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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, On July 20, 1999, the Governor signed  into  law
 3    Senate  Bill  1063  (P.A.  91-212) in order to bring Illinois
 4    into compliance with the  Personal  Responsibility  and  Work
 5    Opportunity  Reconciliation  Act  of 1996 which mandated that
 6    the State of Illinois establish a State Disbursement Unit  by
 7    October 1, 1999; and

 8        WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1063 created the Child Support State
 9    Distribution   Unit  centralizing  the  collection  of  child
10    support payments through one agency rather than  through  102
11    separate Circuit Clerk offices throughout the State; and

12        WHEREAS,  The  model  was  determined  through  extensive
13    negotiations  with the Circuit Clerks of Illinois; the DuPage
14    County Circuit Clerk was selected as the  entity  to  operate
15    the Illinois unit; and

16        WHEREAS,   The  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  is
17    required to inform those affected by  the  changes  in  child
18    support payments caused by Senate Bill 1063; and

19        WHEREAS, Thousands of Illinois children have not received
20    the  support  to  which they are legally entitled in a timely
21    and  professional  manner  as  a  result  of  collection  and
22    distribution errors that have  occurred  during  the  initial
23    implementation of Senate Bill 1063; therefore, be it

24        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
25    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
26    the Auditor General be directed to conduct a management audit
27    of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Public Aid's Child Support
28    State Distribution Unit; and be it further

29        RESOLVED, That this  audit  shall  include,  but  not  be
30    limited to, the following determinations:
 
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 1        Whether   the   information-gathering  and  technological
 2        problems that now exist in the implementation  of  Senate
 3        Bill  1063  could  have  been anticipated by the Illinois
 4        Department of  Public  Aid  or  those  charged  with  the
 5        implementation of Senate Bill 1063; and

 6        Whether  the efforts of the Illinois Department of Public
 7        Aid were sufficient to ensure that employers would supply
 8        necessary information to the State Distribution  Unit  to
 9        permit proper implementation of Senate Bill 1063; and

10        Whether  performance  incentives  or  penalties should be
11        required for implementation of Senate Bill 1063; and

12        Whether other changes in  the  implementation  of  Senate
13        Bill  1063  and the Child Support State Distribution Unit
14        are warranted to address any deficiencies  noted  in  the
15        preceding determinations; and be it further

16        RESOLVED,   That   all   State  agencies,  including  the
17    Department of Public Aid and all  other  entities  which  may
18    have information relevant to this audit shall cooperate fully
19    and  promptly  with  the Office of the Auditor General in the
20    conduct of this audit; and be it further

21        RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
22    soon as possible and report his findings and  recommendations
23    upon  completion  to  the  Legislative  Audit Commission, the
24    Governor,  and  the  members  of  the  General  Assembly   in
25    accordance with the provisions of the Illinois State Auditing
26    Act.

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