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91_HR0444 LRB9109192KBkb 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: -2- LRB9109192KBkb 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.