i) The contract must contain provisions requiring
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33 | compliance with all
applicable federal
requirements concerning | ||||||
34 | disbursement of support.
The contract must also contain | ||||||
35 | provisions for the Illinois Department's
regular, periodic
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36 | review of reports on disbursement performance.
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1 | (j) The contract must contain provisions requiring the SDU | ||||||
2 | contractor to
submit
to the Illinois Department, within 45 days | ||||||
3 | after the end of each State fiscal
year, a
completed American | ||||||
4 | Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement on
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5 | Auditing
Standards Number 88 (SAS 88) or its successor for the | ||||||
6 | purpose of enabling the
Illinois
Department to
appropriately | ||||||
7 | monitor the State Disbursement Unit's performance as a service
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8 | organization and to enable the Auditor General, as the external | ||||||
9 | auditor of the
State
Disbursement Unit, to ensure that | ||||||
10 | appropriate controls are present.
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11 | (k) The contract must contain provisions requiring the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Department
and the
SDU contractor to examine the | ||||||
13 | causes of untimely disbursement of support
payments and
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14 | inappropriate cost recovery and to take prompt action to ensure | ||||||
15 | the timely and
accurate
disbursement of support payments. The | ||||||
16 | contract must also contain provisions
for the
final disposition | ||||||
17 | of support payments that cannot be processed by
the State
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18 | Disbursement Unit within 2 business days.
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19 | (l) The contract must contain provisions to ensure that | ||||||
20 | neither the Illinois
Department nor the SDU contractor uses | ||||||
21 | moneys collected and held in trust for
the
payment of support | ||||||
22 | for any purpose other than that for which the moneys were
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23 | collected.
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24 | (m) The contract must contain provisions requiring the | ||||||
25 | Illinois Department
to audit
the disbursement of all emergency | ||||||
26 | support payments and report to the General
Assembly
the results | ||||||
27 | of the audit, including, without limitation, the number of
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28 | emergency support
payment checks issued by the State | ||||||
29 | Disbursement Unit, the amount of repayments
received from | ||||||
30 | recipients of those checks, and amounts for which the Illinois
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31 | Department did not seek repayment. | ||||||
32 | (n) The contract must contain provisions to ensure that the | ||||||
33 | State Disbursement Unit does not disclose an obligee's address | ||||||
34 | or telephone number to the obligor in any case in which the | ||||||
35 | Illinois Department or the State Disbursement Unit is | ||||||
36 | collecting child support from the obligor by means of income |
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1 | withholding, garnishment, or other process to enforce an order | ||||||
2 | for support.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 92-44, eff. 7-1-01.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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