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91_HB0616
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1 AN ACT to amend the Community Services Act by changing
2 Section 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by
6 changing Section 4 as follows:
7 (405 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)
8 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
9 of Human Services is authorized to provide financial
10 assistance to eligible private service providers,
11 corporations, local government entities or voluntary
12 associations for the provision of services to persons with
13 mental illness, persons with a developmental disability and
14 alcohol and drug dependent persons living in the community
15 for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
16 The Department shall utilize the following funding
17 mechanisms for community services:
18 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
19 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
20 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
21 service rates are set by an established formula which
22 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
23 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
24 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
25 program components.
26 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department
27 grants to private providers or governmental entities
28 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
29 certain services, as defined by departmental grant
30 guidelines, to an approximate number of service
31 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
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1 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
2 other funds available to the program.
3 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
4 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
5 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
6 the provision of community services.
7 The annual appropriation to the Department of Human
8 Services to fund community services for the developmentally
9 disabled and the mentally ill must include a percentage
10 increase for the wages of direct care workers that is
11 equivalent to the Employment Cost Index for Health Service
12 Occupations. The increases for direct care workers must be
13 in addition to any increases that are attributable to other
14 factors, including general cost of living increases for
15 community services. The increases in wages that are based on
16 the Employment Cost Index for direct care workers in
17 community settings must be applied to appropriations to the
18 Department beginning July 1, 1999, for State fiscal year
19 2000, and thereafter for State fiscal years 2001 and 2002.
20 Each provider agency must certify to the Department that any
21 increase appropriated pursuant to this paragraph will be used
22 in its entirety to provide wage increases to direct care
23 workers.
24 The Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
25 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
26 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
27 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
28 services. In accepting Department funds, providers shall
29 recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the
30 Department and the State for the delivery of services which
31 are consistent with the philosophies and goals of this Act
32 and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
33 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.