97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3837

 

Introduced 10/19/2011, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/13.2  from Ch. 127, par. 149.2

    Amends the State Finance Act. Authorizes, beyond State fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (now, during State fiscal years 2010 and 2011 only), the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to make transfers not exceeding 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated to it, within the same treasury fund, among the various line items appropriated for Medical Assistance. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 13.2 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/13.2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 149.2)
7    Sec. 13.2. Transfers among line item appropriations.
8    (a) Transfers among line item appropriations from the same
9treasury fund for the objects specified in this Section may be
10made in the manner provided in this Section when the balance
11remaining in one or more such line item appropriations is
12insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was
13made.
14    (a-1) No transfers may be made from one agency to another
15agency, nor may transfers be made from one institution of
16higher education to another institution of higher education
17except as provided by subsection (a-4).
18    (a-2) Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
19transfers may be made only among the objects of expenditure
20enumerated in this Section, except that no funds may be
21transferred from any appropriation for personal services, from
22any appropriation for State contributions to the State
23Employees' Retirement System, from any separate appropriation

 

 

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1for employee retirement contributions paid by the employer, nor
2from any appropriation for State contribution for employee
3group insurance. During State fiscal year 2005, an agency may
4transfer amounts among its appropriations within the same
5treasury fund for personal services, employee retirement
6contributions paid by employer, and State Contributions to
7retirement systems; notwithstanding and in addition to the
8transfers authorized in subsection (c) of this Section, the
9fiscal year 2005 transfers authorized in this sentence may be
10made in an amount not to exceed 2% of the aggregate amount
11appropriated to an agency within the same treasury fund. During
12State fiscal year 2007, the Departments of Children and Family
13Services, Corrections, Human Services, and Juvenile Justice
14may transfer amounts among their respective appropriations
15within the same treasury fund for personal services, employee
16retirement contributions paid by employer, and State
17contributions to retirement systems. During State fiscal year
182010, the Department of Transportation may transfer amounts
19among their respective appropriations within the same treasury
20fund for personal services, employee retirement contributions
21paid by employer, and State contributions to retirement
22systems. During State fiscal year 2010 only, an agency may
23transfer amounts among its respective appropriations within
24the same treasury fund for personal services, employee
25retirement contributions paid by employer, and State
26contributions to retirement systems. Notwithstanding, and in

 

 

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1addition to, the transfers authorized in subsection (c) of this
2Section, these transfers may be made in an amount not to exceed
32% of the aggregate amount appropriated to an agency within the
4same treasury fund.
5    (a-3) Further, if an agency receives a separate
6appropriation for employee retirement contributions paid by
7the employer, any transfer by that agency into an appropriation
8for personal services must be accompanied by a corresponding
9transfer into the appropriation for employee retirement
10contributions paid by the employer, in an amount sufficient to
11meet the employer share of the employee contributions required
12to be remitted to the retirement system.
13    (a-4) Long-Term Care Rebalancing. The Governor may
14designate amounts set aside for institutional services
15appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or any other State
16fund that receives monies for long-term care services to be
17transferred to all State agencies responsible for the
18administration of community-based long-term care programs,
19including, but not limited to, community-based long-term care
20programs administered by the Department of Healthcare and
21Family Services, the Department of Human Services, and the
22Department on Aging, provided that the Director of Healthcare
23and Family Services first certifies that the amounts being
24transferred are necessary for the purpose of assisting persons
25in or at risk of being in institutional care to transition to
26community-based settings, including the financial data needed

 

 

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1to prove the need for the transfer of funds. The total amounts
2transferred shall not exceed 4% in total of the amounts
3appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or any other State
4fund that receives monies for long-term care services for each
5fiscal year. A notice of the fund transfer must be made to the
6General Assembly and posted at a minimum on the Department of
7Healthcare and Family Services website, the Governor's Office
8of Management and Budget website, and any other website the
9Governor sees fit. These postings shall serve as notice to the
10General Assembly of the amounts to be transferred. Notice shall
11be given at least 30 days prior to transfer.
12    (b) In addition to the general transfer authority provided
13under subsection (c), the following agencies have the specific
14transfer authority granted in this subsection:
15    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is
16authorized to make transfers representing savings attributable
17to not increasing grants due to the births of additional
18children from line items for payments of cash grants to line
19items for payments for employment and social services for the
20purposes outlined in subsection (f) of Section 4-2 of the
21Illinois Public Aid Code.
22    The Department of Children and Family Services is
23authorized to make transfers not exceeding 2% of the aggregate
24amount appropriated to it within the same treasury fund for the
25following line items among these same line items: Foster Home
26and Specialized Foster Care and Prevention, Institutions and

 

 

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1Group Homes and Prevention, and Purchase of Adoption and
2Guardianship Services.
3    The Department on Aging is authorized to make transfers not
4exceeding 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated to it within
5the same treasury fund for the following Community Care Program
6line items among these same line items: Homemaker and Senior
7Companion Services, Alternative Senior Services, Case
8Coordination Units, and Adult Day Care Services.
9    The State Treasurer is authorized to make transfers among
10line item appropriations from the Capital Litigation Trust
11Fund, with respect to costs incurred in fiscal years 2002 and
122003 only, when the balance remaining in one or more such line
13item appropriations is insufficient for the purpose for which
14the appropriation was made, provided that no such transfer may
15be made unless the amount transferred is no longer required for
16the purpose for which that appropriation was made.
17    The State Board of Education is authorized to make
18transfers from line item appropriations within the same
19treasury fund for General State Aid and General State Aid -
20Hold Harmless, provided that no such transfer may be made
21unless the amount transferred is no longer required for the
22purpose for which that appropriation was made, to the line item
23appropriation for Transitional Assistance when the balance
24remaining in such line item appropriation is insufficient for
25the purpose for which the appropriation was made.
26    The State Board of Education is authorized to make

 

 

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1transfers between the following line item appropriations
2within the same treasury fund: Disabled Student
3Services/Materials (Section 14-13.01 of the School Code),
4Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement (Section
514-13.01 of the School Code), Disabled Student Tuition -
6Private Tuition (Section 14-7.02 of the School Code),
7Extraordinary Special Education (Section 14-7.02b of the
8School Code), Reimbursement for Free Lunch/Breakfast Program,
9Summer School Payments (Section 18-4.3 of the School Code), and
10Transportation - Regular/Vocational Reimbursement (Section
1129-5 of the School Code). Such transfers shall be made only
12when the balance remaining in one or more such line item
13appropriations is insufficient for the purpose for which the
14appropriation was made and provided that no such transfer may
15be made unless the amount transferred is no longer required for
16the purpose for which that appropriation was made.
17    The During State fiscal years 2010 and 2011 only, the
18Department of Healthcare and Family Services is authorized to
19make transfers not exceeding 4% of the aggregate amount
20appropriated to it, within the same treasury fund, among the
21various line items appropriated for Medical Assistance.
22    (c) The sum of such transfers for an agency in a fiscal
23year shall not exceed 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated
24to it within the same treasury fund for the following objects:
25Personal Services; Extra Help; Student and Inmate
26Compensation; State Contributions to Retirement Systems; State

 

 

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1Contributions to Social Security; State Contribution for
2Employee Group Insurance; Contractual Services; Travel;
3Commodities; Printing; Equipment; Electronic Data Processing;
4Operation of Automotive Equipment; Telecommunications
5Services; Travel and Allowance for Committed, Paroled and
6Discharged Prisoners; Library Books; Federal Matching Grants
7for Student Loans; Refunds; Workers' Compensation,
8Occupational Disease, and Tort Claims; and, in appropriations
9to institutions of higher education, Awards and Grants.
10Notwithstanding the above, any amounts appropriated for
11payment of workers' compensation claims to an agency to which
12the authority to evaluate, administer and pay such claims has
13been delegated by the Department of Central Management Services
14may be transferred to any other expenditure object where such
15amounts exceed the amount necessary for the payment of such
16claims.
17    (c-1) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2003.
18Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the
19contrary, for State fiscal year 2003 only, transfers among line
20item appropriations to an agency from the same treasury fund
21may be made provided that the sum of such transfers for an
22agency in State fiscal year 2003 shall not exceed 3% of the
23aggregate amount appropriated to that State agency for State
24fiscal year 2003 for the following objects: personal services,
25except that no transfer may be approved which reduces the
26aggregate appropriations for personal services within an

 

 

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1agency; extra help; student and inmate compensation; State
2contributions to retirement systems; State contributions to
3social security; State contributions for employee group
4insurance; contractual services; travel; commodities;
5printing; equipment; electronic data processing; operation of
6automotive equipment; telecommunications services; travel and
7allowance for committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners;
8library books; federal matching grants for student loans;
9refunds; workers' compensation, occupational disease, and tort
10claims; and, in appropriations to institutions of higher
11education, awards and grants.
12    (c-2) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2005.
13Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-2), and (c), for State
14fiscal year 2005 only, transfers may be made among any line
15item appropriations from the same or any other treasury fund
16for any objects or purposes, without limitation, when the
17balance remaining in one or more such line item appropriations
18is insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was
19made, provided that the sum of those transfers by a State
20agency shall not exceed 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated
21to that State agency for fiscal year 2005.
22    (d) Transfers among appropriations made to agencies of the
23Legislative and Judicial departments and to the
24constitutionally elected officers in the Executive branch
25require the approval of the officer authorized in Section 10 of
26this Act to approve and certify vouchers. Transfers among

 

 

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1appropriations made to the University of Illinois, Southern
2Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern
3Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois
4State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
5Illinois University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
6Mathematics and Science Academy and the Board of Higher
7Education require the approval of the Board of Higher Education
8and the Governor. Transfers among appropriations to all other
9agencies require the approval of the Governor.
10    The officer responsible for approval shall certify that the
11transfer is necessary to carry out the programs and purposes
12for which the appropriations were made by the General Assembly
13and shall transmit to the State Comptroller a certified copy of
14the approval which shall set forth the specific amounts
15transferred so that the Comptroller may change his records
16accordingly. The Comptroller shall furnish the Governor with
17information copies of all transfers approved for agencies of
18the Legislative and Judicial departments and transfers
19approved by the constitutionally elected officials of the
20Executive branch other than the Governor, showing the amounts
21transferred and indicating the dates such changes were entered
22on the Comptroller's records.
23    (e) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
24State Comptroller, may transfer line item appropriations for
25General State Aid between the Common School Fund and the
26Education Assistance Fund. With the advice and consent of the

 

 

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1Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the State Board of
2Education, in consultation with the State Comptroller, may
3transfer line item appropriations between the General Revenue
4Fund and the Education Assistance Fund for the following
5programs:
6        (1) Disabled Student Personnel Reimbursement (Section
7    14-13.01 of the School Code);
8        (2) Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement
9    (subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of the School Code);
10        (3) Disabled Student Tuition - Private Tuition
11    (Section 14-7.02 of the School Code);
12        (4) Extraordinary Special Education (Section 14-7.02b
13    of the School Code);
14        (5) Reimbursement for Free Lunch/Breakfast Programs;
15        (6) Summer School Payments (Section 18-4.3 of the
16    School Code);
17        (7) Transportation - Regular/Vocational Reimbursement
18    (Section 29-5 of the School Code);
19        (8) Regular Education Reimbursement (Section 18-3 of
20    the School Code); and
21        (9) Special Education Reimbursement (Section 14-7.03
22    of the School Code).
23(Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09;
2496-820, eff. 11-18-09; 96-959, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1086, eff.
257-16-10; 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.