Bill Text: IL SB3203 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Provides that the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention shall be composed of at least 20 but not more than 35 (rather than 30) members. Provides that the Council shall include: one member who is a representative of the Child Care Assistance Program; and one member who is a representative of the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program authorized under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. In a provision permitting the Department of Human Services to enter into contracts for some or all of its responsibilities under the Act, removes language requiring such contracts to be subject to a request for proposals as described in the Illinois Procurement Code and to be posted on the early intervention website maintained by the Department during the entire bid period. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3203 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3203-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3203 Introduced 2/10/2020, by Sen. David Koehler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
325 ILCS 20/4 from Ch. 23, par. 4154
325 ILCS 20/13.32
Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Provides that the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention shall be composed of at least 20 but not more than 35 (rather than 30) members. Provides that the Council shall include: one member who is a representative of the Child Care Assistance Program; and one member who is a representative of the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program authorized under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. In a provision permitting the Department of Human Services to enter into contracts for some or all of its responsibilities under the Act, removes language requiring such contracts to be subject to a request for proposals as described in the Illinois Procurement Code and to be posted on the early intervention website maintained by the Department during the entire bid period. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning children.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is
amended by changing Sections 4 and 13.32 as follows:
(325 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 4154)
Sec. 4. Illinois Interagency Council on Early
Intervention.
(a) There is established the Illinois Interagency Council
on Early Intervention. The Council shall be composed of at
least 20 but not more than 35 30 members. The members of the
Council and the designated chairperson of the Council shall be
appointed by the Governor. The Council member representing the
lead agency may not serve as chairperson of the Council. The
Council shall be composed of the following members:
(1) The Secretary of Human Services (or his or her
designee) and 2 additional representatives of the
Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary,
plus the Directors (or their designees) of the following
State agencies involved in the provision of or payment for
early intervention services to eligible infants and
toddlers and their families:
(A) Department of Insurance; and

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(B) Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
(2) Other members as follows:
(A) At least 20% of the members of the Council
shall be parents, including minority parents, of
infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with
disabilities aged 12 or younger, with knowledge of, or
experience with, programs for infants and toddlers
with disabilities. At least one such member shall be a
parent of an infant or toddler with a disability or a
child with a disability aged 6 or younger;
(B) At least 20% of the members of the Council
shall be public or private providers of early
intervention services;
(C) One member shall be a representative of the
General Assembly;
(D) One member shall be involved in the preparation
of professional personnel to serve infants and
toddlers similar to those eligible for services under
this Act;
(E) Two members shall be from advocacy
organizations with expertise in improving health,
development, and educational outcomes for infants and
toddlers with disabilities;
(F) One member shall be a Child and Family
Connections manager from a rural district;
(G) One member shall be a Child and Family

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Connections manager from an urban district;
(H) One member shall be the co-chair of the
Illinois Early Learning Council (or his or her
designee); and
(I) One member shall be a representative of the
Child Care Assistance Program;
(J) One member shall be a representative of the
Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program
authorized under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act; and
(K) (I) Members representing the following
agencies or entities: the State Board of Education; the
Department of Public Health; the Department of
Children and Family Services; the University of
Illinois Division of Specialized Care for Children;
the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities;
Head Start or Early Head Start; and the Department of
Human Services' Division of Mental Health. A member may
represent one or more of the listed agencies or
entities.
The Council shall meet at least quarterly and in such
places as it deems necessary. Terms of the initial members
appointed under paragraph (2) shall be determined by lot at the
first Council meeting as follows: of the persons appointed
under subparagraphs (A) and (B), one-third shall serve one year
terms, one-third shall serve 2 year terms, and one-third shall

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serve 3 year terms; and of the persons appointed under
subparagraphs (C) and (D), one shall serve a 2 year term and
one shall serve a 3 year term. Thereafter, successors appointed
under paragraph (2) shall serve 3 year terms. Once appointed,
members shall continue to serve until their successors are
appointed. No member shall be appointed to serve more than 2
consecutive terms.
Council members shall serve without compensation but shall
be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in the performance
of their duties, including costs related to child care, and
parents may be paid a stipend in accordance with applicable
requirements.
The Council shall prepare and approve a budget using funds
appropriated for the purpose to hire staff, and obtain the
services of such professional, technical, and clerical
personnel as may be necessary to carry out its functions under
this Act. This funding support and staff shall be directed by
the lead agency.
(b) The Council shall:
(1) advise and assist the lead agency in the
performance of its responsibilities including but not
limited to the identification of sources of fiscal and
other support services for early intervention programs,
and the promotion of interagency agreements which assign
financial responsibility to the appropriate agencies;
(2) advise and assist the lead agency in the

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preparation of applications and amendments to
applications;
(3) review and advise on relevant regulations and
standards proposed by the related State agencies;
(4) advise and assist the lead agency in the
development, implementation and evaluation of the
comprehensive early intervention services system;
(4.5) coordinate and collaborate with State
interagency early learning initiatives, as appropriate;
and
(5) prepare and submit an annual report to the Governor
and to the General Assembly on the status of early
intervention programs for eligible infants and toddlers
and their families in Illinois. The annual report shall
include (i) the estimated number of eligible infants and
toddlers in this State, (ii) the number of eligible infants
and toddlers who have received services under this Act and
the cost of providing those services, and (iii) the
estimated cost of providing services under this Act to all
eligible infants and toddlers in this State. The report
shall be posted by the lead agency on the early
intervention website as required under paragraph (f) of
Section 5 of this Act.
No member of the Council shall cast a vote on or
participate substantially in any matter which would provide a
direct financial benefit to that member or otherwise give the

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appearance of a conflict of interest under State law. All
provisions and reporting requirements of the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act shall apply to Council members.
(Source: P.A. 97-902, eff. 8-6-12; 98-41, eff. 6-28-13.)
(325 ILCS 20/13.32)
Sec. 13.32. Contracting. The lead agency may enter into
contracts for some or all of its responsibilities under this
Act, including but not limited to, credentialing and enrolling
providers; training under Section 13.30; maintaining a central
billing office; data collection and analysis; establishing and
maintaining a computerized case management system accessible
to local referral offices and providers; creating and
maintaining a system for provider credentialing and
enrollment; creating and maintaining the central directory
required under subsection (g) of Section 7 of this Act; and
program operations. If contracted, the contract shall be
subject to a public request for proposals as described in the
Illinois Procurement Code, notwithstanding any exemptions or
alternative processes that may be allowed for such a contract
under that Code, and, in addition to the posting requirements
under that Code, shall be posted on the early intervention
website maintained by the lead agency during the entire bid
period. With the exception of contracts with or grants to
regional intake entities, any of these listed responsibilities
currently under contract or grant that have not met these

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requirements shall be subject to public bid under this request
for proposal process no later than July 1, 2002 or the date of
termination of any contract in place. Contracts with or grants
to regional intake entities must be made subject to public bid
under a request for proposals process no later than July 1,
2005.
(Source: P.A. 92-307, eff. 8-9-01; 93-147, eff. 1-1-04.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.