Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish reimbursement rates which build toward livable wages for direct service personnel in residential and day programs serving individuals with developmental disabilities, including but not limited to intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled, community integrated living arrangements, developmental training programs, employment, and other residential and day programs for individuals with developmental disabilities supported by State funds or funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act. Establishes starting wages for direct service personnel. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-3)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2604 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Heather Steans [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-007	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dan Kotowski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Iris Martinez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Daniel Biss [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Julie Morrison [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Toi Hutchinson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Clayborne [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-057	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Jacobs [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Mulroe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Cunningham [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Sullivan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Steve Stadelman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kirk Dillard [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Frerichs [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Noland [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Pat McGuire [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Hastings [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William McCann [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Melinda Bush [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Delgado [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Susan Rezin [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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