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90_HB3559

      405 ILCS 30/4             from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904
          Amends the Community Services  Act.   Provides  that  the
      annual  appropriation  to the Department of Human Services to
      fund community services shall include an  increase  over  the
      appropriation  for the previous fiscal year that reflects any
      increase in the Implicit Price Deflator for State  and  Local
      Government  Purchases  as  determined  by  the  United States
      Department  of  Commerce  for  the  12-month  calendar   year
      immediately  preceding  the fiscal year in which the increase
      is to be applied.  Limits the increase to appropriations  for
      the State fiscal years 2000 and 2001.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the Community Services Act by changing
 2    Section 4.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Community  Services  Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 4 as follows:
 7        (405 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)
 8        Sec. 4.  Financing for Community Services. The Department
 9    of  Human  Services  is  authorized  to   provide   financial
10    assistance    to    eligible   private   service   providers,
11    corporations,  local   government   entities   or   voluntary
12    associations  for  the  provision of services to persons with
13    mental illness, persons with a developmental  disability  and
14    alcohol  and  drug  dependent persons living in the community
15    for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
16        The  Department  shall  utilize  the  following   funding
17    mechanisms for community services:
18             (1)  Purchase  of Care Contracts: services purchased
19        on a predetermined fee per unit  of  service  basis  from
20        private  providers  or  governmental  entities.  Fee  per
21        service  rates  are  set  by an established formula which
22        covers some portion of  personnel,  supplies,  and  other
23        allowable  costs,  and  which  makes  some  allowance for
24        geographic variations in costs as well as for  additional
25        program components.
26             (2)  Grants:  sums  of  money  which  the Department
27        grants to  private  providers  or  governmental  entities
28        pursuant  to  the  grant recipient's agreement to provide
29        certain  services,  as  defined  by  departmental   grant
30        guidelines,   to   an   approximate   number  of  service
31        recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
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 1        personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as  well  as
 2        other funds available to the program.
 3             (3)  Other  Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
 4        may be established on a pilot basis in order  to  examine
 5        the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
 6        the provision of community services.
 7        The  Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
 8    equitable system of payment  which  encourages  providers  to
 9    improve  their  clients'  capabilities  for  independence and
10    reduces  their  reliance  on  community   or   State-operated
11    services. The annual appropriation to the Department of Human
12    Services to fund community services shall include an increase
13    over  the  appropriation  for  the  previous fiscal year that
14    reflects any increase in  the  Implicit  Price  Deflator  for
15    State  and  Local  Government  Purchases as determined by the
16    United  States  Department  of  Commerce  for  the   12-month
17    calendar  year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which
18    the increase is to be applied.  The increase shall be applied
19    to appropriations beginning July 1, 1999 and shall be limited
20    to appropriations for the State fiscal years 2000  and  2001.
21    In  accepting  Department  funds,  providers  shall recognize
22    their responsibility to be accountable to the Department  and
23    the  State  for the delivery of services which are consistent
24    with the philosophies and goals of this Act and the rules and
25    regulations promulgated under it.
26    (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.

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