Illinois House Bill 5074 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (Departments) shall increase by 20% rates and reimbursements in effect on June 30, 2020 for community-based providers of services for persons with developmental disabilities and for ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities. Requires community-based providers, ID/DD facilities, and MC/DD facilities to use at least 75% of the amount of the rate increase to increase the wages and benefits paid to their staff. Requires the Departments to ensure wage rate components are at least 145% of the statewide, regional, or local minimum wage rate, whichever is higher, as determined by the Departments. Requires community-based providers of services for persons with developmental disabilities, ID/DD facilities, and MC/DD facilities to certify compliance with the provisions of the amendatory Act in a form and manner prescribed by the Departments. Requires the Departments to adopt emergency rules to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Departments emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.

DHS-DHFS-RATE INCREASES

Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Rep. Grant Wehrli [R]	Rep. David Welter [R]	Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]
Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]	Rep. Jonathan Pizer [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Jonathan Carroll [D]
Rep. Terra Costa Howard [D]	Rep. Kathleen Willis [D]	Rep. Joyce Mason [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-05-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2020-03-17	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee
2020-03-12	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
2020-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2020-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
2020-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2020-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer
2020-02-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2020-02-21	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
2020-02-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2020-02-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-18	House	First Reading
2020-02-13	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	1705	55.5	New Code	See Bill Text
305	5	5-5.4i	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	100	5-45.1	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5074&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5074.htm