Full Text of SB3156 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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.
| 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).
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)
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