Bill Status of HB 2788   104th General Assembly

Short Description:  DHS-DSP WAGE INCREASES

House Sponsors
Rep. Laura Faver Dias-Michelle Mussman, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Janet Yang Rohr, Abdelnasser Rashid, Kevin John Olickal, Mary Beth Canty, Norma Hernandez, Mary Gill, Joyce Mason, Lilian Jiménez, Maurice A. West, II-Yolonda Morris-Nabeela Syed and Nicolle Grasse

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  3/21/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
5 ILCS 100/5-45.65 new
20 ILCS 1705/74
305 ILCS 5/5-5.4from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.4

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 
DateChamber Action
  2/5/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  2/6/2025HouseFirst Reading
  2/6/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/13/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
  2/18/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
  2/18/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
  3/4/2025HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
  3/20/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
  3/21/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  4/7/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
  4/22/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse

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