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91_HB2864
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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 Providers of community services for the mentally ill and
8 developmentally disabled shall increase the wages of direct
9 care workers by at least the same percentage as the increase
10 in funds they receive from the State for the cost of doing
11 business in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000. Each
12 community services provider shall certify to the Department,
13 as provided by rule by the Department, that it has provided
14 the wage increases in accordance with these requirements.
15 The Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
16 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
17 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
18 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
19 services. In accepting Department funds, providers shall
20 recognize their responsibility to be accountable to the
21 Department and the State for the delivery of services which
22 are consistent with the philosophies and goals of this Act
23 and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)