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 Bill Status of SB1287  96th General Assembly


Short Description:  DPT AGING-COMMUNITY CARE-RATES

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Donne E. Trotter - Kimberly A. Lightford - Jeffrey M. Schoenberg - Michael Noland, William Delgado, Deanna Demuzio and David Koehler

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/12/2011SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 105/4.02from Ch. 23, par. 6104.02


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that beginning July 1, 2009, a vendor of home care aide services or personal assistant services is entitled to a rate increase of $1.32 per hour if (i) the vendor uses at least $0.70 of that increase to increase the wages of home care aides and personal assistants and (ii) the vendor uses an additional $0.13 of that increase for health insurance assistance for home care aides and personal assistants. Provides that a vendor that receives this increase must submit to the Department on Aging proof that the vendor has increased home care aides' and personal assistants' wages by at least $0.70 per hour and used the additional $0.13 per hour for health insurance assistance for home care aides and personal assistants. Provides that a vendor may submit this proof by either an audited supplemental to the Direct Service Workers cost report or proof of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. Effective July 1, 2009.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/10/2009SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter
  2/10/2009SenateFirst Reading
  2/10/2009SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/18/2009SenateAssigned to Human Services
  2/20/2009SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
  2/26/2009SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
  2/26/2009SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
  2/27/2009SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
  3/2/2009SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
  3/5/2009SenateTo Human Services Subcommittee on Medicaid & Provider Rate Reform
  3/10/2009SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
  3/13/2009SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
  1/12/2011SenateSession Sine Die

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