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 1        AN ACT concerning budget stabilization.

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

 4        Section 1. Short title.  This Act may  be  cited  as  the
 5    Budget Stabilization and Reform Act.

 6        Section   5.   Budget   Stabilization  Fund.  The  Budget
 7    Stabilization Fund is a special fund in  the  State  treasury
 8    established  for  the purpose of reducing the need for future
 9    tax increases, maintaining the highest possible bond  rating,
10    reducing   the  need  for  short  term  borrowing,  providing
11    available resources to meet State obligations whenever casual
12    deficits or failures in  revenue  occur,  and  providing  the
13    means  of  addressing  budgetary  shortfalls.  In authorizing
14    transfers  from  the  Budget  Stabilization  Fund,   whenever
15    possible,  priority  consideration should be given to meeting
16    obligations   for   secondary   and   elementary   education,
17    childcare, and other  programs  that  may  provide  a  direct
18    benefit to children.

19        Section  10.  Transfers  to Budget Stabilization Fund and
20    Early Debt Retirement Fund.
21        (a)  For fiscal year 2003, if  the  Economic  and  Fiscal
22    Commission's  estimates of the State's general funds revenues
23    exceed the prior year's estimated general funds  revenues  by
24    more  than  4%,  and for each fiscal year thereafter in which
25    the Revenue Estimating Council's report, as  adopted  by  the
26    General Assembly under Section 50-5.5 of the State Budget Law
27    of  the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of  Illinois, estimates
28    revenues into the State's general funds to exceed  the  prior
29    year's  estimated general funds revenues by more than 4%, the
30    Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue  Fund  as
 
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 1    provided  by  this  Section a total amount equal to 1% of the
 2    estimated general funds revenues to the Budget  Stabilization
 3    Fund  or  the Early Debt Retirement Fund. Nothing in this Act
 4    prohibits the General Assembly from appropriating  additional
 5    moneys  into  the Budget Stabilization Fund or the Early Debt
 6    Retirement Fund.
 7        (b)  Except  as   provided   in   subsection   (c),   the
 8    Comptroller  shall  transfer  1/12  of the total amount to be
 9    transferred each fiscal year under subsection  (a)  into  the
10    Budget  Stabilization  Fund on the first day of each month of
11    that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible.
12        (c)  When the Revenue Estimating  Council  has  estimated
13    that the balance of the Budget Stabilization Fund will exceed
14    4%  of the Revenue Estimating Council's estimate of the total
15    general funds revenues, the Comptroller shall:
16             (1)  Transfer 1/12 of the  total  amount  identified
17        for  transfer  to  the Budget Stabilization Fund into the
18        Budget Stabilization Fund on the first day of each  month
19        of  that  fiscal  year or as soon thereafter as possible;
20        and
21             (2)  Transfer 1/12 of the  total  amount  identified
22        for  transfer  to the Early Debt Retirement Fund into the
23        Early Debt Retirement Fund on the first day of each month
24        of that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible.

25        Section  800.   The  State  Budget  Law  of   the   Civil
26    Administrative  Code  of  Illinois  is  amended  by  changing
27    Sections  50-5  and  50-10  and  by  adding Section 50-5.5 as
28    follows:

29        (15 ILCS 20/50-5) (was 15 ILCS 20/38)
30        Sec. 50-5.  Governor to submit State budget. The Governor
31    shall, as soon as possible  and  not  later  than  the  third
32    Wednesday  in February of each year beginning in 1998, submit
 
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 1    a State budget, embracing therein the amounts recommended  by
 2    the   Governor   to   be   appropriated   to  the  respective
 3    departments, offices, and institutions,  and  for  all  other
 4    public  purposes,  the  estimated revenues from taxation, the
 5    estimated revenues from sources other than taxation,  and  an
 6    estimate  of  the  amount  required to be raised by taxation.
 7    The amounts recommended by the Governor for appropriation  to
 8    the respective departments, offices and institutions shall be
 9    formulated  according to the various functions and activities
10    for which the respective department, office or institution of
11    the State government (including the elective officers in  the
12    executive department and including the University of Illinois
13    and  the  judicial  department)  is  responsible. The amounts
14    relating to particular  functions  and  activities  shall  be
15    further    formulated   in   accordance   with   the   object
16    classification specified in Section 13 of the  State  Finance
17    Act.
18        The  Governor  shall  not  propose  expenditures  and the
19    General Assembly shall not enact appropriations  that  exceed
20    the  resources estimated to be available, as provided in this
21    Section.
22        For the purposes of Article VIII, Section 2 of  the  1970
23    Illinois    Constitution,    the   State   budget   for   and
24    appropriations from the following funds shall be prepared  on
25    the  basis  of  revenue  and expenditure measurement concepts
26    that  are  in  concert  with  generally  accepted  accounting
27    principles for governments:
28             (1)  General Revenue Fund.
29             (2)  Common School Fund.
30             (3)  Educational Assistance Fund.
31             (4)  Road Fund.
32             (5)  Motor Fuel Tax Fund.
33             (6)  Agricultural Premium Fund.
34        These funds shall be known as the "budgeted funds".   The
 
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 1    revenue  estimates  used in the State budget for the budgeted
 2    funds shall include the  estimated  beginning  fund  balance,
 3    plus  revenues  estimated  to be received during the budgeted
 4    year, plus the estimated receipts due the State as of June 30
 5    of the budgeted year that are expected to be collected during
 6    the lapse period  following  the  budgeted  year,  minus  the
 7    receipts  collected during the first 2 months of the budgeted
 8    year that became due to the State  in  the  year  before  the
 9    budgeted year.  Revenues shall also include estimated federal
10    reimbursements  associated with the recognition of Section 25
11    of the State Finance Act liabilities.  For any budgeted  fund
12    for  which  current  year  revenues are anticipated to exceed
13    expenditures,  the  surplus  shall  be  considered  to  be  a
14    resource available for expenditure  in  the  budgeted  fiscal
15    year.
16        Expenditure  estimates for the budgeted funds included in
17    the State budget shall include the costs to  be  incurred  by
18    the  State  for the budgeted year that are, to be paid in the
19    next fiscal year, excluding costs paid in the  budgeted  year
20    which  were  carried  over  from  the  prior  year, where the
21    payment is authorized by Section 25 of the State Finance Act.
22    For any budgeted fund for which expenditures are expected  to
23    exceed revenues in the current fiscal year, the deficit shall
24    be considered as a use of funds in the budgeted fiscal year.
25        Revenues  and  expenditures  shall also include transfers
26    between funds that are based on revenues  received  or  costs
27    incurred during the budget year.
28        By  March  15  of  each  year,  the  Economic  and Fiscal
29    Commission shall prepare revenue and fund transfer  estimates
30    in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this Section and
31    report those  estimates  to  the  General  Assembly  and  the
32    Governor.
33        For all funds other than the budgeted funds, the proposed
34    expenditures shall not exceed funds estimated to be available
 
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 1    for  the  fiscal  year as shown in the budget.  Appropriation
 2    for a fiscal year shall not exceed (i) funds estimated by the
 3    General  Assembly  to  be  available  during  that  year   as
 4    contained  within the joint resolution adopted by the General
 5    Assembly in accordance with Section 50-5.5  of  this  Act  or
 6    (ii) for fiscal year 2003, funds estimated to be available in
 7    accordance  with  this Section prior to the effective date of
 8    this amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General  Assembly.   The
 9    General  Assembly's appropriations from the general funds for
10    fiscal year 2003 and thereafter may not  exceed  99%  of  the
11    estimated general funds revenues when the revenues exceed the
12    prior  year's  estimated  general funds revenues by more than
13    4%.  Appropriations for a fiscal year  must  include  one  or
14    more  separate line items for payment of liabilities incurred
15    in a prior fiscal year and authorized to be paid  during  the
16    budget year under Section 25 of the State Finance Act.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-479, eff. 8-17-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

18        (15 ILCS 20/50-5.5 new)
19        Sec. 50-5.5. Revenue Estimating Council.
20        (a)  There  is  created  a  Revenue  Estimating  Council,
21    consisting  of  the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the
22    State Comptroller, and the Director of the Illinois  Economic
23    and Fiscal Commission, or their designees.
24        (b)  By  January  1,  2003  and by January 1 of each year
25    thereafter,  the  Revenue  Estimating  Council  must  prepare
26    revenue and fund transfer estimates in  accordance  with  the
27    requirements  of  Section  50-5 and report those estimates to
28    the  General  Assembly.   In  addition  to  the  revenue  and
29    transfer  estimates,  the  Revenue  Estimating  Council  must
30    certify to the following:
31             (1)  An estimate of all income of the State from all
32        applicable revenue sources for the  next  ensuing  fiscal
33        year and of any other funds estimated to be available for
 
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 1        that fiscal year.
 2             (2)  When  estimated  general  funds revenues exceed
 3        the prior year's estimated general funds revenues by more
 4        than 4%, the general funds available for appropriation in
 5        an amount equal to 99% of  the  estimated  general  funds
 6        revenues for the fiscal year.
 7             (3)  When  estimated  general  funds revenues exceed
 8        the prior year's estimated general funds revenues by more
 9        than 4%, the general funds available  for  transfer  into
10        the   Budget   Stabilization   Fund  or  the  Early  Debt
11        Retirement Fund in a total amount  equal  to  1%  of  the
12        estimated general funds revenues for the fiscal year.
13             (4)  The   amount   of  transfers  into  the  Budget
14        Stabilization Fund  necessary  for  the  balance  of  the
15        Budget  Stabilization  Fund to equal  4% of general funds
16        revenues for the budgeted year; and
17             (5)  When the Revenue Estimating  Council  estimates
18        that  the  balance of the Budget Stabilization Fund shall
19        exceed 4% of the general funds revenues for the  budgeted
20        year,  the portion of the 1% available for transfer under
21        paragraph (3) for transfer into the Early Debt Retirement
22        Fund.
23    Notwithstanding any other provision of this  subsection,  for
24    the  purpose  of determining the estimates under this Section
25    for fiscal year 2003, the Revenue Estimating Council must use
26    the  prior  year's  estimated  general  funds   revenues   as
27    determined  by  the Economic and Fiscal Commission for fiscal
28    year 2002.
29        By April 15 of each year, the Revenue Estimating  Council
30    must  issue  a  report  updating the estimates required under
31    this subsection as may  be  required  based  on  more  recent
32    information.   Upon  its  issuance,  the  Revenue  Estimating
33    Council  must  submit  the revised report to the Governor and
34    the General Assembly.  The House and Senate  must  adopt  the
 
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 1    report by joint resolution.  The joint resolution constitutes
 2    the  General  Assembly's  estimate,  under  paragraph  (b) of
 3    Section 2 of Article VIII of the  Illinois  Constitution,  of
 4    the  funds  estimated  to be available during the next fiscal
 5    year.
 6        (c)  Prior to the  beginning  of  the  fiscal  year,  the
 7    Revenue  Estimating Council must prepare a cash flow estimate
 8    of the general funds, identifying estimated revenues and cash
 9    expenditures for  each  quarter  of  the  fiscal  year.  Each
10    quarter  of  the  fiscal year, the Revenue Estimating Council
11    must review the revenue and cash  expenditure  estimates  and
12    issue  a  report  to  the  Governor  and the General Assembly
13    containing updates  of  the  estimates  required  under  this
14    subsection    and   notification   of   potential   budgetary
15    shortfalls.

16        (15 ILCS 20/50-10) (was 15 ILCS 20/38.1)
17        Sec.  50-10.  Budget  contents.  The  budget   shall   be
18    submitted  by  the  Governor with line item and program data.
19    The budget shall also contain performance data presenting  an
20    estimate  for  the  current  fiscal year, projections for the
21    budget year, and information for the  3  prior  fiscal  years
22    comparing  department objectives with actual accomplishments,
23    formulated according to the various functions and activities,
24    and, wherever the nature of the work admits, according to the
25    work units, for which the  respective  departments,  offices,
26    and  institutions  of  the  State  government  (including the
27    elective officers in the executive department  and  including
28    the  University  of Illinois and the judicial department) are
29    responsible.
30        For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992 and  for  each
31    fiscal   year   thereafter,  the  budget  shall  include  the
32    performance  measures  of  each  department's  accountability
33    report.
 
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 1        For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997 and  for  each
 2    fiscal  year thereafter, the budget shall include one or more
 3    line items appropriating moneys to the  Department  of  Human
 4    Services  to  fund  participation  in  the Home-Based Support
 5    Services Program  for  Mentally  Disabled  Adults  under  the
 6    Developmental  Disability  and Mental Disability Services Act
 7    by persons described in Section 2-17 of that Act.
 8        For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and  for  each
 9    fiscal  year  thereafter, the budget must contain one or more
10    line items appropriating moneys to  fund  all  costs  in  the
11    budget  year estimated for payment of liabilities incurred in
12    a prior fiscal year and authorized to be paid in  the  budget
13    year under Section 25 of the State Finance Act.
14        The budget shall contain a capital development Section in
15    which  the  Governor  will  present  (1)  information on  the
16    capital   projects   and   capital   programs    for    which
17    appropriations are requested, (2) the capital spending plans,
18    which  shall  document  the  first  and subsequent years cash
19    requirements by fund for the proposed bonded program, and (3)
20    a statement that shall identify by  year  the  principal  and
21    interest  costs  until  retirement  of  the  State's  general
22    obligation  debt.   In  addition,  the principal and interest
23    costs  of  the  budget  year  program  shall   be   presented
24    separately,  to  indicate  the marginal cost of principal and
25    interest payments necessary to retire  the  additional  bonds
26    needed to finance the budget year's capital program.
27        For the budget year, the current year, and 3 prior fiscal
28    years,   the  Governor  shall  also  include  in  the  budget
29    estimates of or actual values for the assets and  liabilities
30    for  General  Assembly  Retirement  System,  State Employees'
31    Retirement System of Illinois, State Universities  Retirement
32    System, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois,
33    and Judges Retirement System of Illinois.
34        The  budget  submitted  by the Governor shall contain, in
 
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 1    addition, in a separate book, a tabulation  of  all  position
 2    and  employment  titles  in each such department, office, and
 3    institution, the number of each, and the salaries  for  each,
 4    formulated   according   to   divisions,  bureaus,  sections,
 5    offices, departments, boards, and similar subdivisions, which
 6    shall correspond as nearly as practicable  to  the  functions
 7    and   activities   for   which  the  department,  office,  or
 8    institution is responsible.
 9        Together with the budget, the Governor shall transmit the
10    estimates of receipts and expenditures, as  received  by  the
11    director  of  the  Bureau  of  the  Budget,  of  the elective
12    officers in the executive and judicial departments and of the
13    University of Illinois.
14    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

15        Section 805.  The Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission
16    Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

17        (25 ILCS 155/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 344)
18        Sec.  4.  (a)  The  Commission  shall  publish,  at   the
19    convening  of each regular session of the General Assembly, a
20    report  on  the  estimated  income  of  the  State  from  all
21    applicable revenue sources for the next ensuing  fiscal  year
22    and  of  any  other  funds estimated to be available for such
23    fiscal year. On  the  third  Wednesday  in  March  after  the
24    session  convenes,  the  Commission shall issue a revised and
25    updated  set  of  revenue  figures  reflecting   the   latest
26    available   information.   The  House  and  Senate  by  joint
27    resolution shall adopt or modify such  estimates  as  may  be
28    appropriate.   The  joint  resolution  shall  constitute  the
29    General Assembly's estimate, under paragraph (b) of Section 2
30    of Article VIII of the Constitution, of the  funds  estimated
31    to be available during the next fiscal year.
32        (b)  On  the  third  Wednesday  in  March, the Commission
 
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 1    shall issue estimated:
 2             (1)  pension funding requirements under P.A. 86-273;
 3        and
 4             (2)  liabilities of the State employee group  health
 5        insurance program.
 6        These  estimated  costs  shall  be  for  the  fiscal year
 7    beginning the following July 1.
 8        (c)  The  requirement  for  reporting  to   the   General
 9    Assembly  shall  be  satisfied by filing copies of the report
10    with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the  Clerk  of  the
11    House  of  Representatives  and  the  President, the Minority
12    Leader and the Secretary of the Senate  and  the  Legislative
13    Research  Unit,  as  required  by  Section  3.1 of "An Act to
14    revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved
15    February 25, 1874, as amended,  and  filing  such  additional
16    copies  with  the State Government Report Distribution Center
17    for the General Assembly as is required under  paragraph  (t)
18    of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
19    (Source: P.A. 87-1142.)

20        Section  810.   The  State  Finance  Act  is  amended  by
21    changing Sections 6z-51 and 25 and by adding Section 6z-60 as
22    follows:

23        (30 ILCS 105/6z-51)
24        Sec. 6z-51. Budget Stabilization Fund.
25        (a)  The Budget Stabilization Fund, a special fund in the
26    State  Treasury,  shall  consist  of  moneys  appropriated or
27    transferred to that Fund, as provided in Section 6z-43 and as
28    otherwise  provided  by   law.   All   earnings   on   Budget
29    Stabilization  Fund  investments shall be deposited into that
30    Fund.
31        (b)  The State Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer
32    to transfer moneys from the Budget Stabilization Fund to  the
 
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 1    General Revenue Fund in order to meet deficits resulting from
 2    timing  variations  between  disbursements and the receipt of
 3    funds within a fiscal year.  Any moneys so borrowed shall  be
 4    repaid  by  June  30  of  the  fiscal year in which they were
 5    borrowed.
 6    (Source: P.A. 92-11, eff. 6-11-01.)

 7        (30 ILCS 105/6z-60 new)
 8        Sec. 6z-60.  Early Debt Retirement Fund.  The Early  Debt
 9    Retirement  Fund is created in the State treasury.  Moneys in
10    the Early Debt Retirement Fund may be  expended,  subject  to
11    appropriation,  for the payment of deferred liabilities under
12    Section 25 of this Act;  the  early  retirement  of  unfunded
13    pension  liabilities;  the  retirement of bonded indebtedness
14    when practical; and the funding  of  other  long-term  fiscal
15    needs of the State.  The Early Debt Retirement Fund is exempt
16    from subsections (b) and (c) of Section 5 of this Act.

17        (30 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
18        Sec. 25.  Fiscal year limitations.
19        (a)  All    appropriations   shall   be   available   for
20    expenditure for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the
21    Act making that appropriation so specifies.  A deficiency  or
22    emergency  appropriation  shall  be available for expenditure
23    only through June 30 of the year when  the  Act  making  that
24    appropriation is enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
25        (b)  Outstanding  liabilities as of June 30, payable from
26    appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid  out
27    of  the  expiring  appropriations  during  the 2-month period
28    ending at the close of business on August  31.   Any  service
29    involving  professional  or  artistic  skills or any personal
30    services by an employee  whose  compensation  is  subject  to
31    income tax withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the
32    fiscal  year  in  order  to  be  considered  an  "outstanding
 
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 1    liability as of June 30" that is thereby eligible for payment
 2    out of the expiring appropriation.
 3        Notwithstanding  the  provisions of subsections (b-5) and
 4    (c) of  this  Section,  when  a  State  agency  receives  and
 5    approves  a  request  for payment of an outstanding liability
 6    prior to June 30 of a fiscal year, the payment must  be  made
 7    from  the appropriations for that purpose for the fiscal year
 8    in which the State agency received and approved  the  request
 9    for payment.
10        (b-5)  However,  Payment  of tuition reimbursement claims
11    under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be  made
12    by  the  State Board of Education from its appropriations for
13    those respective purposes for any fiscal  year,  even  though
14    the   claims   reimbursed   by  the  payment  may  be  claims
15    attributable to a prior fiscal year, and payments may be made
16    at the direction of the  State  Superintendent  of  Education
17    from  the  fund  from which the appropriation is made without
18    regard to any fiscal year limitations.
19        Medical  payments  may  be  made  by  the  Department  of
20    Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those  purposes
21    for  any  fiscal  year,  without  regard to the fact that the
22    medical services being compensated for by  such  payment  may
23    have been rendered in a prior fiscal year.
24        Medical  payments may be made by the Department of Public
25    Aid and child care payments may be made by the Department  of
26    Human Services (as successor to the Department of Public Aid)
27    from  appropriations  for those purposes for any fiscal year,
28    without regard to the fact that the  medical  or  child  care
29    services  being compensated for by such payment may have been
30    rendered in a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made  at
31    the   direction  of  the  Department  of  Central  Management
32    Services from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local
33    Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund  without  regard  to
34    any fiscal year limitations.
 
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 1        Additionally,  payments  may be made by the Department of
 2    Human Services from its appropriations, or  any  other  State
 3    agency  from  its  appropriations  with  the  approval of the
 4    Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
 5    Control  Fund  for  purposes  authorized  pursuant   to   the
 6    Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
 7    any fiscal year limitations.
 8        (c)  Further,  payments  may be made by the Department of
 9    Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as
10    successor to  the  Department  of  Public  Health  under  the
11    Department  of  Human  Services  Act)  from  their respective
12    appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
13    persons  suffering  from  chronic  renal   disease,   persons
14    suffering  from  hemophilia,  rape victims, and premature and
15    high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and for  grants
16    for  supplemental  food  supplies  provided  under the United
17    States Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and  Children
18    Nutrition  Program, for any fiscal year without regard to the
19    fact that the services being compensated for by such  payment
20    may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year.
21        (d)  The  Department  of Public Health and the Department
22    of Human Services (acting as successor to the  Department  of
23    Public  Health  under  the  Department of Human Services Act)
24    shall each annually submit to the State  Comptroller,  Senate
25    President,  Senate  Minority  Leader,  Speaker  of the House,
26    House  Minority  Leader,  and  the  respective  Chairmen  and
27    Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations  Committees  of  the
28    Senate  and  the House, on or before December 31, a report of
29    fiscal year funds used to pay for services  provided  in  any
30    prior  fiscal year.  This report shall document by program or
31    service category those expenditures from  the  most  recently
32    completed  fiscal  year  used to pay for services provided in
33    prior fiscal years.
34        (e)  The Department of Public Aid and the  Department  of
 
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 1    Human  Services  (acting  as  successor  to the Department of
 2    Public  Aid)  shall  each  annually  submit  to   the   State
 3    Comptroller,   Senate   President,  Senate  Minority  Leader,
 4    Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader,  the  respective
 5    Chairmen   and   Minority  Spokesmen  of  the  Appropriations
 6    Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before November
 7    30, a report  that  shall  document  by  program  or  service
 8    category  those expenditures from the most recently completed
 9    fiscal year used to pay for (i) services  provided  in  prior
10    fiscal years and (ii) services for which claims were received
11    in prior fiscal years.
12        (f)  The  Department  of  Human Services (as successor to
13    the Department of Public Aid) shall annually  submit  to  the
14    State  Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader,
15    Speaker  of  the  House,  House  Minority  Leader,  and   the
16    respective   Chairmen   and   Minority   Spokesmen   of   the
17    Appropriations  Committees of the Senate and the House, on or
18    before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay
19    for services (other than medical care) provided in any  prior
20    fiscal  year.   This  report  shall  document  by  program or
21    service category those expenditures from  the  most  recently
22    completed  fiscal  year  used to pay for services provided in
23    prior fiscal years.
24        (g)  In addition,  each  annual  report  required  to  be
25    submitted  by  the  Department of Public Aid under subsection
26    (e) shall include the following information with  respect  to
27    the State's Medicaid program:
28             (1)  Explanations   of   the  exact  causes  of  the
29        variance between the previous year's estimated and actual
30        liabilities.
31             (2)  Factors  affecting  the  Department  of  Public
32        Aid's liabilities, including but not limited  to  numbers
33        of  aid recipients, levels of medical service utilization
34        by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost  of  medical
 
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 2             (3)  The  results  of  the  Department's  efforts to
 3        combat fraud and abuse.
 4        (h)  As provided in Section 4  of  the  General  Assembly
 5    Compensation  Act, any utility bill for service provided to a
 6    General  Assembly  member's  district  office  for  a  period
 7    including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be  paid
 8    from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
 9    year.
10        (i)  An agency which administers a fund classified by the
11    Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
12             (1)  billing  user  agencies  in  advance  based  on
13        estimated charges for goods or services;
14             (2)  issuing  credits  during  the subsequent fiscal
15        year for all user agency  payments  received  during  the
16        prior  fiscal  year  which  were  in  excess of the final
17        amounts owed by the user agency for that period; and
18             (3)  issuing  catch-up  billings  to  user  agencies
19        during the subsequent fiscal year for  amounts  remaining
20        due  when  payments  received from the user agency during
21        the prior fiscal year were less  than  the  total  amount
22        owed for that period.
23    User  agencies  are  authorized to reimburse internal service
24    funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn  against  their
25    respective  appropriations  for  the fiscal year in which the
26    catch-up billing was issued.
27    (Source: P.A.  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;
28    89-511,   eff.  1-1-97;  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-168,  eff.
29    7-23-97.)

30        Section 900.  Severability.  The provisions of  this  Act
31    are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

32        Section 999.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 
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