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Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 11/28/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 580
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 580, AS AMENDED, by |
| 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
| 4 | | following:
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| 5 | | "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 6 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 7 | | 55.5 as follows:
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| 8 | | (20 ILCS 1705/55.5 new) |
| 9 | | Sec. 55.5. Increased wages for front line personnel.
The |
| 10 | | Department shall establish reimbursement rates which build |
| 11 | | toward livable wages for front line personnel in residential |
| 12 | | and day programs serving persons with intellectual and |
| 13 | | developmental disabilities under Section 54 of this Act, |
| 14 | | including, but not limited to, intermediate care facilities for |
| 15 | | persons with developmental disabilities, community-integrated |
| 16 | | living arrangements, developmental training programs, |
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| 1 | | employment, and other residential and day programs for persons |
| 2 | | with intellectual and developmental disabilities supported by |
| 3 | | State funds or funding under Title XIX of the federal Social |
| 4 | | Security Act. |
| 5 | | As used in this Section, "front line personnel" means |
| 6 | | direct support persons, aides, front-line supervisors, |
| 7 | | qualified intellectual disabilities professionals, nurses, and |
| 8 | | non-administrative support staff working in service settings |
| 9 | | outlined in this Section. The Department shall increase rates |
| 10 | | and reimbursements so that direct support persons earn a base |
| 11 | | wage of not less than $15 per hour and so that other front line |
| 12 | | personnel earn a commensurate wage.
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| 13 | | Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 14 | | adding Section 5-5.4i as follows:
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| 15 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4i new) |
| 16 | | Sec. 5-5.4i. Increased wages for front line personnel. As |
| 17 | | used in this Section, "front line personnel" means direct |
| 18 | | support persons, aides, front-line supervisors, qualified |
| 19 | | intellectual disabilities professionals, nurses, and |
| 20 | | non-administrative support staff working in service settings |
| 21 | | outlined in this Section. |
| 22 | | Under Section 55.5 of the Mental Health and Developmental |
| 23 | | Disabilities Administrative Act, the payment rate for all |
| 24 | | facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under |
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| 1 | | the ID/DD Community Care Act as intermediate care for the |
| 2 | | developmentally disabled facilities and under the MC/DD Act as |
| 3 | | medically complex for the developmentally disabled facilities |
| 4 | | shall be increased to fund rates and reimbursements so that |
| 5 | | direct support persons earn a base wage of not less than $15 |
| 6 | | per hour and so that other front line personnel earn a |
| 7 | | commensurate wage.
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| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 9 | | becoming law.".
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