Bill Text: IL HB2833 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Contains findings concerning the Child Protection Training Academy (Academy) developed in 2015 by the Department of Children and Family Services and the Academy's innovative approach to training frontline child protection investigators using experiential learning through simulations. Provides that subject to appropriations, the Department of Children and Family Services, in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Springfield, shall continue operating the Academy. Provides that the training efforts of the Academy shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the continued development of foundation and simulation training for all child protection investigators, including those newly hired and seasoned investigators; (ii) the development of simulation training for intake and permanency workers both in the Department and at private agencies; and (iii) laboratory training facilities that may include, but not be limited to, mock houses, mock courtrooms, and mock forensic interview rooms that allow for simulated, interactive, and intensive training. Requires the Department to adopt rules, by July 1, 2020, for the administration of the Academy that not only establish statewide competence, assessment, and training standards for persons providing child welfare services, but that also ensure that persons who provide child welfare services have the knowledge, skills, professionalism, and abilities to make decisions that keep children safe and secure. Provides that the Department shall continue to arrange for an independent evaluation of the Academy for at least the first 5 years of operation to determine whether it is meeting the goals described in the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2833 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2833-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2833 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 5140/10
Amends the Task Force on Human Services Contracting Act. Provides that membership of the Task Force on State Contracting with Private Nonprofit Human Service Providers shall consist of, among other appointees, 6 (currently, 7) members appointed by the President of the Senate and 6 (currently, 7) members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Task Force on Human Services Contracting Act
is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
(20 ILCS 5140/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
Sec. 10. Task Force on State Contracting with Private
Nonprofit Human Service Providers.
(a) The Task Force on State Contracting with Private
Nonprofit Human Service Providers is created to study State
contracting with private nonprofit human service providers and
to develop recommendations on how to improve the contracting
relationship and partnership between State departments and
agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so that
they work effectively and efficiently to improve the well-being
of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall perform the following
actions:
(1) Review data provided by State departments and
agencies that contract with private nonprofit human
service providers regarding the effectiveness of the
system of service provision.
(2) Collect and review data on each of the following:

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(A) Service system planning: the means by which
State departments and agencies and private nonprofit
human service providers assess needs, identify gaps,
and establish system goals, especially the flow of
information collected by the State departments and
agencies and shared back with private nonprofit human
service providers.
(B) Contract negotiation: the process by which
State departments and agencies engage private
nonprofit human service providers to provide specific
services and achieve specific goals, especially the
adequacy of time to review and adjust.
(C) Reimbursement rate methodologies: the
processes by which State departments and agencies
establish rates, the frequency of review and
adjustment, and the adequacy of those rates to achieve
the outcomes sought by the State.
(D) Monitoring of service and administration: the
process by which State departments and agencies
evaluate performance, especially the efficiency of
data collection and review, and prevent or resolve
processes and reports that are duplicative, costly,
and wasteful of staff time and that slow the process of
permanency and contribute to unnecessary staff
turnover.
(E) Business processes: the means by which State

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departments and agencies provide approvals for
services, activities, plans and changes, especially
preventing the unnecessary delays that arise from
delayed or slowed approvals, which also slow the
process of permanency and unnecessarily add to the
stress and trauma experience of children in State care.
(F) Timely payment: the process by which State
departments and agencies make payments, including the
timeliness of payments and the opportunities for
appeal; and the court of claims process as it relates
to human service contracting.
(3) In each of the study categories described in
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2), develop
recommendations on how to improve the contracting
relationship and partnership between State departments and
agencies and private nonprofit human service providers so
that they work effectively and efficiently to improve the
well-being of Illinoisans. The Task Force shall also issue
specific recommendations on procedures that will improve
the court of claims process, as it relates to human service
contracting, to make it operate more expeditiously and
efficiently.
(b) The Task Force shall consist of persons representing
nonprofit service providers that provide direct services to the
State concerning child care and child welfare, mental health,
developmental disabilities, domestic violence, early

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intervention, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, and other
applicable nonprofit providers providing direct services at
the community level. Members of the Task Force shall be
appointed as follows:
(1) 6 7 members appointed by the President of the
Senate, one of whom shall be designated as Co-Chairperson;
(2) 6 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader;
(3) 6 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, one of whom shall be designated as
Co-Chairperson; and
(4) 6 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives.
In addition, the Director of Children and Family Services,
the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the Director of
Human Services, the Director of Human Rights, and the Director,
or his or her designee, of any other State agency that
contracts for direct human services shall each serve as an ex
officio member of the Task Force.
The Task Force shall also include at least 2, but no more
than 3, members that represent organizations or agencies that
provide research, analytics, and fiduciary analysis.
(c) The Task Force may establish a method to gather
testimony and input from individuals and organizations that are
not members of the Task Force.
(d) The Department of Human Services shall provide
administrative and other support to the Task Force.

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(e) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the
Auditor General, the General Assembly, and the Governor no
later than October 1, 2019, and a final report, along with
recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the General
Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2020.
The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the
Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk
and the Secretary shall direct.
(f) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2021.
(Source: P.A. 100-1128, eff. 11-27-18.)