HB2788 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)
DHS-DSP WAGE INCREASES
Last Action
3/21/2025 - House: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, to file an amendment to the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities that shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide for a wage rate of 150% of the statewide, regional, or local minimum wage for services delivered on or after January 1, 2026, for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings. Provides that for services delivered on or after January 1, 2026, the rates shall include adjustments to employment-related expenses as defined by rule by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the rate increases. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to submit a Title XIX State Plan amendment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide for a wage rate of 150% of the statewide, regional, or local minimum wage for services delivered on or after January 1, 2026, for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel at ID/DD and MC/DD facilities. Provides that the State Plan amendment shall provide wage increases for all residential non-executive direct care staff. Effective immediately.
Actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/05/2025 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| 2/06/2025 | House | First Reading |
| 2/06/2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/13/2025 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 2/18/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock |
| 2/18/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr |
| 3/04/2025 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee |
| 3/20/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid |
| 3/21/2025 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/07/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed |
| 4/22/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse |