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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has a responsibility to |
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| ensure that community-based services provided to individuals |
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| with developmental disabilities and mental illness are of high |
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| quality and comply with all regulations; and
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly is concerned that the |
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| reimbursement rates for community providers of services to |
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| individuals with disabilities are insufficient to adequately |
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| compensate community direct service workers; and
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| WHEREAS, The inadequacy of the reimbursement rates for |
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| community providers of services to individuals with |
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| disabilities results in a wage disparity between community |
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| disability service workers and State employees in comparable |
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| positions in State-operated facilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The inadequacy of the reimbursement rates for |
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| community providers of services to individuals with |
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| disabilities has been ongoing and unresolved for many years, |
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| and there is a need to address the issue in a comprehensive, |
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| equitable, and objective manner; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Commission on Government |
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| Forecasting and Accountability shall issue a request for |
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| proposals for an independent contractor to conduct a study to |
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| determine whether there is a disparity between (i) the wages |
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| and benefits paid to the clinical, programmatic, and |
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| direct-care employees of community-based agencies or programs |
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| that are funded by the Department of Human Services to serve |
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| individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness, |
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| or both, and (ii) the wages and benefits paid to comparable |
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| employees in State-operated facilities; and be it further
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