Bill Text: IL HR0587 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the Department of Central Management Services, in cooperation with the Department of Corrections, to conduct a study showing the potential cost or savings from the proposed consolidation of the information technology staff of the Department of Corrections.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0587 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0587-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Plans exist for the Department of Central | ||||||
| 3 | Management Services (CMS) to consolidate the information | ||||||
| 4 | technology (IT) staff of the Department of Corrections (IDOC); | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Current IT personnel under the Department of | ||||||
| 7 | Corrections are required to undergo background checks and drug | ||||||
| 8 | screenings to help ensure against the possibility of drugs and | ||||||
| 9 | weapons being brought to inmates; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, All IDOC IT staff are required to go through | ||||||
| 11 | IDOC's pre-service classes and annual training regarding | ||||||
| 12 | prison security; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Concerns exist as to what effect this | ||||||
| 14 | consolidation may have on IDOC security; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS,
The proposed consolidation also raises questions | ||||||
| 16 | as to what effect it would have on current IDOC personnel's | ||||||
| 17 | pensions; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, There have been multiple audit findings against | ||||||
| 19 | CMS and various other State agencies for incomplete interagency | ||||||
| 20 | agreements and inadequate billing documentation for CMS | ||||||
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| 1 | services; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
| 3 | should not attempt to shore up its budget by consolidating | ||||||
| 4 | services of agencies and then overcharging the agencies for the | ||||||
| 5 | service they provide; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | we direct the Department of Central Management Services, in | ||||||
| 9 | cooperation with the Department of Corrections, to conduct a | ||||||
| 10 | study showing the potential cost or savings from the proposed | ||||||
| 11 | consolidation; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the study shall also include any potential | ||||||
| 13 | impact on Department of Corrections personnel; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That this study must be completed by the | ||||||
| 16 | Department of Central Management Services and filed with the | ||||||
| 17 | Clerk of the House of Representatives before any consolidation | ||||||
| 18 | is initiated; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | delivered to the Director of Central Management Services and | ||||||
| 21 | the Director of the Department of Corrections.
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