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HB2848 Engrossed                     LRB093 07152 DRJ 07307 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to children.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Early Intervention Services System Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 13.32 as follows:

 6        (325 ILCS 20/13.32)
 7        Sec. 13.32.  Contracting. The lead agency may enter  into
 8    contracts  for some or all of its responsibilities under this
 9    Act,  including  but  not  limited  to,   credentialing   and
10    enrolling    providers;   training   under   Section   13.30;
11    maintaining a central billing  office;  data  collection  and
12    analysis;  establishing  and  maintaining a computerized case
13    management system accessible to local  referral  offices  and
14    providers;  creating  and  maintaining  a system for provider
15    credentialing and enrollment; creating  and  maintaining  the
16    central  directory required under subsection (g) of Section 7
17    of this Act;  and  program  operations.  If  contracted,  the
18    contract  shall  be subject to a public request for proposals
19    as   described   in   the    Illinois    Procurement    Code,
20    notwithstanding  any exemptions or alternative processes that
21    may be allowed for such a contract under that Code,  and,  in
22    addition  to  the posting requirements under that Code, shall
23    be posted on the early intervention website maintained by the
24    lead agency during the entire bid period. With the  exception
25    of contracts with or grants to regional  intake entities, any
26    of  these listed responsibilities currently under contract or
27    grant that have not met these requirements shall  be  subject
28    to  public  bid  under  this  request for proposal process no
29    later than July 1, 2002 or the date  of  termination  of  any
30    contract  in  place.  Contracts  with  or  grants to regional
31    intake entities must be made subject to public  bid  under  a
 
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 1    request for proposals process no later than July 1, 2005.
 2    (Source: P.A. 92-307, eff. 8-9-01.)