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career, and professionalize the field to promote workforce |
recruitment and retention efforts, advanced skills and |
competencies, and further ensure the health, safety, and |
well-being of persons being served. |
(c) The direct support professional person credential |
pilot program is created within the Division to assist persons |
in the field of developmental disabilities in obtaining a |
credential in their fields of expertise. |
(d) The pilot program shall be administered by the |
Division for 3 years, beginning in Fiscal Year 2024. The pilot |
program shall include providers licensed and certified by the |
Division or by the Department of Public Health. The purpose of |
the pilot program is to assess how the establishment of a |
State-administered State-accredited direct support |
professional person credential: |
(1) promotes recruitment and retention efforts in the |
developmental disabilities field, notably the direct |
support professional person position; |
(2) enhances competence in the developmental |
disabilities field; |
(3) yields quality supports and services to persons |
with developmental disabilities; and |
(4) advances the health and safety requirements set |
forth by the State. |
(e) The Division or a Division partner, in administering |
the pilot program, shall consider, but not be limited to, the |
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following: |
(1) best practices learning initiatives, including the |
University of Minnesota's college of direct support and |
all Illinois Department of Human Services-approved direct |
support professional person competencies; |
(2) national direct support professional and person |
competencies or credentialing-based standards and |
trainings; |
(3) facilitating direct support professional's |
person's portfolio development; |
(4) the role and value of skill mentors; and |
(5) creating a career ladder. |
(f) The Division shall produce a report detailing the |
progress of the pilot program, including, but not limited to: |
(1) the rate of recruitment and retention for direct |
support professionals persons of providers participating |
in the pilot program compared to the rate for |
non-participating providers; |
(2) the number of direct support professional persons |
credentialed; and |
(3) the enhancement of quality supports and services |
to persons with developmental disabilities.
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(Source: P.A. 100-754, eff. 8-10-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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(20 ILCS 1705/74) |
Sec. 74. Rates and reimbursements. |
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(a) Within 30 days after July 6, 2017 (the effective date |
of Public Act 100-23), the Department shall increase rates and |
reimbursements to fund a minimum of a $0.75 per hour wage |
increase for front-line personnel, including, but not limited |
to, direct support professionals persons, aides, front-line |
supervisors, qualified intellectual disabilities |
professionals, nurses, and non-administrative support staff |
working in community-based provider organizations serving |
individuals with developmental disabilities. The Department |
shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsection |
(y) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure |
Act, to implement the provisions of this Section. |
(b) Rates and reimbursements. Within 30 days after the |
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General |
Assembly, the Department shall increase rates and |
reimbursements to fund a minimum of a $0.50 per hour wage |
increase for front-line personnel, including, but not limited |
to, direct support professionals persons, aides, front-line |
supervisors, qualified intellectual disabilities |
professionals, nurses, and non-administrative support staff |
working in community-based provider organizations serving |
individuals with developmental disabilities. The Department |
shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsection |
(bb) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure |
Act, to implement the provisions of this Section. |
(c) Rates and reimbursements. Within 30 days after the |
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General |
Assembly, subject to federal approval, the Department shall |
increase rates and reimbursements in effect on June 30, 2019 |
for community-based providers for persons with Developmental |
Disabilities by 3.5% The Department shall adopt rules, |
including emergency rules under subsection (jj) of Section |
5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to |
implement the provisions of this Section, including wage |
increases for direct care staff. |
(d) For community-based providers serving persons with |
intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal |
approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking |
effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2022, |
shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient |
to provide a $1.50 per hour wage increase for direct support |
professionals personnel in residential settings and sufficient |
to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care |
staff, excluding direct support professionals personnel, at |
the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' |
average wage as defined in rule by the Department. |
The establishment of and any changes to the rate |
methodologies for community-based services provided to persons |
with intellectual/developmental disabilities are subject to |
federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment and shall be |
defined in rule by the Department. The Department shall adopt |
rules, including emergency rules as authorized by Section 5-45 |