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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Sections 3 and 7 and adding Section 28 as
6follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 315/3)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1603)
8    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
9context otherwise requires:
10    (a) "Board" means the Illinois Labor Relations Board or,
11with respect to a matter over which the jurisdiction of the
12Board is assigned to the State Panel or the Local Panel under
13Section 5, the panel having jurisdiction over the matter.
14    (b) "Collective bargaining" means bargaining over terms
15and conditions of employment, including hours, wages, and other
16conditions of employment, as detailed in Section 7 and which
17are not excluded by Section 4.
18    (c) "Confidential employee" means an employee who, in the
19regular course of his or her duties, assists and acts in a
20confidential capacity to persons who formulate, determine, and
21effectuate management policies with regard to labor relations
22or who, in the regular course of his or her duties, has
23authorized access to information relating to the effectuation

 

 

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1or review of the employer's collective bargaining policies.
2    (d) "Craft employees" means skilled journeymen, crafts
3persons, and their apprentices and helpers.
4    (e) "Essential services employees" means those public
5employees performing functions so essential that the
6interruption or termination of the function will constitute a
7clear and present danger to the health and safety of the
8persons in the affected community.
9    (f) "Exclusive representative", except with respect to
10non-State fire fighters and paramedics employed by fire
11departments and fire protection districts, non-State peace
12officers, and peace officers in the Department of State Police,
13means the labor organization that has been (i) designated by
14the Board as the representative of a majority of public
15employees in an appropriate bargaining unit in accordance with
16the procedures contained in this Act, (ii) historically
17recognized by the State of Illinois or any political
18subdivision of the State before July 1, 1984 (the effective
19date of this Act) as the exclusive representative of the
20employees in an appropriate bargaining unit, (iii) after July
211, 1984 (the effective date of this Act) recognized by an
22employer upon evidence, acceptable to the Board, that the labor
23organization has been designated as the exclusive
24representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate
25bargaining unit; (iv) recognized as the exclusive
26representative of personal care attendants or personal

 

 

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1assistants under Executive Order 2003-8 prior to the effective
2date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, and
3the organization shall be considered to be the exclusive
4representative of the personal care attendants or personal
5assistants as defined in this Section; or (v) recognized as the
6exclusive representative of child and day care home providers,
7including licensed and license exempt providers, pursuant to an
8election held under Executive Order 2005-1 prior to the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
10Assembly, and the organization shall be considered to be the
11exclusive representative of the child and day care home
12providers as defined in this Section.
13    With respect to non-State fire fighters and paramedics
14employed by fire departments and fire protection districts,
15non-State peace officers, and peace officers in the Department
16of State Police, "exclusive representative" means the labor
17organization that has been (i) designated by the Board as the
18representative of a majority of peace officers or fire fighters
19in an appropriate bargaining unit in accordance with the
20procedures contained in this Act, (ii) historically recognized
21by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision of the
22State before January 1, 1986 (the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of 1985) as the exclusive representative by a
24majority of the peace officers or fire fighters in an
25appropriate bargaining unit, or (iii) after January 1, 1986
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1by an employer upon evidence, acceptable to the Board, that the
2labor organization has been designated as the exclusive
3representative by a majority of the peace officers or fire
4fighters in an appropriate bargaining unit.
5    Where a historical pattern of representation exists for the
6workers of a water system that was owned by a public utility,
7as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, prior
8to becoming certified employees of a municipality or
9municipalities once the municipality or municipalities have
10acquired the water system as authorized in Section 11-124-5 of
11the Illinois Municipal Code, the Board shall find the labor
12organization that has historically represented the workers to
13be the exclusive representative under this Act, and shall find
14the unit represented by the exclusive representative to be the
15appropriate unit.
16    (g) "Fair share agreement" means an agreement between the
17employer and an employee organization under which all or any of
18the employees in a collective bargaining unit are required to
19pay their proportionate share of the costs of the collective
20bargaining process, contract administration, and pursuing
21matters affecting wages, hours, and other conditions of
22employment, but not to exceed the amount of dues uniformly
23required of members. The amount certified by the exclusive
24representative shall not include any fees for contributions
25related to the election or support of any candidate for
26political office. Nothing in this subsection (g) shall preclude

 

 

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1an employee from making voluntary political contributions in
2conjunction with his or her fair share payment.
3    (g-1) "Fire fighter" means, for the purposes of this Act
4only, any person who has been or is hereafter appointed to a
5fire department or fire protection district or employed by a
6state university and sworn or commissioned to perform fire
7fighter duties or paramedic duties, except that the following
8persons are not included: part-time fire fighters, auxiliary,
9reserve or voluntary fire fighters, including paid on-call fire
10fighters, clerks and dispatchers or other civilian employees of
11a fire department or fire protection district who are not
12routinely expected to perform fire fighter duties, or elected
13officials.
14    (g-2) "General Assembly of the State of Illinois" means the
15legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois,
16as provided for under Article IV of the Constitution of the
17State of Illinois, and includes but is not limited to the House
18of Representatives, the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
19Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
20Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Minority
21Leader of the Senate, the Joint Committee on Legislative
22Support Services and any legislative support services agency
23listed in the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of
241984.
25    (h) "Governing body" means, in the case of the State, the
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1of the Department of Central Management Services, and the
2Director of the Department of Labor; the county board in the
3case of a county; the corporate authorities in the case of a
4municipality; and the appropriate body authorized to provide
5for expenditures of its funds in the case of any other unit of
6government.
7    (i) "Labor organization" means any organization in which
8public employees participate and that exists for the purpose,
9in whole or in part, of dealing with a public employer
10concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
11employment, including the settlement of grievances.
12    (j) "Managerial employee" means an individual who is
13engaged predominantly in executive and management functions
14and is charged with the responsibility of directing the
15effectuation of management policies and practices.
16    (k) "Peace officer" means, for the purposes of this Act
17only, any persons who have been or are hereafter appointed to a
18police force, department, or agency and sworn or commissioned
19to perform police duties, except that the following persons are
20not included: part-time police officers, special police
21officers, auxiliary police as defined by Section 3.1-30-20 of
22the Illinois Municipal Code, night watchmen, "merchant
23police", court security officers as defined by Section 3-6012.1
24of the Counties Code, temporary employees, traffic guards or
25wardens, civilian parking meter and parking facilities
26personnel or other individuals specially appointed to aid or

 

 

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1direct traffic at or near schools or public functions or to aid
2in civil defense or disaster, parking enforcement employees who
3are not commissioned as peace officers and who are not armed
4and who are not routinely expected to effect arrests, parking
5lot attendants, clerks and dispatchers or other civilian
6employees of a police department who are not routinely expected
7to effect arrests, or elected officials.
8    (l) "Person" includes one or more individuals, labor
9organizations, public employees, associations, corporations,
10legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy,
11receivers, or the State of Illinois or any political
12subdivision of the State or governing body, but does not
13include the General Assembly of the State of Illinois or any
14individual employed by the General Assembly of the State of
15Illinois.
16    (m) "Professional employee" means any employee engaged in
17work predominantly intellectual and varied in character rather
18than routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work;
19involving the consistent exercise of discretion and adjustment
20in its performance; of such a character that the output
21produced or the result accomplished cannot be standardized in
22relation to a given period of time; and requiring advanced
23knowledge in a field of science or learning customarily
24acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual
25instruction and study in an institution of higher learning or a
26hospital, as distinguished from a general academic education or

 

 

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1from apprenticeship or from training in the performance of
2routine mental, manual, or physical processes; or any employee
3who has completed the courses of specialized intellectual
4instruction and study prescribed in this subsection (m) and is
5performing related work under the supervision of a professional
6person to qualify to become a professional employee as defined
7in this subsection (m).
8    (n) "Public employee" or "employee", for the purposes of
9this Act, means any individual employed by a public employer,
10including (i) interns and residents at public hospitals, (ii)
11as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
12General Assembly, but not before, personal care attendants and
13personal assistants working under the Home Services Program
14under Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act,
15subject to the limitations set forth in this Act and in the
16Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, and (iii) as of the
17effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
18Assembly, but not before, child and day care home providers
19participating in the child care assistance program under
20Section 9A-11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, subject to the
21limitations set forth in this Act and in Section 9A-11 of the
22Illinois Public Aid Code, and (iv) as of the effective date of
23this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, but not
24before except as otherwise provided in this subsection (n),
25home care and home health workers who function as personal care
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1home health workers and who also work under the Home Services
2Program under Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation
3Act, no matter whether the State provides those services
4through direct fee-for-service arrangements, with the
5assistance of a managed care organization or other
6intermediary, or otherwise, but excluding all of the following:
7employees of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois;
8elected officials; executive heads of a department; members of
9boards or commissions; the Executive Inspectors General; any
10special Executive Inspectors General; employees of each Office
11of an Executive Inspector General; commissioners and employees
12of the Executive Ethics Commission; the Auditor General's
13Inspector General; employees of the Office of the Auditor
14General's Inspector General; the Legislative Inspector
15General; any special Legislative Inspectors General; employees
16of the Office of the Legislative Inspector General;
17commissioners and employees of the Legislative Ethics
18Commission; employees of any agency, board or commission
19created by this Act; employees appointed to State positions of
20a temporary or emergency nature; all employees of school
21districts and higher education institutions except
22firefighters and peace officers employed by a state university
23and except peace officers employed by a school district in its
24own police department in existence on the effective date of
25this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly; managerial
26employees; short-term employees; confidential employees;

 

 

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1independent contractors; and supervisors except as provided in
2this Act.
3    Home care and home health workers who function as personal
4Personal care attendants, and personal assistants, and
5individual maintenance home health workers and who also work
6under the Home Services Program under Section 3 of the Disabled
7Persons Rehabilitation Act shall not be considered public
8employees for any purposes not specifically provided for in
9Public Act 93-204 or this amendatory Act of the 97th General
10Assembly the amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly,
11including but not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability
12in tort and purposes of statutory retirement or health
13insurance benefits. Home care and home health workers who
14function as personal Personal care attendants, and personal
15assistants, and individual maintenance home health workers and
16who also work under the Home Services Program under Section 3
17of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act shall not be covered
18by the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 (5 ILCS
19375/).
20    Child and day care home providers shall not be considered
21public employees for any purposes not specifically provided for
22in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, including
23but not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability in tort and
24purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits.
25Child and day care home providers shall not be covered by the
26State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.

 

 

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1    Notwithstanding Section 9, subsection (c), or any other
2provisions of this Act, all peace officers above the rank of
3captain in municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants
4shall be excluded from this Act.
5    (o) Except as otherwise in subsection (o-5), "public
6employer" or "employer" means the State of Illinois; any
7political subdivision of the State, unit of local government or
8school district; authorities including departments, divisions,
9bureaus, boards, commissions, or other agencies of the
10foregoing entities; and any person acting within the scope of
11his or her authority, express or implied, on behalf of those
12entities in dealing with its employees. As of the effective
13date of the amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, but
14not before, the State of Illinois shall be considered the
15employer of the personal care attendants and personal
16assistants working under the Home Services Program under
17Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, subject
18to the limitations set forth in this Act and in the Disabled
19Persons Rehabilitation Act. As of the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, but not before
21except as otherwise provided in this subsection (o), the State
22shall be considered the employer of home care and home health
23workers who function as personal care attendants, personal
24assistants, and individual maintenance home health workers and
25who also work under the Home Services Program under Section 3
26of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, no matter whether

 

 

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1the State provides those services through direct
2fee-for-service arrangements, with the assistance of a managed
3care organization or other intermediary, or otherwise, but
4subject to the limitations set forth in this Act and the
5Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. The State shall not be
6considered to be the employer of home care and home health
7workers who function as personal care attendants, and personal
8assistants, and individual maintenance home health workers and
9who also work under the Home Services Program under Section 3
10of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, for any purposes
11not specifically provided for in Public Act 93-204 or this
12amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly this amendatory Act
13of the 93rd General Assembly, including but not limited to,
14purposes of vicarious liability in tort and purposes of
15statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. Home care
16and home health workers who function as personal Personal care
17attendants, and personal assistants, and individual
18maintenance home health workers and who also work under the
19Home Services Program under Section 3 of the Disabled Persons
20Rehabilitation Act shall not be covered by the State Employees
21Group Insurance Act of 1971 (5 ILCS 375/). As of the effective
22date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but
23not before, the State of Illinois shall be considered the
24employer of the day and child care home providers participating
25in the child care assistance program under Section 9A-11 of the
26Illinois Public Aid Code, subject to the limitations set forth

 

 

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1in this Act and in Section 9A-11 of the Illinois Public Aid
2Code. The State shall not be considered to be the employer of
3child and day care home providers for any purposes not
4specifically provided for in this amendatory Act of the 94th
5General Assembly, including but not limited to, purposes of
6vicarious liability in tort and purposes of statutory
7retirement or health insurance benefits. Child and day care
8home providers shall not be covered by the State Employees
9Group Insurance Act of 1971.
10    "Public employer" or "employer" as used in this Act,
11however, does not mean and shall not include the General
12Assembly of the State of Illinois, the Executive Ethics
13Commission, the Offices of the Executive Inspectors General,
14the Legislative Ethics Commission, the Office of the
15Legislative Inspector General, the Office of the Auditor
16General's Inspector General, and educational employers or
17employers as defined in the Illinois Educational Labor
18Relations Act, except with respect to a state university in its
19employment of firefighters and peace officers and except with
20respect to a school district in the employment of peace
21officers in its own police department in existence on the
22effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
23Assembly. County boards and county sheriffs shall be designated
24as joint or co-employers of county peace officers appointed
25under the authority of a county sheriff. Nothing in this
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1the Local Panel from determining that employers are joint or
2co-employers.
3    (o-5) With respect to wages, fringe benefits, hours,
4holidays, vacations, proficiency examinations, sick leave, and
5other conditions of employment, the public employer of public
6employees who are court reporters, as defined in the Court
7Reporters Act, shall be determined as follows:
8        (1) For court reporters employed by the Cook County
9    Judicial Circuit, the chief judge of the Cook County
10    Circuit Court is the public employer and employer
11    representative.
12        (2) For court reporters employed by the 12th, 18th,
13    19th, and, on and after December 4, 2006, the 22nd judicial
14    circuits, a group consisting of the chief judges of those
15    circuits, acting jointly by majority vote, is the public
16    employer and employer representative.
17        (3) For court reporters employed by all other judicial
18    circuits, a group consisting of the chief judges of those
19    circuits, acting jointly by majority vote, is the public
20    employer and employer representative.
21    (p) "Security employee" means an employee who is
22responsible for the supervision and control of inmates at
23correctional facilities. The term also includes other
24non-security employees in bargaining units having the majority
25of employees being responsible for the supervision and control
26of inmates at correctional facilities.

 

 

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1    (q) "Short-term employee" means an employee who is employed
2for less than 2 consecutive calendar quarters during a calendar
3year and who does not have a reasonable assurance that he or
4she will be rehired by the same employer for the same service
5in a subsequent calendar year.
6    (r) "Supervisor" is an employee whose principal work is
7substantially different from that of his or her subordinates
8and who has authority, in the interest of the employer, to
9hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge,
10direct, reward, or discipline employees, to adjust their
11grievances, or to effectively recommend any of those actions,
12if the exercise of that authority is not of a merely routine or
13clerical nature, but requires the consistent use of independent
14judgment. Except with respect to police employment, the term
15"supervisor" includes only those individuals who devote a
16preponderance of their employment time to exercising that
17authority, State supervisors notwithstanding. In addition, in
18determining supervisory status in police employment, rank
19shall not be determinative. The Board shall consider, as
20evidence of bargaining unit inclusion or exclusion, the common
21law enforcement policies and relationships between police
22officer ranks and certification under applicable civil service
23law, ordinances, personnel codes, or Division 2.1 of Article 10
24of the Illinois Municipal Code, but these factors shall not be
25the sole or predominant factors considered by the Board in
26determining police supervisory status.

 

 

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1    Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph,
2in determining supervisory status in fire fighter employment,
3no fire fighter shall be excluded as a supervisor who has
4established representation rights under Section 9 of this Act.
5Further, in new fire fighter units, employees shall consist of
6fire fighters of the rank of company officer and below. If a
7company officer otherwise qualifies as a supervisor under the
8preceding paragraph, however, he or she shall not be included
9in the fire fighter unit. If there is no rank between that of
10chief and the highest company officer, the employer may
11designate a position on each shift as a Shift Commander, and
12the persons occupying those positions shall be supervisors. All
13other ranks above that of company officer shall be supervisors.
14    (s)(1) "Unit" means a class of jobs or positions that are
15held by employees whose collective interests may suitably be
16represented by a labor organization for collective bargaining.
17Except with respect to non-State fire fighters and paramedics
18employed by fire departments and fire protection districts,
19non-State peace officers, and peace officers in the Department
20of State Police, a bargaining unit determined by the Board
21shall not include both employees and supervisors, or
22supervisors only, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
23subsection (s) and except for bargaining units in existence on
24July 1, 1984 (the effective date of this Act). With respect to
25non-State fire fighters and paramedics employed by fire
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1officers, and peace officers in the Department of State Police,
2a bargaining unit determined by the Board shall not include
3both supervisors and nonsupervisors, or supervisors only,
4except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (s) and
5except for bargaining units in existence on January 1, 1986
6(the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985). A
7bargaining unit determined by the Board to contain peace
8officers shall contain no employees other than peace officers
9unless otherwise agreed to by the employer and the labor
10organization or labor organizations involved. Notwithstanding
11any other provision of this Act, a bargaining unit, including a
12historical bargaining unit, containing sworn peace officers of
13the Department of Natural Resources (formerly designated the
14Department of Conservation) shall contain no employees other
15than such sworn peace officers upon the effective date of this
16amendatory Act of 1990 or upon the expiration date of any
17collective bargaining agreement in effect upon the effective
18date of this amendatory Act of 1990 covering both such sworn
19peace officers and other employees.
20    (2) Notwithstanding the exclusion of supervisors from
21bargaining units as provided in paragraph (1) of this
22subsection (s), a public employer may agree to permit its
23supervisory employees to form bargaining units and may bargain
24with those units. This Act shall apply if the public employer
25chooses to bargain under this subsection.
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1the Court Reporters Act, shall be divided into 3 units for
2collective bargaining purposes. One unit shall be court
3reporters employed by the Cook County Judicial Circuit; one
4unit shall be court reporters employed by the 12th, 18th, 19th,
5and, on and after December 4, 2006, the 22nd judicial circuits;
6and one unit shall be court reporters employed by all other
7judicial circuits.
8(Source: P.A. 96-1257, eff. 7-23-10; 97-586, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
9    (5 ILCS 315/7)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1607)
10    Sec. 7. Duty to bargain. A public employer and the
11exclusive representative have the authority and the duty to
12bargain collectively set forth in this Section.
13    For the purposes of this Act, "to bargain collectively"
14means the performance of the mutual obligation of the public
15employer or his designated representative and the
16representative of the public employees to meet at reasonable
17times, including meetings in advance of the budget-making
18process, and to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages,
19hours, and other conditions of employment, not excluded by
20Section 4 of this Act, or the negotiation of an agreement, or
21any question arising thereunder and the execution of a written
22contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by
23either party, but such obligation does not compel either party
24to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession.
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1obligation to negotiate over any matter with respect to wages,
2hours and other conditions of employment, not specifically
3provided for in any other law or not specifically in violation
4of the provisions of any law. If any other law pertains, in
5part, to a matter affecting the wages, hours and other
6conditions of employment, such other law shall not be construed
7as limiting the duty "to bargain collectively" and to enter
8into collective bargaining agreements containing clauses which
9either supplement, implement, or relate to the effect of such
10provisions in other laws.
11    The duty "to bargain collectively" shall also include
12negotiations as to the terms of a collective bargaining
13agreement. The parties may, by mutual agreement, provide for
14arbitration of impasses resulting from their inability to agree
15upon wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment to be
16included in a collective bargaining agreement. Such
17arbitration provisions shall be subject to the Illinois
18"Uniform Arbitration Act" unless agreed by the parties.
19    The duty "to bargain collectively" shall also mean that no
20party to a collective bargaining contract shall terminate or
21modify such contract, unless the party desiring such
22termination or modification:
23        (1) serves a written notice upon the other party to the
24    contract of the proposed termination or modification 60
25    days prior to the expiration date thereof, or in the event
26    such contract contains no expiration date, 60 days prior to

 

 

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1    the time it is proposed to make such termination or
2    modification;
3        (2) offers to meet and confer with the other party for
4    the purpose of negotiating a new contract or a contract
5    containing the proposed modifications;
6        (3) notifies the Board within 30 days after such notice
7    of the existence of a dispute, provided no agreement has
8    been reached by that time; and
9        (4) continues in full force and effect, without
10    resorting to strike or lockout, all the terms and
11    conditions of the existing contract for a period of 60 days
12    after such notice is given to the other party or until the
13    expiration date of such contract, whichever occurs later.
14    The duties imposed upon employers, employees and labor
15organizations by paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) shall become
16inapplicable upon an intervening certification of the Board,
17under which the labor organization, which is a party to the
18contract, has been superseded as or ceased to be the exclusive
19representative of the employees pursuant to the provisions of
20subsection (a) of Section 9, and the duties so imposed shall
21not be construed as requiring either party to discuss or agree
22to any modification of the terms and conditions contained in a
23contract for a fixed period, if such modification is to become
24effective before such terms and conditions can be reopened
25under the provisions of the contract.
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1who function as personal care attendants, and personal
2assistants, and individual maintenance home health workers
3under the Home Services Program shall be limited to the terms
4and conditions of employment under the State's control, as
5defined in Public Act 93-204 or this amendatory Act of the 97th
6General Assembly, as applicable the amendatory Act of the 93rd
7General Assembly.
8    Collective bargaining for child and day care home providers
9under the child care assistance program shall be limited to the
10terms and conditions of employment under the State's control,
11as defined in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
12    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
13whenever collective bargaining is for the purpose of
14establishing an initial agreement following original
15certification of units with fewer than 35 employees, with
16respect to public employees other than peace officers, fire
17fighters, and security employees, the following apply:
18        (1) Not later than 10 days after receiving a written
19    request for collective bargaining from a labor
20    organization that has been newly certified as a
21    representative as defined in Section 6(c), or within such
22    further period as the parties agree upon, the parties shall
23    meet and commence to bargain collectively and shall make
24    every reasonable effort to conclude and sign a collective
25    bargaining agreement.
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1    period beginning on the date on which bargaining is
2    commenced the parties have failed to reach an agreement,
3    either party may notify the Illinois Public Labor Relations
4    Board of the existence of a dispute and request mediation
5    in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of this
6    Act.
7        (3) If after the expiration of the 30-day period
8    beginning on the date on which mediation commenced, or such
9    additional period as the parties may agree upon, the
10    mediator is not able to bring the parties to agreement by
11    conciliation, either the exclusive representative of the
12    employees or the employer may request of the other, in
13    writing, arbitration and shall submit a copy of the request
14    to the board. Upon submission of the request for
15    arbitration, the parties shall be required to participate
16    in the impasse arbitration procedures set forth in Section
17    14 of this Act, except the right to strike shall not be
18    considered waived pursuant to Section 17 of this Act, until
19    the actual convening of the arbitration hearing.
20(Source: P.A. 96-598, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
21    (5 ILCS 315/28 new)
22    Sec. 28. Applicability of changes made by amendatory Act of
23the 97th General Assembly. Nothing in this amendatory Act of
24the 97th General Assembly applies to workers or consumers in
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1Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities.
 
2    Section 10. The Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act is
3amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
4    (20 ILCS 2405/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3434)
5    Sec. 3. Powers and duties. The Department shall have the
6powers and duties enumerated herein:
7    (a) To co-operate with the federal government in the
8administration of the provisions of the federal Rehabilitation
9Act of 1973, as amended, of the Workforce Investment Act of
101998, and of the federal Social Security Act to the extent and
11in the manner provided in these Acts.
12    (b) To prescribe and supervise such courses of vocational
13training and provide such other services as may be necessary
14for the habilitation and rehabilitation of persons with one or
15more disabilities, including the administrative activities
16under subsection (e) of this Section, and to co-operate with
17State and local school authorities and other recognized
18agencies engaged in habilitation, rehabilitation and
19comprehensive rehabilitation services; and to cooperate with
20the Department of Children and Family Services regarding the
21care and education of children with one or more disabilities.
22    (c) (Blank).
23    (d) To report in writing, to the Governor, annually on or
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1in such manner and upon such subjects as the Governor may
2require. The annual report shall contain (1) a statement of the
3existing condition of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
4habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; (2) a statement
5of suggestions and recommendations with reference to the
6development of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
7habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; and (3) an
8itemized statement of the amounts of money received from
9federal, State and other sources, and of the objects and
10purposes to which the respective items of these several amounts
11have been devoted.
12    (e) (Blank).
13    (f) To establish a program of services to prevent
14unnecessary institutionalization of persons with Alzheimer's
15disease and related disorders or persons in need of long term
16care who are established as blind or disabled as defined by the
17Social Security Act, thereby enabling them to remain in their
18own homes or other living arrangements. Such preventive
19services may include, but are not limited to, any or all of the
20following:
21        (1) home health services;
22        (2) home nursing services;
23        (3) homemaker services;
24        (4) chore and housekeeping services;
25        (5) day care services;
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1        (7) education in self-care;
2        (8) personal care services;
3        (9) adult day health services;
4        (10) habilitation services;
5        (11) respite care; or
6        (12) other nonmedical social services that may enable
7    the person to become self-supporting.
8    The Department shall establish eligibility standards for
9such services taking into consideration the unique economic and
10social needs of the population for whom they are to be
11provided. Such eligibility standards may be based on the
12recipient's ability to pay for services; provided, however,
13that any portion of a person's income that is equal to or less
14than the "protected income" level shall not be considered by
15the Department in determining eligibility. The "protected
16income" level shall be determined by the Department, shall
17never be less than the federal poverty standard, and shall be
18adjusted each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price
19Index For All Urban Consumers as determined by the United
20States Department of Labor. The standards must provide that a
21person may have not more than $10,000 in assets to be eligible
22for the services, and the Department may increase the asset
23limitation by rule. Additionally, in determining the amount and
24nature of services for which a person may qualify,
25consideration shall not be given to the value of cash, property
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1pursuant to a written agreement dividing marital property into
2equal but separate shares or pursuant to a transfer of the
3person's interest in a home to his spouse, provided that the
4spouse's share of the marital property is not made available to
5the person seeking such services.
6    The services shall be provided to eligible persons to
7prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization, to the
8extent that the cost of the services, together with the other
9personal maintenance expenses of the persons, are reasonably
10related to the standards established for care in a group
11facility appropriate to their condition. These
12non-institutional services, pilot projects or experimental
13facilities may be provided as part of or in addition to those
14authorized by federal law or those funded and administered by
15the Illinois Department on Aging.
16    Personal care attendants shall be paid:
17        (i) A $5 per hour minimum rate beginning July 1, 1995.
18        (ii) A $5.30 per hour minimum rate beginning July 1,
19    1997.
20        (iii) A $5.40 per hour minimum rate beginning July 1,
21    1998.
22    Solely for the purposes of coverage under the Illinois
23Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/), personal care
24attendants and personal assistants providing services under
25the Department's Home Services Program shall be considered to
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1considered to be their employer as of the effective date of
2this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, but not
3before. Solely for the purposes of coverage under the Illinois
4Public Labor Relations Act, home care and home health workers
5who function as personal care attendants, personal assistants,
6and individual maintenance home health workers and who also
7provide services under the Department's Home Services Program
8shall be considered to be public employees, no matter whether
9the State provides such services through direct
10fee-for-service arrangements, with the assistance of a managed
11care organization or other intermediary, or otherwise, and the
12State of Illinois shall be considered to be the employer of
13those persons as of the effective date of this amendatory Act
14of the 97th General Assembly, but not before except as
15otherwise provided under this subsection (f). The State shall
16engage in collective bargaining with an exclusive
17representative of home care and home health workers who
18function as personal care attendants, and personal assistants,
19and individual maintenance home health workers working under
20the Home Services Program concerning their terms and conditions
21of employment that are within the State's control. Nothing in
22this paragraph shall be understood to limit the right of the
23persons receiving services defined in this Section to hire and
24fire home care and home health workers who function as personal
25care attendants, and personal assistants, and individual
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1Program or to supervise them within the limitations set by the
2Home Services Program. The State shall not be considered to be
3the employer of home care and home health workers who function
4as personal care attendants, and personal assistants, and
5individual maintenance home health workers working under the
6Home Services Program for any purposes not specifically
7provided in Public Act 93-204 or this amendatory Act of the
897th General Assembly this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
9Assembly, including but not limited to, purposes of vicarious
10liability in tort and purposes of statutory retirement or
11health insurance benefits. Home care and home health workers
12who function as personal Personal care attendants, and personal
13assistants, and individual maintenance home health workers and
14who also provide services under the Department's Home Services
15Program shall not be covered by the State Employees Group
16Insurance Act of 1971 (5 ILCS 375/).
17    The Department shall execute, relative to the nursing home
18prescreening project, as authorized by Section 4.03 of the
19Illinois Act on the Aging, written inter-agency agreements with
20the Department on Aging and the Department of Public Aid (now
21Department of Healthcare and Family Services), to effect the
22following: (i) intake procedures and common eligibility
23criteria for those persons who are receiving non-institutional
24services; and (ii) the establishment and development of
25non-institutional services in areas of the State where they are
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11, 1996, all nursing home prescreenings for individuals 18
2through 59 years of age shall be conducted by the Department.
3    The Department is authorized to establish a system of
4recipient cost-sharing for services provided under this
5Section. The cost-sharing shall be based upon the recipient's
6ability to pay for services, but in no case shall the
7recipient's share exceed the actual cost of the services
8provided. Protected income shall not be considered by the
9Department in its determination of the recipient's ability to
10pay a share of the cost of services. The level of cost-sharing
11shall be adjusted each year to reflect changes in the
12"protected income" level. The Department shall deduct from the
13recipient's share of the cost of services any money expended by
14the recipient for disability-related expenses.
15    The Department, or the Department's authorized
16representative, shall recover the amount of moneys expended for
17services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
18Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
19estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery may be
20had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any, and
21then only at such time when there is no surviving child who is
22under age 21, blind, or permanently and totally disabled. This
23paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery, at the death of the
24person, of moneys for services provided to the person or in
25behalf of the person under this Section to which the person was
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1against any real estate while it is occupied as a homestead by
2the surviving spouse or other dependent, if no claims by other
3creditors have been filed against the estate, or, if such
4claims have been filed, they remain dormant for failure of
5prosecution or failure of the claimant to compel administration
6of the estate for the purpose of payment. This paragraph shall
7not bar recovery from the estate of a spouse, under Sections
81915 and 1924 of the Social Security Act and Section 5-4 of the
9Illinois Public Aid Code, who precedes a person receiving
10services under this Section in death. All moneys for services
11paid to or in behalf of the person under this Section shall be
12claimed for recovery from the deceased spouse's estate.
13"Homestead", as used in this paragraph, means the dwelling
14house and contiguous real estate occupied by a surviving spouse
15or relative, as defined by the rules and regulations of the
16Department of Healthcare and Family Services, regardless of the
17value of the property.
18    The Department and the Department on Aging shall cooperate
19in the development and submission of an annual report on
20programs and services provided under this Section. Such joint
21report shall be filed with the Governor and the General
22Assembly on or before March 30 each year.
23    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
24be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
25the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
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1Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
2required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
3Act, and filing additional copies with the State Government
4Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as required
5under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
6    (g) To establish such subdivisions of the Department as
7shall be desirable and assign to the various subdivisions the
8responsibilities and duties placed upon the Department by law.
9    (h) To cooperate and enter into any necessary agreements
10with the Department of Employment Security for the provision of
11job placement and job referral services to clients of the
12Department, including job service registration of such clients
13with Illinois Employment Security offices and making job
14listings maintained by the Department of Employment Security
15available to such clients.
16    (i) To possess all powers reasonable and necessary for the
17exercise and administration of the powers, duties and
18responsibilities of the Department which are provided for by
19law.
20    (j) To establish a procedure whereby new providers of
21personal care attendant services shall submit vouchers to the
22State for payment two times during their first month of
23employment and one time per month thereafter. In no case shall
24the Department pay personal care attendants an hourly wage that
25is less than the federal minimum wage.
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1housekeeping services informing them that they are entitled to
2an interest payment on bills which are not promptly paid
3pursuant to Section 3 of the State Prompt Payment Act.
4    (l) To establish, operate and maintain a Statewide Housing
5Clearinghouse of information on available, government
6subsidized housing accessible to disabled persons and
7available privately owned housing accessible to disabled
8persons. The information shall include but not be limited to
9the location, rental requirements, access features and
10proximity to public transportation of available housing. The
11Clearinghouse shall consist of at least a computerized database
12for the storage and retrieval of information and a separate or
13shared toll free telephone number for use by those seeking
14information from the Clearinghouse. Department offices and
15personnel throughout the State shall also assist in the
16operation of the Statewide Housing Clearinghouse. Cooperation
17with local, State and federal housing managers shall be sought
18and extended in order to frequently and promptly update the
19Clearinghouse's information.
20    (m) To assure that the names and case records of persons
21who received or are receiving services from the Department,
22including persons receiving vocational rehabilitation, home
23services, or other services, and those attending one of the
24Department's schools or other supervised facility shall be
25confidential and not be open to the general public. Those case
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1records and reports shall be disclosed by the Director only to
2proper law enforcement officials, individuals authorized by a
3court, the General Assembly or any committee or commission of
4the General Assembly, and other persons and for reasons as the
5Director designates by rule. Disclosure by the Director may be
6only in accordance with other applicable law.
7(Source: P.A. 94-252, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.