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91_HB4281

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois State Auditing Act by adding
 2    Section 3-5.5.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by
 6    adding Section 3-5.5 as follows:

 7        (30 ILCS 5/3-5.5 new)
 8        Sec. 3-5.5.  Random audit of private sector mental health
 9    providers.
10        (a)  The Auditor General shall conduct random  compliance
11    and  management  audits,  not  to  exceed  10  per  year,  of
12    non-State   operated   entities  providing  services  to  the
13    mentally ill or developmentally disabled whose care is funded
14    in whole or in part by the Department of Human Services or by
15    reimbursement from Medicaid funds, excluding care provided in
16    general or psychiatric hospitals and excluding care  provided
17    by  entities  whose  total  State  revenue  totals  less than
18    $3,000,000 annually.
19        (b)  The audits shall include, but shall not  be  limited
20    to:   a   comparison   of   wage   rates  provided  in  State
21    reimbursement formulas for direct  care  workers  and  actual
22    wage  rates paid by the entity to these workers; a comparison
23    of benefit costs provided in State reimbursement formulas for
24    direct care workers and the actual cost of benefits  paid  by
25    the  entity  for these workers; a determination as to whether
26    the entity provided to its employees, on average, an increase
27    in compensation equal to the State revenue increase  provided
28    for  wages  in  previous  fiscal years; a determination as to
29    whether the entity is engaging in related-party transactions;
30    and a determination as to whether the entity is operating  in
31    accordance with applicable State laws and State regulations.
 
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 1        (c)  The  Auditor  General  is specifically authorized to
 2    review and publicly report on any books,  records,  revenues,
 3    expenditures,   policies,   procedures,  and  other  relevant
 4    aspects of the entities subject to audit under this  Section.
 5    Those  entities,  as well as any State or other entities that
 6    may have information relevant to the audit, are  directed  to
 7    cooperate  fully and promptly with the Auditor General in the
 8    conduct of the audit. When completed, the audits required  by
 9    this  Section shall be distributed in accordance with Section
10    3-14.

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

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