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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, child
17    care, and other programs that may provide a direct benefit to
18    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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