Bill Text: IL HB3288 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2023, and for every State fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Children and Family Services shall implement the reimbursement methodology outlined in a specified provision of the Illinois Administrative Code when calculating and determining the payment reimbursements for community-based agencies that contract with the Department to provide specified services, including, but not limited to: (i) residential services; (ii) specialized, adolescent, treatment, or other non-traditional or Home-of-Relative foster care services; (iii) intact family services; and (iv) teen parenting services. Provides that the payment reimbursement calculated and determined, as provided in the amendatory Act, shall be subject to appropriation. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3288 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3288-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB3288 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 505/5g new
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2023, and for every State fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Children and Family Services shall implement the reimbursement methodology outlined in a specified provision of the Illinois Administrative Code when calculating and determining the payment reimbursements for community-based agencies that contract with the Department to provide specified services, including, but not limited to: (i) residential services; (ii) specialized, adolescent, treatment, or other non-traditional or Home-of-Relative foster care services; (iii) intact family services; and (iv) teen parenting services. Provides that the payment reimbursement calculated and determined, as provided in the amendatory Act, shall be subject to appropriation. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services'
stated mission is to protect children who are reported to be
abused or neglected and to increase their families' capacity
to safely care for them; provide for the well-being of
children in their care; provide appropriate, permanent
families as quickly as possible for those children who cannot
safely return home; support early intervention and child abuse
prevention activities and work in partnerships with
communities to fulfill this mission; and
WHEREAS, Community-based agencies provide care and
services for more than 80% of children involved with the child
welfare system on behalf of the State of Illinois, which has a
moral, legal, and financial responsibility to provide them
with the best possible care; and
WHEREAS, Community-based agencies serve populations of
children, youth, and families of color which are
disproportionately represented in the child welfare system;
and
WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services
contracts with community-based agencies to provide services
for, but not limited to, children and youth in foster care,
intact families, and congregate care settings, at an

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established fixed reimbursement methodology which should
include all costs associated with the delivery of those
services; and
WHEREAS, Providers of residential services,
non-traditional or Home-of-Relative foster care services,
intact family services, and teen parenting services are
crucial in supporting children and families, especially those
who face greater challenges due to structural racism,
pervasive poverty, and trauma exposure; and
WHEREAS, If such providers and their programs are
inadequately reimbursed, it can lead to the most vulnerable
children and families in society being left without connection
to necessary services; and
WHEREAS, The community-based agencies that provide these
vital services continually face rising operational and
personnel expenditures such as competitive employee wages,
increasing insurance premiums, employee benefits, occupancy,
utilities, and training and travel expenditures, yet the
reimbursements provided to the community-based agencies are
not adjusted for these costs-of-doing-business expenses; and
WHEREAS, Community-based agencies employ a diverse
workforce, a significant proportion of which identify as Black

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and Latinx; and
WHEREAS, It is the obligation of the General Assembly to
promote the health, safety, and well-being of children, youth,
and families in the care of the Department of Children and
Family Services; and
WHEREAS, Investing in community-based agencies will help
the General Assembly meet its obligation and improve outcomes
for all families to reach their full potential and to ensure a
stronger and more equitable future for the children, youth,
and families in the care of the Department of Children and
Family Services; and
WHEREAS, It is imperative that the General Assembly
establish a standardized annual process that includes
adjustments for the cost of doing business, as measured by the
Consumer Price Index, and for evaluating and setting the
reimbursement for required child welfare services to ensure
sufficient resources to obtain the appropriate outcomes for
children, youth, and families involved in the Illinois child
welfare system; therefore
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
by adding Section 5g as follows:
(20 ILCS 505/5g new)
Sec. 5g. Payment for reimbursable services.
(a) As used in this Section, "consumer price index" means
the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor that measures the consumer
price index of all items less medical care in Midwest urban
areas, for all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted.
(b) Beginning in State Fiscal Year 2023, and for every
State fiscal year thereafter, the Department shall implement
the reimbursement methodology outlined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code
356.50(f) when calculating and determining the payment
reimbursements for community-based agencies that contract with
the Department to provide any of the services enumerated in 89
Ill. Adm. Code 356.50(f) and in paragraph (1) of this
subsection. Payment reimbursements calculated and determined
as provided in this Section shall include an amount equal to
any increase in the general inflation as determined by the
consumer price index. The contractual and grant services under
this Section to which the reimbursement methodology shall
apply include the following:
(1) Residential services, including child care
institution, group home care, independent living services,

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and transitional living services.
(2) Specialized, adolescent, treatment, or other
non-traditional or Home-of-Relative foster care.
(3) Traditional or Home-of-Relative foster care.
(4) Intact Family Services.
(5) Teen Parenting Services.
(c) The payment reimbursements calculated and determined
as provided in this Section shall be subject to appropriation.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.