2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 20 Executive Branch 20 ILCS 10/ Illinois Welfare and Rehabilitation Services Planning Act.
(20 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 951)
Sec. 1.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Welfare and Rehabilitation Services Planning Act.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1035.)
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(20 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 952)
Sec. 2.
Purpose.) The Purpose of this Act is to establish a
procedure which will result in comprehensive, long‑term planning by several departments
responsible for administering and providing public welfare and rehabilitation services
in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1129.)
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(20 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 953)
Sec. 3. On or before the first Friday in April of each odd‑numbered
year, each agency listed in subsection (a) of Section 4 shall prepare and cause
to be submitted to the General Assembly a comprehensive plan providing for the
best possible use of available resources for the development of the State's
human resources and the provision of social services by the agency. In
preparing that plan, each agency shall emphasize coordination and cooperation
with other agencies listed in subsection (a) of Section 4 regarding the pursuit
of objectives it has in common with the other agencies. Each plan shall contain
the information required by Section 6 and shall be prepared and submitted in
conformity with Sections 7 through 9 of this Act. The
Governor's Office of Management and Budget, or
any other agency designated by that Office, may require that the
agency plans
required by this Act shall, before submission to the General Assembly, be
submitted to it, or such other agency designated by it. The Office or the
designated agency may review and coordinate the plans and submit them on behalf
of the agencies concerned to the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 94‑793, eff. 5‑19‑06.)
(20 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 954)
Sec. 4.
(a) Plans required by Section 3 shall be prepared by and submitted
on behalf of the following State agencies, and may be prepared and submitted
by another State Agency designated by the Governor:
(1) the Department of Children and Family Services;
(2) the Department of Public Aid;
(3) the Department of Corrections;
(4) the Department of Human Services;
(5) (blank);
(6) the Department of Aging;
(7) the Department of Public Health;
(8) the Department of Employment Security.
(b) The plans required by Section 3 of this Act shall be co‑ordinated
with the plan adopted by the Department of Human Services under Sections 48 through 52 of the Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and any plan adopted, re‑adopted or
amended by the Department of Human Services under those Sections shall be coordinated with
plans required under Section
3 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89‑507, eff. 7‑1‑97.)
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(20 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 955)
Sec. 5.
Federal Planning Requirements.
The plans required
by Section 3 shall take account of federal planning requirements
and provide for recommendations for alteration or development of
those requirements.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1035.)
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(20 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 956)
Sec. 6.
Plans required by Section 3 shall include the following:
(a) the services provided by the agency in the past year, being
provided in the current year, and to be provided during the next fiscal
year based on the budget proposed by the Governor, including the
following information with respect to such services when it is
applicable and obtainable:
(1) identification of any substate service areas established by the
agency, and the nature and amount of services to be provided in each
area;
(2) identification of the need for each service, including target
populations or categories of individuals to be served, subdivided among
service areas within the State if substate service areas have been
established;
(3) objectives for program accomplishment during the current and
next fiscal year;
(4) estimated expenditures based on the budget proposed by the
Governor for the next fiscal year with respect to each of the services
to be provided, each of the categories of individuals to whom those
services are to be provided, and a comparison of estimated expenditures
for the current fiscal year and proposed expenditures for the next
fiscal year;
(5) review and evaluation of program accomplishments, to determine
the relative effectiveness of various programs on such conditions as
crime, dependency and poverty;
(6) identification of the means by which services will be or have
been provided in the past, current and next fiscal year, including a
description of the organizational structure under which such services
will be provided, and a breakdown of costs of direct operations and
grants by services within the amount available for grants;
(7) a description of the capital development plans for the agencies
identified in Section 4(a) of this Act, including the rehabilitation or
phase‑out of any existing State‑owned facility and specific projects
proposed for the next fiscal year;
(8) a family impact statement indicating how the agency's actions have
strengthened and promoted stability within Illinois families.
(b) Information setting a prospective for the current year action,
setting forth goals and intentions, and issues and recommendations for
future action, within the two years following the next fiscal year, in
the following areas and in others deemed appropriate:
(1) projections of needs, target populations, and clientele to be
served under continuation of present programs and proposed new programs;
(2) for each service, an estimate of the percentage share of total
revenue needs to be provided by each available revenue source;
(3) realistic long‑term goals and measures of progress by which
program and service direction and effectiveness may be judged;
(4) analyses of Federal programs and legislation for their impact on
State human resources and social service delivery, including possible
changes in current programs, new programs, and other legislation;
(5) analyses of relevant Court decisions affecting the right to treatment
or service which have an impact on State human resources and social service
delivery, including possible changes in current programs, new programs,
and other legislation;
(6) a description of the most productive budgeting of State funds to
gain maximum participation by Federal and other available sources of
funds;
(7) development of new mechanisms to improve the coordination and
delivery of social services by the agency and related agencies;
(8) identification of, and development of services to meet, the
unmet needs of individuals;
(9) other management improvements, including changes in
organizational structure of the agency, to improve human resources
development and social service delivery;
(10) capital development plans of the agency, including the
rehabilitation or phase‑out of any existing State‑owned facility and a
description of the purposes for which each new State‑owned or
State‑financed facility will be used.
(Source: P.A. 83‑96.)
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(20 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 957)
Sec. 7.
(a) With respect to each annual plan required by Section
3 of this Act, each agency described in Section 4(a) shall, after
submission of the plan to the General Assembly give notice of availability
of the plan, make copies of the plan publicly available, for
reasonable inspection and copying, and provide at least 30 days for
submission of public comments.
(b) With respect to any change in the plan which is of a substantial
or statewide nature and which will become effective before submission
of the next annual plan to the General Assembly, each agency shall
file the change with the General Assembly and thereafter follow the
procedures set forth in Section 7(a) with respect to notice, availability
and public comment.
(c) Each agency shall give consideration to any comments, recommendations
or testimony received and may modify any proposed plan or
proposed change to incorporate such comments, recommendation or testimony.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1035.)
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(20 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 958)
Sec. 8.
For the purposes of Section 7 of this Act "notice"
shall mean to notify the President of the Senate, the Minority
Leader in the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leader
in the House, and the Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the standing
committees in the Senate and the House which have primary concern
for welfare and rehabilitation that the plan has been submitted to
the General Assembly and is available.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1035.)
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(20 ILCS 10/9) (from Ch. 127, par. 959)
Sec. 9.
Section 7 of this Act shall not apply to plan changes
which are required by Federal law or regulation or by State law, but
such changes shall be incorporated in the next annual plan with specific
reference to the Federal law or regulation or to the State law
requiring the change.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1035.)
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(20 ILCS 10/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 960)
Sec. 10.
Each agency shall distribute copies of the plan to
members of the public upon written request and payment of reasonable
costs.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1035.)
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(20 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 127, par. 961)
Sec. 11.
There shall be attached to the first annual plan, but not included
as a part of the plan, an appendix which shall contain the following:
(a) a list of the facilities owned and operated or constructed by the
State which are used or operated, or to be used or operated, by the agency concerned;
(b) an organizational chart or charts depicting the current and future
administrative and functional structure of the agency concerned; and
(c) a list or index of the State statutory provisions which delineate
the powers and duties of the agency concerned.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1035.)
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(20 ILCS 10/12) (from Ch. 127, par. 962)
Sec. 12.
Section 11 of this Act shall be automatically
repealed on the day following the initial submission of agency plans
required under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1035.)
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