VIII. Billing Instructions

A. General Billing Instructions

The Department will provide the billing procedures and forms and reporting requirements. Interest earned from grant funds held in an interest-bearing account must be reported at least quarterly along with the monthly billing/report.

Services rendered are accounted for through the submittal of monthly reports and billings. The Department will provide billing forms and instructions. Billings must be received from the Provider no later than the 10th day of the month following the month of service. Billings must be in the format specified by the Department. Billings received without proper documentation will be returned to the Provider for resubmittal. There will be no exceptions.

1. Final billings must be received by the 10th day of the month following the end of the Agreement period.
2. The Provider must certify that all claims are accurate, complete and fully supported through case file documentation. Failure to submit timely billings in accordance with instructions will affect reimbursement of funds and the performance rating for future contracts.
3. During program monitoring, the absence of support documentation in case files may result in disallowances.
4. All monthly billing summaries should be accompanied by supporting documentation until told otherwise by the Billing Manager.
   1. Administration Billing Package should also include 4333, 4334, and or 2151a.
   2. Supportive Services Package should also include all receipts, log, reason for issuance, how much and signed by customers.
   3. Placement Billing Package should also include check stubs.
5.   In the event there are no billables during a given month, the Provider must report no billable services on their monthly billing form.
6. Audit/Monitoring Corrections should be handled in the same manner as a regular billing package with "Audit Correction" or "Monitoring Correction" indicated. Auditing/Monitoring corrections to disallow expenses may result in a negative or zero amount. The Billing Summary Pages(s) should provide all the details along with the related findings. For back up documentation, include the findings and corrective action page(s) from the audit or monitoring report.
7. Billings submitted by the Provider for services rendered in months other than the current month's services are referred to as addendum billings. An addendum billing follows the same rules and instructions as a regular billing package with the added instruction to indicate "ADDENDUM BILLING."
8. A Billing Acknowledgment Letter will be sent to the Provider each month after the Billing Section processes a bill. This letter will inform the Provider if any adjustments were made to their billing, an explanation of why the billing was adjusted, how much of the billing was approved and whether the billing was worked off against the Provider's advance balance or if the billing was processed for payment.
9. The Provider agrees that the pre-signing and post-dating of any forms used for verification of program services for payment is expressly prohibited.
10. The Department is not liable for costs incurred by the Provider when units of service exceed the total funds stated in this Agreement.
11. The Department reserves the right to correct or return to the Provider for correction, any documents with mathematical or computational errors in payment subtotals or total contractual obligation.
12. SNAP E&T and Job Placement with Providers will only receive an Advance if the Provider requests an exception and is able to work-off the advance the following month.  (The Provider must have a written plan for exception requests.)
13. SNAP E&T and Job Placement with Retention Providers are expected to have billed and earned 50% of their Administrative and Placement with Retention payments awarded by the December 2019 bill, due on January 10, 2020. If not, the Agreement may be deobligated by the amount not earned.
14. SAP E&T and Job Placement with Retention Providers will receive a 1/12th administrative payment in July 2019. Providers are expected to be serving and maintaining 100% of the contracted number of customers to be served each month and have them engaged in countable SNAP activities.

B. Billing Packages Submittal Address

Illinois Department of Human Services
Bureau of Workforce Development 
Employment and Training Resource Development Services
401 South Clinton, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607

C. Technical Assistance

Technical assistance will be provided upon request.