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91_HB0616eng HB0616 Engrossed LRB9102513DJcd 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 HB0616 Engrossed -2- LRB9102513DJcd 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.) HB0616 Engrossed -3- LRB9102513DJcd 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.