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 1        AN ACT in relation to Human Services.

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

 4        Section 5.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  Act  is
 5    amended  by  changing Section 80-5 and the Article 80 heading
 6    as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 1305/Art. 80 heading)
 8          ARTICLE 80. EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS

 9        (20 ILCS 1305/80-5)
10        Sec. 80-5. Task Force on the Department of Human Services
11    Consolidation.
12        (a)  There is hereby established  a  Task  Force  on  the
13    Department of Human Services Consolidation.
14        (b)  The Task Force shall consist of 7 voting members, as
15    follows:  one  person  appointed  by  the Governor, who shall
16    serve as chair of the Task Force; 2 members appointed by  the
17    President  of  the  Senate, one of whom shall be designated a
18    vice chair at the time of appointment; one  member  appointed
19    by  the  Senate  Minority  Leader; 2 members appointed by the
20    Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be
21    designated a vice chair at the time of appointment;  and  one
22    member appointed by the House Minority Leader.
23        Members  appointed  by  the  legislative leaders shall be
24    appointed for the duration of the Task Force; in the event of
25    a vacancy, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be  made
26    by  the legislative leader of the same house and party as the
27    leader who made the original appointment.  The  Governor  may
28    at  any time terminate the service of the person appointed by
29    the Governor and reappoint a different  person  to  serve  as
30    chair of the Task Force.
 
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 1        The  following  persons (or their designees) shall serve,
 2    ex officio, as nonvoting  members  of  the  Task  Force:  the
 3    Director  of  Public  Health, the Director of Public Aid, the
 4    Director of Children and Family Services, the Director of the
 5    Bureau of the Budget, and the Secretary  of  Human  Services,
 6    until  their  offices  are  abolished, the Director of Mental
 7    Health  and  Developmental  Disabilities,  the  Director   of
 8    Rehabilitation  Services,  and the Director of Alcoholism and
 9    Substance Abuse.  The Governor may appoint up to 3 additional
10    persons to serve as nonvoting members of the Task Force,  who
11    may  be  technical  consultants  from;  such persons shall be
12    officers or employees of a  constitutional  office  or  of  a
13    department or agency of the executive branch.
14        The  Task  Force  may  begin to conduct business upon the
15    appointment of a majority of  the  voting  members.   If  the
16    chair  has  not been appointed but both vice chairs have been
17    appointed, the 2 vice chairs shall preside jointly.   If  the
18    chair has not been appointed and only one vice chair has been
19    appointed, that vice chair shall preside.
20        Members  shall  serve  without  compensation  but  may be
21    reimbursed for their expenses.
22        (c)  The Task Force shall  gather  information  and  make
23    recommendations  relating  to the performance of the Illinois
24    Department of Human Services since its  creation  under  this
25    Act,  with  respect to its success in achieving the goals and
26    objectives  of  the   human   services   consolidation,   the
27    effectiveness  of  its structure and function, and its impact
28    on  the  delivery  of  programs   and   services.   planning,
29    organization,    and   implementation   of   human   services
30    consolidation.  The Task Force shall work to assure that  the
31    human  services delivery system is meeting meets and adhering
32    adheres to the goals of quality, efficiency,  accountability,
33    and  financial  responsibility;  to  make  recommendations in
34    keeping with those goals concerning  the  design,  operation,
 
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 1    and  organizational  structure of the new Department of Human
 2    Services;  and  to  recommend  any   necessary   implementing
 3    legislation  for  the  improvement  of  programs and services
 4    under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services.
 5        The Task Force shall evaluate monitor the  implementation
 6    of  human  service program reorganization and shall study its
 7    effect on  the  delivery  of  services  to  the  citizens  of
 8    Illinois.   The  Task Force shall make recommendations to the
 9    Governor and the General Assembly regarding the effect of the
10    future consolidation of human service programs and functions.
11        (d)  The Task Force shall:
12             (1)  review  and   make   recommendations   on   the
13        organizational  structure  of the new Department of Human
14        Services;
15             (2)  review the status of and approve  plans  for  a
16        unified  electronic management and intake information and
17        reporting system as provided in Section 1-25, and monitor
18        and guide the implementation of the system;
19             (3)  review the progress  that  the  Department  has
20        made toward and make recommendations on the consolidation
21        or elimination of fragmented or duplicative programs;
22             (4)  monitor   and  review  the  progress  that  the
23        Department has made on maximizing make recommendations on
24        how best to maximize future federal funding for  the  new
25        Department  of Human Services, with specific specifically
26        including consideration of any federal Medicaid, welfare,
27        or block grant  reforms  that  have  been  authorized  to
28        enhance State programs and services reform;
29             (5)  review  the  progress  that  the Department has
30        made   and    make    recommendations    on    geographic
31        regionalization;
32             (6)  review  the  progress  that  the Department has
33        made and  make  recommendations  on  the  development  of
34        common intake and client confidentiality processes;
 
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 1             (7)  review  the  progress  that  the Department has
 2        made with respect  and  make  recommendations  to  foster
 3        effective community-based privatization;
 4             (8)  obtain  a management audit of the Department of
 5        Human  Services  Children  and  Family  Services,  to  be
 6        completed and submitted to the Task Force no  later  than
 7        March  1,  2004, which shall include a preliminary review
 8        and findings regarding the effect that the  consolidation
 9        has had on programs and services for the mentally ill and
10        developmentally disabled, individuals currently receiving
11        services under the Office of Rehabilitation Services, and
12        individuals   in   the  substance  abuse  prevention  and
13        treatment programs July 1, 1997; and
14             (9)  review any other appropriate  matter  and  make
15        recommendations  to  assure  a  high  quality, efficient,
16        accountable, and financially responsible system  for  the
17        delivery of human services to the people of Illinois.
18        (e)  The  Task  Force  may  hire  any  necessary staff or
19    consultants, enter into contracts, and make any  expenditures
20    necessary  for  carrying  out  its  duties, all out of moneys
21    appropriated for that purpose.  Staff support services may be
22    provided to the Task Force by the Office of the Governor, the
23    agencies of State government represented on the Task Force by
24    ex officio members directly involved in the reorganization of
25    the delivery of human services, and  appropriate  legislative
26    staff.
27        (f)  The  Task  Force may establish an advisory committee
28    to ensure maximum public participation in  the  Task  Force's
29    planning,  organization,  and  implementation review process.
30    If established, the advisory committee shall (1)  advise  and
31    assist  the Task Force in its duties, (2) help the Task Force
32    to identify issues of public concern, and (3) meet  at  least
33    quarterly.
34        (g)  The  Task  Force shall submit preliminary reports of
 
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 1    its findings and recommendations  to  the  Governor  and  the
 2    General  Assembly by January 1, 2004 and March 1, 2004, and a
 3    final report by  September  1,  2004  February  1,  1997  and
 4    February  1,  1998 and a final report by January 1, 1999.  It
 5    may submit other reports as it deems appropriate.
 6        (h)  The Task Force  is  abolished  on  January  1,  2005
 7    February 1, 1999.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-506, eff. 7-3-96.)

 9        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
10    becoming law.