These are agreements between the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Governors Office of Management and Budget, Mattie Hunter, Vice-Chairperson of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Dale Righter, Republican Spokesperson of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Rosemary Mulligan, the Republican Spokesperson for the House Special Committee on Fee-For-Service Initiatives and Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson of the House Special Committee on Fee-For-Service Initiatives to transition from a grant-based payment structure to a fee-for-service payment methodology for community-based alcohol and substance abuse treatment, services for people with developmental disabilities, and to make a smooth transition to the SASS system. Also, the Department of Human Services agreed to initiate a pilot project aimed at the improvement of delivery of community-based services by increasing the use of the competitive selection process by an aggregate contractual value of $64,000,000, and committed to prompt payment for services. Beginning with State Fiscal Year 2005, the first $95,000,000 received by the Department shall be deposited 26.3% into the General Revenue Fund and 73.7% into the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund. Amounts received in excess of $95,000,000 in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 shall be deposited 50% into the General Revenue Fund and 50% into the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund. No reserve will be imposed upon Mental Health community providers by the Governors Office of Management and Budget. The State Comptroller, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Aid, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Public Health and the Department on Aging agreed to identify cases of service provider hardship and give priority to paying those providers.
The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed overview of pre-trial detention screening practices in Illinois. Such an overview may serve as a prelude to more evaluative work examining the use of scorable detention screening instruments. For example, the report may provide information that can assist in developing a study that examines the impact of using a scorable detention screening instrument.
Effective January 1, 2004, people with qualifying arrests and convictions may petition the court of their sentencing county for an expungement or a sealing of their records (Criminal Identification Act, 20 ILCS 2630/5). This brochure explains how to find out who is eligiable and who to contact.