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    AN ACT in relation to State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:



 
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    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
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by adding Section 5.35 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 505/5.35  new)
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    Sec. 5.35. Residential services; rates.
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    (a)      In this Section, "residential services" means child 
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care institution care, group home care, independent living 
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services, and transitional living services that are licensed 
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and purchased by the Department on behalf of children under the 
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age of 22 years who are served by the Department and who need 
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24-hour residential care due to emotional and behavior problems 
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or severe mental illness and that are services for which the 
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Department has rate-setting authority.
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    For the purposes of this Section, "residential services" 
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does not include (i) residential alcohol and other drug abuse 
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treatment services or (ii) programs serving children primarily 
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referred because of a developmental disability or mental health 
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needs.
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    (b)      The Department shall work with representatives of 
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residential services providers with which the Department 
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contracts for residential services and with representatives of 
 


 






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other State agencies that purchase comparable residential 
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services from agencies for which the Department has 
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rate-setting authority to develop a performance-based model 
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for these residential services. Other State agencies shall 
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include, but not be limited to, the Department of Human 
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Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Illinois 
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State Board of Education. The rate paid by the other State 
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agencies for comparable residential services shall not be less 
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than the performance-based rates set by the Department.
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    (c)      The performance-based model to be developed shall 
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include required program components and a rate-setting 
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methodology that incorporates the reasonable costs of the 
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required program components, subject to the provisions and 
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limitations prescribed in 89 Illinois Administrative Code, 
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Chapter III, Subchapter c, Part 356, Rate-setting.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2009.