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SB 3320

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Summary

SB 3320, “DHFS-INSPECTOR GENERAL”, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 3, 2026 by Sen. Lakesia Collins (D). It was referred to Assignments, and last saw action on Apr 17, 2026: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments.

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3320
Introduced 2/3/2026, by Sen. Lakesia Collins
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-13.1
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Inspector General to, at the request of the Secretary of Early Childhood, exercise one or more specified statutory powers as if those powers related to the Department of Early Childhood. Requires the Inspector General to report his or her findings to the Secretary of Early Childhood.
LRB104 19581 KTG 33029 b
A BILL FOR
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    AN ACT concerning public aid.
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 12-13.1 as follows:
    (305 ILCS 5/12-13.1)
    Sec. 12-13.1. Inspector General.
    (a) The Governor shall appoint, and the Senate shall
confirm, an Inspector General who shall function within the
Illinois Department of Public Aid (now Healthcare and Family
Services) and report to the Governor. The term of the
Inspector General shall expire on the third Monday of January,
1997 and every 4 years thereafter.
    (b) In order to prevent, detect, and eliminate fraud,
waste, abuse, mismanagement, and misconduct, the Inspector
General shall oversee the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services' and the Department on Aging's integrity functions,
which include, but are not limited to, the following:
        (1) Investigation of misconduct by employees, vendors,
    contractors and medical providers, except for allegations
    of violations of the State Officials and Employees Ethics
    Act which shall be referred to the Office of the
    Governor's Executive Inspector General for investigation.
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        (2) Prepayment and post-payment audits of medical
    providers related to ensuring that appropriate payments
    are made for services rendered and to the prevention and
    recovery of overpayments.
        (3) Monitoring of quality assurance programs
    administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family
    Services and the Community Care Program administered by
    the Department on Aging.
        (4) Quality control measurements of the programs
    administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family
    Services and the Community Care Program administered by
    the Department on Aging.
        (5) Investigations of fraud or intentional program
    violations committed by clients of the Department of
    Healthcare and Family Services and the Community Care
    Program administered by the Department on Aging.
        (6) Actions initiated against contractors, vendors, or
    medical providers for any of the following reasons:
            (A) Violations of the medical assistance program
        and the Community Care Program administered by the
        Department on Aging.
            (B) Sanctions against providers brought in
        conjunction with the Department of Public Health or
        the Department of Human Services (as successor to the
        Department of Mental Health and Developmental
        Disabilities).
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            (C) Recoveries of assessments against hospitals
        and long-term care facilities.
            (D) Sanctions mandated by the United States
        Department of Health and Human Services against
        medical providers.
            (E) Violations of contracts related to any
        programs administered by the Department of Healthcare
        and Family Services and the Community Care Program
        administered by the Department on Aging.
        (7) Representation of the Department of Healthcare and
    Family Services at hearings with the Illinois Department
    of Financial and Professional Regulation in actions taken
    against professional licenses held by persons who are in
    violation of orders for child support payments.
    (b-5) At the request of the Secretary of Human Services or 
the Secretary of Early Childhood, the Inspector General shall,
in relation to any function performed by the Department of
Human Services as successor to the Department of Public Aid,
exercise one or more of the powers provided under this Section
as if those powers related to the Department of Human Services
or the Department of Early Childhood; in such matters, the
Inspector General shall report his or her findings to the
Secretary of Human Services or the Secretary of Early 
Childhood, respectively.
    (c) Notwithstanding, and in addition to, any other
provision of law, the Inspector General shall have access to
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all information, personnel and facilities of the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human
Services (as successor to the Department of Public Aid), their
employees, vendors, contractors and medical providers and any
federal, State or local governmental agency that are necessary
to perform the duties of the Office as directly related to
public assistance programs administered by those departments.
No medical provider shall be compelled, however, to provide
individual medical records of patients who are not clients of
the programs administered by the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services. State and local governmental agencies are
authorized and directed to provide the requested information,
assistance or cooperation.
    For purposes of enhanced program integrity functions and
oversight, and to the extent consistent with applicable
information and privacy, security, and disclosure laws, State
agencies and departments shall provide the Office of Inspector
General access to confidential and other information and data,
and the Inspector General is authorized to enter into
agreements with appropriate federal agencies and departments
to secure similar data. This includes, but is not limited to,
information pertaining to: licensure; certification; earnings;
immigration status; citizenship; wage reporting; unearned and
earned income; pension income; employment; supplemental
security income; social security numbers; National Provider
Identifier (NPI) numbers; the National Practitioner Data Bank
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(NPDB); program and agency exclusions; taxpayer identification
numbers; tax delinquency; corporate information; and death
records.
    The Inspector General shall enter into agreements with
State agencies and departments, and is authorized to enter
into agreements with federal agencies and departments, under
which such agencies and departments shall share data necessary
for medical assistance program integrity functions and
oversight. The Inspector General shall enter into agreements
with State agencies and departments, and is authorized to
enter into agreements with federal agencies and departments,
under which such agencies shall share data necessary for
recipient and vendor screening, review, and investigation,
including but not limited to vendor payment and recipient
eligibility verification. The Inspector General shall develop,
in cooperation with other State and federal agencies and
departments, and in compliance with applicable federal laws
and regulations, appropriate and effective methods to share
such data. The Inspector General shall enter into agreements
with State agencies and departments, and is authorized to
enter into agreements with federal agencies and departments,
including, but not limited to: the Secretary of State; the
Department of Revenue; the Department of Public Health; the
Department of Human Services; and the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation.
    The Inspector General shall have the authority to deny
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payment, prevent overpayments, and recover overpayments.
    The Inspector General shall have the authority to deny or
suspend payment to, and deny, terminate, or suspend the
eligibility of, any vendor who fails to grant the Inspector
General timely access to full and complete records, including
records of recipients under the medical assistance program for
the most recent 6 years, in accordance with Section 140.28 of
Title 89 of the Illinois Administrative Code, and other
information for the purpose of audits, investigations, or
other program integrity functions, after reasonable written
request by the Inspector General.
    (d) The Inspector General shall serve as the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services' primary liaison with law
enforcement, investigatory and prosecutorial agencies,
including but not limited to the following:
        (1) The Department of State Police.
        (2) The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other
    federal law enforcement agencies.
        (3) The various Inspectors General of federal agencies
    overseeing the programs administered by the Department of
    Healthcare and Family Services.
        (4) The various Inspectors General of any other State
    agencies with responsibilities for portions of programs
    primarily administered by the Department of Healthcare and
    Family Services.
        (5) The Offices of the several United States Attorneys
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    in Illinois.
        (6) The several State's Attorneys.
        (7) The offices of the Centers for Medicare and
    Medicaid Services that administer the Medicare and
    Medicaid integrity programs.
    The Inspector General shall meet on a regular basis with
these entities to share information regarding possible
misconduct by any persons or entities involved with the public
aid programs administered by the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services.
    (e) All investigations conducted by the Inspector General
shall be conducted in a manner that ensures the preservation
of evidence for use in criminal prosecutions. If the Inspector
General determines that a possible criminal act relating to
fraud in the provision or administration of the medical
assistance program has been committed, the Inspector General
shall immediately notify the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. If
the Inspector General determines that a possible criminal act
has been committed within the jurisdiction of the Office, the
Inspector General may request the special expertise of the
Department of State Police. The Inspector General may present
for prosecution the findings of any criminal investigation to
the Office of the Attorney General, the Offices of the several
United States Attorneys in Illinois or the several State's
Attorneys.
    (f) To carry out his or her duties as described in this
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Section, the Inspector General and his or her designees shall
have the power to compel by subpoena the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and the production of books, electronic
records and papers as directly related to public assistance
programs administered by the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services or the Department of Human Services (as
successor to the Department of Public Aid). No medical
provider shall be compelled, however, to provide individual
medical records of patients who are not clients of the Medical
Assistance Program.
    (g) The Inspector General shall report all convictions,
terminations, and suspensions taken against vendors,
contractors and medical providers to the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services and to any agency responsible
for licensing or regulating those persons or entities.
    (h) The Inspector General shall make annual reports,
findings, and recommendations regarding the Office's
investigations into reports of fraud, waste, abuse,
mismanagement, or misconduct relating to any programs
administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services or the Department of Human Services (as successor to
the Department of Public Aid) to the General Assembly and the
Governor. These reports shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information:
        (1) Aggregate provider billing and payment
    information, including the number of providers at various
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    Medicaid earning levels.
        (2) The number of audits of the medical assistance
    program and the dollar savings resulting from those
    audits.
        (3) The number of prescriptions rejected annually
    under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services'
    Refill Too Soon program and the dollar savings resulting
    from that program.
        (4) Provider sanctions, in the aggregate, including
    terminations and suspensions.
        (5) A detailed summary of the investigations
    undertaken in the previous fiscal year. These summaries
    shall comply with all laws and rules regarding maintaining
    confidentiality in the public aid programs.
    (i) Nothing in this Section shall limit investigations by
the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the
Department of Human Services that may otherwise be required by
law or that may be necessary in their capacity as the central
administrative authorities responsible for administration of
their agency's programs in this State.
    (j) The Inspector General may issue shields or other
distinctive identification to his or her employees not
exercising the powers of a peace officer if the Inspector
General determines that a shield or distinctive identification
is needed by an employee to carry out his or her
responsibilities.
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(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 98-8, eff. 5-3-13.)

Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Inspector General to, at the request of the Secretary of Early Childhood, exercise one or more specified statutory powers as if those powers related to the Department of Early Childhood. Requires the Inspector General to report his or her findings to the Secretary of Early Childhood.

Sponsors

Sen. Lakesia Collins (D) sponsors SB 3320 alone.

Lakesia Collins

Sen. · D–5 · Sponsor

Committees

SB 3320 went before 2 committees: Assignments and Education.

Assignments
Assignments
Referred to · Feb 3, 2026
Education
Education
Referred to · Feb 17, 2026

History

SB 3320 has taken 9 actions since Feb 3, 2026, the latest on Apr 17, 2026.

ChamberAction
Apr 17, 2026
Senate
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Feb 25, 2026
Senate
Second Reading
Feb 25, 2026
Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 26, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
Senate
Do Pass Education; 012-000-000
Feb 24, 2026
Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2026

Votes

SB 3320 went to 1 roll call in the Senate, the latest on Feb 24, 2026 at 12–0.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
Feb 24, 2026
Senate
Senate Education Committee
12
0

Source: ilga.gov · legiscan.com