Date	Chamber	Action
3/10/2023	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new

20 ILCS 1705/55.5 new

20 ILCS 1705/74

305 ILCS 5/5-5.4

from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.4

305 ILCS 5/5-5.4i

Synopsis As Introduced
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, 2023 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $4.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2023 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 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, 2023, shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $4.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2023 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 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.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/8/2023	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva
2/8/2023	Senate	First Reading
2/8/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/14/2023	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations - Health and Human Services
3/10/2023	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/25/2023	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
4/26/2023	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
4/28/2023	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
5/11/2023	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

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