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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
64.4 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 1705/4.4 new)
8    Sec. 4.4. Direct support person credential pilot program.
9    (a) In this Section, "direct support person credential"
10means a document issued to an individual by a recognized
11accrediting body attesting that the individual has met the
12professional requirements of the credentialing program by the
13Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of
14Human Services.
15    (b) The Division shall initiate a program to continue to
16gain the expertise and knowledge of the developmental
17disabilities workforce and of the developmental disabilities
18workforce recruitment and retention needs throughout the
19developmental disabilities field. The Division shall implement
20a direct support person credential pilot program to assist and
21attract persons into the field of direct support, advance
22direct support as a career, and professionalize the field to
23promote workforce recruitment and retention efforts, advanced

 

 

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1skills and competencies, and further ensure the health, safety,
2and well-being of persons being served.
3    (c) The direct support person credential pilot program is
4created within the Division to assist persons in the field of
5developmental disabilities obtain a credential in their fields
6of expertise.
7    (d) The pilot program shall be administered by the Division
8for 3 years. The pilot program shall include providers,
9licensed and certified by the Division or by the Department of
10Public Health. The purpose of the pilot program is to assess
11how the establishment of a State-accredited direct support
12person credential:
13        (1) promotes recruitment and retention efforts in the
14    developmental disabilities field, notably the direct
15    support person position;
16        (2) enhances competence in the developmental
17    disabilities field;
18        (3) yields quality supports and services to persons
19    with developmental disabilities; and
20        (4) advances the health and safety requirements set
21    forth by the State.
22    (e) The Division, in administering the pilot program, shall
23consider, but not be limited to, the following:
24        (1) best practices learning initiatives, including the
25    University of Minnesota's college of direct support and all
26    Illinois Department of Human Services-approved direct

 

 

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1    support person competencies;
2        (2) national direct support professional and person
3    competencies or credentialing-based standards and
4    trainings;
5        (3) facilitating direct support person's portfolio
6    development;
7        (4) the role and value of skill mentors; and
8        (5) creating a career ladder.
9    (f) The Division shall produce a report detailing the
10progress of the pilot program, including, but not limited to:
11        (1) the rate of recruitment and retention for direct
12    support persons of providers participating in the pilot
13    program compared to the rate for non-participating
14    providers;
15        (2) the number of direct support persons credentialed;
16    and
17        (3) the enhancement of quality supports and services to
18    persons with developmental disabilities.
 
19    Section 10. The MC/DD Act is amended by adding Section
203-206.005 as follows:
 
21    (210 ILCS 46/3-206.005 new)
22    Sec. 3-206.005. Certification status for certified nursing
23assistants. A certified nursing assistant shall lose his or her
24certification status if he or she goes 24 consecutive months

 

 

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1without performing nursing or nursing-related services for
2pay. In this Section, "nursing or nursing-related services for
3pay" includes work performed as a direct support professional
4as it is defined in the Community Services Act.
 
5    Section 15. The ID/DD Community Care Act is amended by
6adding Section 3-206.005 as follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 47/3-206.005 new)
8    Sec. 3-206.005. Certification status for certified nursing
9assistants. A certified nursing assistant shall lose his or her
10certification status if he or she goes 24 consecutive months
11without performing nursing or nursing-related services for
12pay. In this Section, "nursing or nursing-related services for
13pay" includes work performed as a direct support professional
14as it is defined in the Community Services Act.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.