Bill > HB4919

Introduced Session

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring the Department on Aging to require an annual audit from all personal assistant and home care aide vendors contracting with the Department, provides that the annual audit shall assure that each audited vendor's procedures are in compliance with the Department's financial reporting guidelines requiring an 80% or higher employee wage and benefits cost split and an administrative cost split of no more than 20% (rather than an administrative and employee wage and benefits cost split as defined in administrative rules). Provides that subject to federal approval, on and after January 1, 2025, rates for homemaker services shall be increased to $32.75 to sustain a minimum wage of $20 per hour for direct service workers. Provides that rates in subsequent State fiscal years shall be no lower than $32.75 upon federal approval. Requires providers of in-home services to be required to certify to the Department that they remain in compliance with the mandated wage increase for direct service workers. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, paid time off and payment for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation, shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases. Provides that subject to federal approval, on and after January 1, 2025, the Department shall pay a rate add-on under the Community Care Program to those in-home service provider agencies that attest and document their direct service workers attend paid, quarterly, in-person training sessions to fulfill the in-service training requirements. Provides that the add-on shall be 1% of the homemaker services rate. Requires the Department to adopt rules.

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Marcus Evans (D)*,  Carol Ammons (D),  Jaime Andrade (D),  Dee Avelar (D),  Harry Benton (D),  Diane Blair-Sherlock (D),  Kam Buckner (D),  Kelly Burke (D),  Mary Beth Canty (D),  Kelly Cassidy (D),  Eva-Dina Delgado (D),  Anthony DeLuca (D),  Kimberly du Buclet (D),  Laura Faver Dias (D),  La Shawn Ford (D),  Edgar González (D),  Jehan Gordon-Booth (D),  Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar (D),  Will Guzzardi (D),  Matt Hanson (D),  Sonya Harper (D),  Barbara Hernandez (D),  Norma Hernandez (D),  Maura Hirschauer (D),  Jay Hoffman (D),  Hoan Huynh (D),  Lilian Jiménez (D),  Gregg Johnson (D),  Tracy Katz Muhl (D),  Michael Kelly (D),  Stephanie Kifowit (D),  Lindsey LaPointe (D),  Camille Lilly (D),  Theresa Mah (D),  Joyce Mason (D),  Rita Mayfield (D),  Debbie Meyers-Martin (D),  Anna Moeller (D),  Yolonda Morris (D),  Marty Moylan (D),  Michelle Mussman (D),  Suzanne Ness (D),  Kevin Olickal (D),  Aarón Ortíz (D),  Abdelnasser Rashid (D),  Bob Rita (D),  Kevin Schmidt (R),  Justin Slaughter (D),  Anne Stava-Murray (D),  Katie Stuart (D),  Nabeela Syed (D),  Curtis Tarver (D),  Maurice West (D),  Ann Williams (D), 

Session Sine Die (on 01/07/2025)

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