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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, to file an amendment to the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities that shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide for a wage rate of 150% of the statewide, regional, or local minimum wage for services delivered on or after January 1, 2026, for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings. Provides that for services delivered on or after January 1, 2026, the rates shall include adjustments to employment-related expenses as defined by rule by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the rate increases. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to submit a Title XIX State Plan amendment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide for a wage rate of 150% of the statewide, regional, or local minimum wage for services delivered on or after January 1, 2026, for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel at ID/DD and MC/DD facilities. Provides that the State Plan amendment shall provide wage increases for all residential non-executive direct care staff. Effective immediately.
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
Last Action
Apr 22, 2025
Session
IL 104th
Sponsors
1 primary · 14 co
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse