Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in partnership with other specified State agencies, to eliminate on July 1, 2027 the use of active or pending 14(c) certificates authorized under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as well as authorizations permitted under the Minimum Wage Law to pay an employee with a disability less than the minimum wage otherwise required for employees under the Minimum Wage Law. Creates the Transition Grant Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to provide funds, subject to appropriation, to community agencies with active or pending 14(c) certificates to aid in the transition away from subminimum wages for employees with disabilities. Amends the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act. Requires the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force (Task Force) to create, by no later than July 1, 2025, a multi-year plan of recommended actions, outcomes, and benchmarks to help the State meets its goal to eliminate the use of 14(c) certificates on and after July 1, 2027. Sets forth certain information and data that shall be included in the multi-year plan to inform the work of the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to include in the multi-year plan certain recommendations aimed as facilitating the elimination of 14(c) certificates. Requires the Task Force to submit the multi-year plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by no later than July 1, 2025 and to provide annual reports on implementation through January 1, 2030. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In a provision listing the type of not-for-profit agencies whose supplies and services may be procured without advertising or calling for bids, revises the list to include a not-for-profit agency that is (i) certified as a community rehabilitation provider by the Department of Human Services and (ii) accredited by a nationally-recognized accrediting organization or certified as a day services provider by the Department. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. In the definition of "business owned by a person with a disability", removes from the definition a not-for-profit agency for persons with disabilities that is exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, the personal needs allowance for a qualifying medical assistance recipient who is a resident in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act shall equal $100. Provides that beginning January 1, 2025, the personal needs allowance shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year. Amends the Minimum Wage Law. In a provision permitting the Director of Labor to issue regulations providing for the employment of workers with disabilities at wages lower than the wage rate applicable under the Act, provides that the provision is inoperative on and after July 1, 2027. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-09 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin [HB0793 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Theresa Mah [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lilian Jimenez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lindsey LaPointe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle Mussman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anna Moeller [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Terra Costa Howard [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Diane Blair-Sherlock [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cyril Nichols [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sharon Chung [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Sue Scherer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephanie Kifowit [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-084	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Hernandez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin Olickal [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bob Morgan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marcus Evans [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Manley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nabeela Syed [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Mary Flowers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kelly Cassidy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martin Moylan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Norma Hernandez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jaime Andrade [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gregg Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Hoan Huynh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joyce Mason [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Aaron Ortiz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Will Guzzardi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Walker [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Suzanne Ness [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-066	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kimberly Du Buclet [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-005	N/A	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Ann Williams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Edgar Gonzalez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kambium Buckner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-026	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Ammons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jenn Ladisch Douglass [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Debbie Meyers-Martin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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