Full Text of HB0002 98th General Assembly
HB0002ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Patricia R. Bellock Filed: 3/13/2013
| | 09800HB0002ham001 | | LRB098 02559 OMW 42442 a |
|
| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 15 as follows: | 6 | | (30 ILCS 705/15 new) | 7 | | Sec. 15. Illinois Single Audit Commission. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "Departments" means the | 9 | | agencies, boards, and commissions designated by the Governor. | 10 | | (b) There is created the Illinois Single Audit Commission. | 11 | | The Commission shall conduct research regarding the practices | 12 | | of other states in the administration of grants and create a | 13 | | report summarizing the Commission's recommendations regarding | 14 | | the adoption of uniform standards for the administration of | 15 | | grants in this State. | 16 | | (c) The Commission shall be comprised of one representative |
| | | 09800HB0002ham001 | - 2 - | LRB098 02559 OMW 42442 a |
|
| 1 | | from each of the top 10 grant-making Departments who is an | 2 | | expert in grant subject matter and who shall be appointed by | 3 | | the Governor, one of whom shall be designated as Chairperson. | 4 | | The Commission shall also be comprised of 10 members, one | 5 | | designed by each of those Departments, to represent community | 6 | | organizations, providers, and associations. These members | 7 | | shall be charged with overseeing the implementation of the | 8 | | Commission's objectives under this Section. | 9 | | (d) The recommendations in the report shall primarily focus | 10 | | on developing a coordinated, non-redundant process for the | 11 | | provision of effective and efficient oversight of grant | 12 | | recipients, ensuring quality programs, and limiting fraud, | 13 | | waste, and abuse. The report shall define the purpose, scope, | 14 | | applicability, and responsibilities in the life cycle of a | 15 | | grant related to subsections (e) through (g). To the extent | 16 | | feasible, the Commission's report shall include necessary | 17 | | statutory and rule changes required to implement proposed | 18 | | actions. | 19 | | (e) The report shall examine and make recommendations for | 20 | | the following with regard to a grant before it is awarded: | 21 | | (1) criteria to define formula-based grants and | 22 | | discretionary grants; | 23 | | (2) discretionary grants and whether they should exist | 24 | | in a competitive grant environment in alternating 3-year | 25 | | cycles; | 26 | | (3) uniform grant applications; |
| | | 09800HB0002ham001 | - 3 - | LRB098 02559 OMW 42442 a |
|
| 1 | | (4) uniform budget requirements; | 2 | | (5) pre-qualification requirements of applicants, | 3 | | including the fiscal condition of the organization; | 4 | | (6) minimum requirements of applicant staff for | 5 | | programmatic and administrative purposes; | 6 | | (7) criteria for requiring a fiscal agent and for | 7 | | becoming a fiscal agent; and | 8 | | (8) disclosure requirements of Related Parties between | 9 | | grantees and grant-making agencies. | 10 | | (f) The report shall examine and make recommendations for | 11 | | the following with regard to a grant at the time it is awarded: | 12 | | (1) uniform grant agreements; | 13 | | (2) uniform reporting requirements, including budget | 14 | | to actual quarterly reports; | 15 | | (3) uniform monitoring, including on-site fiscal and | 16 | | administrative control reviews on a risk-based approach to | 17 | | determine the required frequency of monitoring; | 18 | | (4) payment methods, including advance and reconcile, | 19 | | capital advances, and reimbursement; | 20 | | (5) administrative requirements; | 21 | | (6) allowable cost principles; | 22 | | (7) conditional exemption process; | 23 | | (8) standardized audit requirements; | 24 | | (9) program performance reporting; | 25 | | (10) retention of records and access requirements; and | 26 | | (11) grant termination and enforcement procedures. |
| | | 09800HB0002ham001 | - 4 - | LRB098 02559 OMW 42442 a |
|
| 1 | | (g) The report shall examine and make recommendations for | 2 | | the following with regard to a grant after it has been awarded: | 3 | | (1) standardized closeout procedures; | 4 | | (2) standardized audit requirements; | 5 | | (3) subsequent grant adjustments and continuing | 6 | | responsibilities; | 7 | | (4) grant recovery; and | 8 | | (5) the appeal process. | 9 | | (h) The report shall be filed with the General Assembly by | 10 | | January 1, 2014. | 11 | | (i) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2015.
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.".
|
|