IL HB4962 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-31 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and service coordination agencies serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after July 1, 2024 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $3.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2024 for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage as defined, by rule, by the Department. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after July 1, 2024, shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $3.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2024 for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage as defined, by rule, by the Department. Requires the same increase for front-line personnel employed at community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.

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Title

DHFS-DHS-DIRECT SUPPORT WAGE

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-05-31HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-05-26HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 31, 2024
2024-05-24HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 27, 2024
2024-05-15HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2024-05-15HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
2024-05-15HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2024-05-15HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2024-05-15HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
2024-05-15HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2024-05-15HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
2024-05-15HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2024-05-09HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2024-04-05HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 24, 2024
2024-03-06HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
2024-02-28HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
2024-02-07HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2024-02-07HouseFirst Reading
2024-02-07HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
20170555.5New CodeSee Bill Text
20170574Amended CodeCitation Text
30555-5.4Amended CodeCitation Text
30555-5.4iAmended CodeCitation Text
51005-45.55New CodeSee Bill Text

Illinois State Sources


Bill Comments

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