HB3089 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)
DHFS-DHS-DIRECT SUPPORT WAGE
Last Action
3/21/2025 - House: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and service coordination agencies serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after July 1, 2025 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $2.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2025 for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage as defined, by rule, by the Department. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after July 1, 2025, shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $2.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2025 for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage as defined, by rule, by the Department. Requires the same increase for front-line personnel employed at community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
Actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/06/2025 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 2/06/2025 | House | First Reading |
| 2/06/2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/04/2025 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee |
| 3/21/2025 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/30/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock |
| 5/06/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid |
| 5/14/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed |
| 5/14/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal |
| 5/14/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr |
| 5/14/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 5/14/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha |
| 5/14/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez |
| 5/14/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar |
| 5/19/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava |