SB3920 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3920

Introduced 5/15/2012, by Sen. Dan Kotowski

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 1305/1-55 new

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that consistent with the objectives of budgeting for outcomes, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Department of Human Services, in coordination with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, shall undertake a review of the Department's contracts and grants to assess which contracts and grants, and categories thereof, are appropriate candidates for the implementation of a performance-based contract evaluation model. Requires the Department to refine current performance metrics and develop new metrics for programs, including contracts and grants that fall within the categories determined to be appropriate by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the Department. Provides that starting in State Fiscal Year 2013, Community Services Agreements shall explicitly outline performance reporting requirements, detailing the specific performance metrics to be reported, the method for submitting metrics, and the frequency of the metrics reporting. Provides that these provisions shall be applicable to all contracts and grants funded by the Department in an estimated amount in excess of $100,000. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended by adding Section 1-55 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1305/1-55 new)

Sec. 1-55. Contract performance metrics.

(a) Consistent with the objectives of budgeting for outcomes, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Department of Human Services, in coordination with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, shall undertake a review of the Department's contracts and grants to assess which contracts and grants, and categories thereof, are appropriate candidates for the implementation of a performance-based contract evaluation model.

(b) The Department shall refine current performance metrics and develop new metrics for programs, including contracts and grants that fall within the categories determined to be appropriate by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the Department under subsection (a). Performance metrics may be based on required program components and a methodology that incorporates the reasonable costs of the required program components.

(c) The Department shall ensure that service contracts and agreements, as deemed appropriate under subsection (a), include performance reporting requirements. Starting in State Fiscal Year 2013, Community Services Agreements shall explicitly outline performance reporting requirements, detailing the specific performance metrics to be reported, the method for submitting metrics, and the frequency of the metrics reporting.

(d) The Department shall enhance its processes to monitor and address noncompliance with reporting requirements and with program performance standards. Where applicable, the process may include a corrective action plan. The monitoring process shall include a plan for tracking and documenting performance-based contracting decisions.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the provisions of this Section shall be applicable to all contracts and grants funded by the Department in an estimated amount in excess of $100,000.

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