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IL HB3569

IL HB3569
DHFS-DHS-DIRECT SUPPORT WAGE


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Introduced
02/17/2023
In Committee
05/19/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2025

Introduced Session

103rd General Assembly

Bill Summary

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2024 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $4.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support personnel, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage. 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 January 1, 2024 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $4.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support personnel, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.

AI Summary

This bill proposes to increase the rates and reimbursements for community-based providers serving individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Specifically, it would: 1. Provide a minimum $4.00 per hour wage increase for direct support professionals and other frontline personnel in residential and community day services settings, with at least $2.00 of those funds as a direct increase to base wages. 2. Provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the federal Department of Labor's average wage as defined by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. 3. Allow the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services to adopt emergency rules to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill aims to improve the wages and working conditions for direct care staff supporting individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in community-based settings.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (30)

Last Action

Session Sine Die (on 01/07/2025)

Taxonomy

Health
  • ‐ Mental Illness, Mental Retardation, and Deinstitutionalization
  • ‐ Regulation of Doctors and Health Facilities
Labor and Employment
  • ‐ Fair Labor Standards

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