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Introduced
02/06/2025
02/06/2025
In Committee
03/21/2025
03/21/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
104th General Assembly
Bill 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, 2025 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $2.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2025 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, 2025, shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $2.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2025 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.
AI Summary
This bill aims to improve wages for direct support professionals (DSPs) and other front-line personnel working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Illinois. The legislation requires the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to increase reimbursement rates for community-based providers, ensuring a minimum $2.00 per hour wage increase for front-line personnel starting July 1, 2025. The bill addresses a significant workforce challenge, noting that nearly half of direct care workers currently rely on public assistance and that low wages lead to high turnover, staff shortages, and reduced service quality. By raising wages, the bill seeks to make these critical care jobs more competitive, reduce staff burnout, and improve the stability of services for approximately 22,000 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Illinois. The wage increases are designed to bring DSP wages closer to 150% of the state minimum wage, with additional provisions to ensure that other non-executive direct care staff receive wages consistent with the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics average wage. The bill also grants emergency rulemaking authority to the relevant departments to expedite implementation of these wage increases.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
Sponsors (11)
Maurice West (D)*,
Dee Avelar (D),
Diane Blair-Sherlock (D),
Norma Hernandez (D),
Nicole La Ha (R),
Michelle Mussman (D),
Kevin Olickal (D),
Abdelnasser Rashid (D),
Anne Stava-Murray (D),
Nabeela Syed (D),
Janet Yang Rohr (D),
Last Action
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava (on 05/19/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3089&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104 |
| BillText | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB3089.htm |
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