97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1434

 

Introduced , by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Community Services Impact Note Act. Provides that every bill, except those making a direct appropriation, that creates a State mandate on privately owned or operated facilities and community service providers funded through the Department of Human Services for the purpose of serving individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness, shall have prepared for it prior to second reading in the house of introduction a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the probable impact of its provisions on those facilities and providers and the probable impact that the bill will have upon the Department's annual budget. Provides that these statements or notes shall be known as "community services impact notes". Sets forth provisions concerning the preparation of the written statements by the Department of Human Services, votes on the necessity of community services impact notes, contents of a note, note comments and worksheets, committee appearances, amendments, and confidentiality. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning community services impact notes.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Community Services Impact Note Act.
 
6    Section 5. Applicability. Every bill, except those making a
7direct appropriation, that creates a State mandate on privately
8owned or operated facilities and community service providers
9funded through the Department of Human Services for the purpose
10of serving individuals with developmental disabilities and
11mental illness shall have prepared for it prior to second
12reading in the house of introduction a brief explanatory
13statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the
14probable impact of its provisions on those facilities and
15providers and the probable impact that the bill will have upon
16the Department's annual budget. These statements or notes shall
17be known as "community services impact notes".
 
18    Section 10. Preparation. Upon the filing of any bill
19described in Section 5 of this Act, the Department of Human
20Services shall prepare a written statement setting forth the
21information specified in Section 5.
22    The statement prepared by the Department shall be filed

 

 

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1with the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, as
2appropriate, and furnished to the sponsor of the bill within 10
3calendar days thereafter, except that whenever, because of the
4complexity of the bill, additional time is required for the
5preparation of the community services impact note, the
6Department may inform the sponsor of the bill, and the sponsor
7may approve an extension of the time within which the note is
8to be submitted, not to extend, however, beyond 5 additional
9days, following the date of the request. Such extension shall
10not extend beyond May 15 following the date of the request. The
11Department may seek assistance from other State agencies and
12statewide trade associations representing privately owned or
13operated facilities and providers of community services for
14persons with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
15If, in the opinion of the Department, there is insufficient
16information to prepare a reliable estimate of the anticipated
17impact, then a statement to that effect may be filed and shall
18meet the requirements of this Act. Except as outlined in
19Section 15, no bills for which a community services impact note
20has been requested may be placed on third reading until the
21note has been prepared and filed or until the Department has
22stated that there is insufficient information to prepare a
23reliable estimate of the anticipated impact according to the
24time frames outlined in this Section.
 
25    Section 15. Vote on the necessity of community services

 

 

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1impact notes. Whenever the sponsor of any bill is of the
2opinion that no community services impact note is required, any
3member of either house may request that a note be obtained, and
4in that case the applicability of this Act shall be decided by
5the majority of those present and voting in the house of which
6the sponsor is a member.
 
7    Section 20. Contents of note. The note shall be factual in
8nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall provide as
9reliable an estimate of the impact of the bill on community
10services for persons with developmental disabilities and
11mental illness in dollars and in addition, it shall include
12both the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably
13foreseeable, the long-range effect of the measure.
14    If, after careful investigation, it is determined that no
15dollar estimate is possible, then the note shall contain a
16statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons why no
17dollar estimate can be given. A brief summary or work sheet of
18computations used in arriving at community services impact note
19figures shall be supplied.
 
20    Section 25. Note comments; worksheet. No comment or opinion
21shall be included in the community services impact note with
22regard to the merits of the measure for which the community
23services impact note is prepared; however, technical or
24mechanical defects may be noted.

 

 

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1    The worksheet shall include, insofar as practicable, a
2breakdown of the costs upon which the community services impact
3note is based. It shall also include such other information as
4is required by rules and regulations which may be promulgated
5by each house of the General Assembly with respect to the
6preparation of such notes. The community services impact note
7shall be prepared in quintuplicate, and the original of both
8the worksheet and the community services impact note shall be
9signed by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, or
10by a responsible representative designated by the Secretary.
 
11    Section 30. Committee appearance. The fact that a community
12services impact note is prepared for any bill shall not
13preclude or restrict the appearance before any committee of the
14General Assembly, of any official or authorized employee of the
15Department of Human Services, or any State board, commission,
16other department, or agency or other entity that desires to be
17heard in support of or in opposition to the measure.
 
18    Section 35. Amendments; notes required. Whenever an
19amendment to a bill, whether reported by a committee of either
20house or proposed upon the floor of either house, brings that
21bill within the description of the bills set forth in Section 5
22of this Act, no action shall be taken upon the amendment until
23the sponsor of the amendment presents to the members a
24statement or note (if applicable) consistent with the

 

 

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1provisions of Section 20 of this Act.
 
2    Section 40. Confidentiality. The subject matter of a bill
3submitted to the Secretary of the Department of Human Services
4shall be kept in strict confidence by the Department of Human
5Services, and no information relating to the bill or community
6services impact shall be divulged by any official or employee
7of the Department, except to the bill's sponsor or the
8sponsor's designee, before the bill's introduction in the
9General Assembly.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.