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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1763 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6066 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1763 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. CASE, 63rd Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT REQUIRING A LEGISLATIVE REPORT AND |
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| 19 | 19 | | INFORMATIONAL HEARING CONCERNING THE MOST RECENT |
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| 20 | 20 | | AUDITORS' REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL |
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| 21 | 21 | | SERVICES. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | That (1) the Commissioner of Developmental Services be required to 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | submit a report to the General Assembly outlining the department's 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | efforts to address the findings contained in the report issued by the 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Auditors of Public Accounts examining the department's operations for 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022, and (2) the joint 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | matters relating to government oversight shall hold an informational 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | hearing on the commissioner's report with the goals of identifying (A) 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | what internal controls the department should implement to ensure that 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | -the department promptly performs its mortality reviews and 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | documents the reasons for any delay in such review, (B) what internal 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | controls and monitoring efforts may be implemented by the department 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | to ensure the prompt completion and adequate documentation of abuse 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and neglect investigations, (C) means by which the department may 14 Proposed Bill No. 6066 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 1763 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | better monitor its employees assigned to workers' compensation light 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | duty to ensure that such employees do not earn overtime while working 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | in a limited capacity, (D) a course of action for the department to address 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | any other shortcomings identified in the Auditors' report, and (E) the 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | extent to which the shortcomings identified in the Auditors' report were 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | caused by the negligent acts or omissions of department leadership, staff 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | or contractors. 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 51 | 51 | | To require (1) the Department of Developmental Services to submit a |
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| 52 | 52 | | report concerning the department's efforts to address the finding |
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| 53 | 53 | | contained in the most recent report by the Auditors of Public Accounts, |
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| 54 | 54 | | and (2) a legislative informational hearing to be held on such report. |
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