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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Sections 4.4 and 74 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 1705/4.4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 4.4. Direct support professional person credential | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | pilot program. | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) In this Section, "direct support person credential" | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | means a document issued to an individual by a recognized | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | accrediting body attesting that the individual has met the | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | professional requirements of the credentialing program by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Human Services. | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (b) The Division or a Division partner shall initiate a | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | program to continue to gain the expertise and knowledge of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | developmental disabilities workforce and of the developmental | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | disabilities workforce recruitment and retention needs | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | throughout the developmental disabilities field. The Division | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall implement a direct support professional person | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | credential pilot program to assist and attract persons into | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the field of direct support, advance direct support as a |
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1 | career, and professionalize the field to promote workforce | ||||||
2 | recruitment and retention efforts, advanced skills and | ||||||
3 | competencies, and further ensure the health, safety, and | ||||||
4 | well-being of persons being served. | ||||||
5 | (c) The direct support professional person credential | ||||||
6 | pilot program is created within the Division to assist persons | ||||||
7 | in the field of developmental disabilities in obtaining a | ||||||
8 | credential in their fields of expertise. | ||||||
9 | (d) The pilot program shall be administered by the | ||||||
10 | Division for 3 years , beginning in Fiscal Year 2024 . The pilot | ||||||
11 | program shall include providers licensed and certified by the | ||||||
12 | Division or by the Department of Public Health. The purpose of | ||||||
13 | the pilot program is to assess how the establishment of a | ||||||
14 | State-administered State-accredited direct support | ||||||
15 | professional person credential: | ||||||
16 | (1) promotes recruitment and retention efforts in the | ||||||
17 | developmental disabilities field, notably the direct | ||||||
18 | support professional person position; | ||||||
19 | (2) enhances competence in the developmental | ||||||
20 | disabilities field; | ||||||
21 | (3) yields quality supports and services to persons | ||||||
22 | with developmental disabilities; and | ||||||
23 | (4) advances the health and safety requirements set | ||||||
24 | forth by the State. | ||||||
25 | (e) The Division or a Division partner , in administering | ||||||
26 | the pilot program, shall consider, but not be limited to, the |
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1 | following: | ||||||
2 | (1) best practices learning initiatives, including the | ||||||
3 | University of Minnesota's college of direct support and | ||||||
4 | all Illinois Department of Human Services-approved direct | ||||||
5 | support professional person competencies; | ||||||
6 | (2) national direct support professional and person | ||||||
7 | competencies or credentialing-based standards and | ||||||
8 | trainings; | ||||||
9 | (3) facilitating direct support professional's | ||||||
10 | person's portfolio development; | ||||||
11 | (4) the role and value of skill mentors; and | ||||||
12 | (5) creating a career ladder. | ||||||
13 | (f) The Division shall produce a report detailing the | ||||||
14 | progress of the pilot program, including, but not limited to: | ||||||
15 | (1) the rate of recruitment and retention for direct | ||||||
16 | support professionals persons of providers participating | ||||||
17 | in the pilot program compared to the rate for | ||||||
18 | non-participating providers; | ||||||
19 | (2) the number of direct support professional persons | ||||||
20 | credentialed; and | ||||||
21 | (3) the enhancement of quality supports and services | ||||||
22 | to persons with developmental disabilities.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 100-754, eff. 8-10-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.) | ||||||
24 | (20 ILCS 1705/74) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 74. Rates and reimbursements. |
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1 | (a) Within 30 days after July 6, 2017 (the effective date | ||||||
2 | of Public Act 100-23), the Department shall increase rates and | ||||||
3 | reimbursements to fund a minimum of a $0.75 per hour wage | ||||||
4 | increase for front-line personnel, including, but not limited | ||||||
5 | to, direct support professionals persons , aides, front-line | ||||||
6 | supervisors, qualified intellectual disabilities | ||||||
7 | professionals, nurses, and non-administrative support staff | ||||||
8 | working in community-based provider organizations serving | ||||||
9 | individuals with developmental disabilities. The Department | ||||||
10 | shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsection | ||||||
11 | (y) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||||||
12 | Act, to implement the provisions of this Section. | ||||||
13 | (b) Rates and reimbursements. Within 30 days after the | ||||||
14 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
15 | Assembly, the Department shall increase rates and | ||||||
16 | reimbursements to fund a minimum of a $0.50 per hour wage | ||||||
17 | increase for front-line personnel, including, but not limited | ||||||
18 | to, direct support professionals persons , aides, front-line | ||||||
19 | supervisors, qualified intellectual disabilities | ||||||
20 | professionals, nurses, and non-administrative support staff | ||||||
21 | working in community-based provider organizations serving | ||||||
22 | individuals with developmental disabilities. The Department | ||||||
23 | shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsection | ||||||
24 | (bb) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||||||
25 | Act, to implement the provisions of this Section. | ||||||
26 | (c) Rates and reimbursements. Within 30 days after the |
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1 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
2 | Assembly, subject to federal approval, the Department shall | ||||||
3 | increase rates and reimbursements in effect on June 30, 2019 | ||||||
4 | for community-based providers for persons with Developmental | ||||||
5 | Disabilities by 3.5% The Department shall adopt rules, | ||||||
6 | including emergency rules under subsection (jj) of Section | ||||||
7 | 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to | ||||||
8 | implement the provisions of this Section, including wage | ||||||
9 | increases for direct care staff. | ||||||
10 | (d) For community-based providers serving persons with | ||||||
11 | intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal | ||||||
12 | approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking | ||||||
13 | effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2022, | ||||||
14 | shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient | ||||||
15 | to provide a $1.50 per hour wage increase for direct support | ||||||
16 | professionals personnel in residential settings and sufficient | ||||||
17 | to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care | ||||||
18 | staff, excluding direct support professionals personnel , at | ||||||
19 | the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' | ||||||
20 | average wage as defined in rule by the Department. | ||||||
21 | The establishment of and any changes to the rate | ||||||
22 | methodologies for community-based services provided to persons | ||||||
23 | with intellectual/developmental disabilities are subject to | ||||||
24 | federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment and shall be | ||||||
25 | defined in rule by the Department. The Department shall adopt | ||||||
26 | rules, including emergency rules as authorized by Section 5-45 |
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1 | of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the | ||||||
2 | provisions of this subsection (d).
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3 | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)
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