HB2695 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

DHS-EQUITABLE PAY ACT
Last Action
03/21/2025 - House: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act  
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Human Services Equitable Pay Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to commission a Human Services Compensation Study on the rate of compensation, including wages and benefits, of positions funded by the Department of Human Services and how they compare to similar positions in the human services sector in Illinois and nationally. Requires the study to include an analysis of wage and benefit levels in different settings and for different education levels, including a comparison of compensation for: (1) State employees; (2) human service providers; and (3) for-profit private sector employees with similar roles and titles. Requires the study to be completed and submitted to the Human Services Compensation Task Force by June 30, 2026. Requires the Department to establish the Human Services Compensation Task Force on or before December 31, 2025. Provides that members shall be appointed by the Governor and shall include at least 3 BIPOC executive directors of community-based human service organizations and 2 co-chairs. Requires the Task Force to provide, on or before December 1, 2026, a report to the General Assembly and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget that includes: (i) recommendations on how to strengthen recruitment and retention of human services workers employed by human services providers that have contracts with the State; (ii) recommended rate levels; and (iii) a proposed schedule to increase rates to the recommended rate levels by July 1, 2030. Requires the Department to submit annual reports to the Task Force and the General Assembly that includes salary disparities between professionals employed by human services providers in the Department and comparable employees contracted with the State agency for the delivery of human services, the amount needed to be annually appropriated to the Department in order to reduce such salary disparities, and other matters. Effective immediately.
Actions
DateChamberAction
02/04/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Lilian Jiménez
02/06/2025HouseFirst Reading
02/06/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
02/26/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
03/04/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
03/04/2025HouseAssigned to Human Services Committee
03/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
03/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
03/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
03/21/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
05/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
05/22/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
09/11/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe