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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2221

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2221  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
 5    amended by changing Sections 3 and 7 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 315/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 1603)
 7        Sec. 3.  Definitions.  As used in this  Act,  unless  the
 8    context otherwise requires:
 9        (a)  "Board" means the Illinois Labor Relations Board or,
10    with  respect  to a matter over which the jurisdiction of the
11    Board is assigned to the State Panel or the Local Panel under
12    Section 5, the panel having jurisdiction over the matter.
13        (b)  "Collective bargaining" means bargaining over  terms
14    and  conditions  of  employment,  including hours, wages, and
15    other conditions of employment, as detailed in Section 7  and
16    which are not excluded by Section 4.
17        (c)  "Confidential  employee"  means  an employee who, in
18    the regular course of his or her duties, assists and acts  in
19    a  confidential capacity to persons who formulate, determine,
20    and effectuate  management  policies  with  regard  to  labor
21    relations or who, in the regular course of his or her duties,
22    has   authorized   access  to  information  relating  to  the
 
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 1    effectuation  or  review   of   the   employer's   collective
 2    bargaining policies.
 3        (d)  "Craft  employees"  means skilled journeymen, crafts
 4    persons, and their apprentices and helpers.
 5        (e)  "Essential services employees"  means  those  public
 6    employees   performing   functions   so  essential  that  the
 7    interruption or termination of the function will constitute a
 8    clear and present danger to the  health  and  safety  of  the
 9    persons in the affected community.
10        (f)  "Exclusive  representative",  except with respect to
11    non-State fire  fighters  and  paramedics  employed  by  fire
12    departments  and  fire  protection districts, non-State peace
13    officers, and peace  officers  in  the  Department  of  State
14    Police,  means  the  labor  organization  that  has  been (i)
15    designated by the Board as the representative of  a  majority
16    of  public  employees  in  an  appropriate bargaining unit in
17    accordance with the procedures contained in  this  Act,  (ii)
18    historically  recognized  by  the  State  of  Illinois or any
19    political subdivision of the State before July 1,  1984  (the
20    effective  date  of this Act) as the exclusive representative
21    of the employees in an appropriate bargaining unit, or  (iii)
22    after   July  1,  1984  (the  effective  date  of  this  Act)
23    recognized by an employer upon evidence,  acceptable  to  the
24    Board, that the labor organization has been designated as the
25    exclusive representative by a majority of the employees in an
26    appropriate  bargaining  unit;  or  (iv)  recognized  as  the
27    exclusive  representative  of  personal  care  attendants  or
28    personal assistants under Executive Order 2003-8 prior to the
29    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General
30    Assembly, and the organization shall be considered to be  the
31    exclusive  representative  of the personal care attendants or
32    personal assistants as defined in this Section.
33        With respect to non-State fire  fighters  and  paramedics
34    employed  by  fire departments and fire protection districts,
 
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 1    non-State  peace  officers,  and  peace   officers   in   the
 2    Department  of State Police, "exclusive representative" means
 3    the labor organization that has been (i)  designated  by  the
 4    Board  as  the representative of a majority of peace officers
 5    or  fire  fighters  in  an  appropriate  bargaining  unit  in
 6    accordance with the procedures contained in  this  Act,  (ii)
 7    historically  recognized  by  the  State  of  Illinois or any
 8    political subdivision of the State  before  January  1,  1986
 9    (the  effective  date  of this amendatory Act of 1985) as the
10    exclusive representative by a majority of the peace  officers
11    or  fire fighters in an appropriate bargaining unit, or (iii)
12    after January 1, 1986 (the effective date of this  amendatory
13    Act  of  1985)  recognized  by  an  employer  upon  evidence,
14    acceptable to the Board, that the labor organization has been
15    designated  as  the exclusive representative by a majority of
16    the  peace  officers  or  fire  fighters  in  an  appropriate
17    bargaining unit.
18        (g)  "Fair share agreement" means  an  agreement  between
19    the  employer and an employee organization under which all or
20    any of the employees in  a  collective  bargaining  unit  are
21    required to pay their proportionate share of the costs of the
22    collective  bargaining  process, contract administration, and
23    pursuing matters affecting wages, hours, and other conditions
24    of employment, but not to exceed the amount of dues uniformly
25    required of members. The amount certified  by  the  exclusive
26    representative  shall  not include any fees for contributions
27    related to the election  or  support  of  any  candidate  for
28    political  office.  Nothing  in  this  subsection  (g)  shall
29    preclude   an   employee   from  making  voluntary  political
30    contributions in conjunction  with  his  or  her  fair  share
31    payment.
32        (g-1)  "Fire fighter" means, for the purposes of this Act
33    only,  any person who has been or is hereafter appointed to a
34    fire department or fire protection district or employed by  a
 
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 1    state  university  and  sworn or commissioned to perform fire
 2    fighter duties or paramedic duties, except that the following
 3    persons are not included: part-time fire fighters, auxiliary,
 4    reserve or voluntary fire fighters,  including  paid  on-call
 5    fire  fighters,  clerks  and  dispatchers  or  other civilian
 6    employees of a fire department or  fire  protection  district
 7    who  are  not  routinely  expected  to  perform  fire fighter
 8    duties, or elected officials.
 9        (g-2)  "General Assembly of the State of Illinois"  means
10    the  legislative  branch  of  the  government of the State of
11    Illinois,  as  provided  for  under   Article   IV   of   the
12    Constitution  of  the  State of Illinois, and includes but is
13    not limited to the House of Representatives, the Senate,  the
14    Speaker  of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader
15    of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate,
16    the Minority Leader of the Senate,  the  Joint  Committee  on
17    Legislative  Support  Services  and  any  legislative support
18    services  agency  listed  in   the   Legislative   Commission
19    Reorganization Act of 1984.
20        (h)  "Governing  body"  means,  in the case of the State,
21    the State Panel of the Illinois Labor  Relations  Board,  the
22    Director  of  the  Department of Central Management Services,
23    and the Director of the Department of Labor; the county board
24    in the case of a county; the  corporate  authorities  in  the
25    case  of  a municipality; and the appropriate body authorized
26    to provide for expenditures of its funds in the case  of  any
27    other unit of government.
28        (i)  "Labor organization" means any organization in which
29    public employees participate and that exists for the purpose,
30    in  whole  or  in  part,  of  dealing  with a public employer
31    concerning wages, hours, and other terms  and  conditions  of
32    employment, including the settlement of grievances.
33        (j)  "Managerial  employee"  means  an  individual who is
34    engaged predominantly in executive and  management  functions
 
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 1    and  is  charged  with  the  responsibility  of directing the
 2    effectuation of management policies and practices.
 3        (k)  "Peace officer" means, for the purposes of this  Act
 4    only, any persons who have been or are hereafter appointed to
 5    a   police   force,   department,  or  agency  and  sworn  or
 6    commissioned  to  perform  police  duties,  except  that  the
 7    following  persons  are  not   included:   part-time   police
 8    officers,   special  police  officers,  auxiliary  police  as
 9    defined by Section 3.1-30-20 of the Illinois Municipal  Code,
10    night watchmen, "merchant police", court security officers as
11    defined  by  Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code, temporary
12    employees, traffic guards or wardens, civilian parking  meter
13    and   parking   facilities  personnel  or  other  individuals
14    specially appointed to aid  or  direct  traffic  at  or  near
15    schools  or  public  functions  or to aid in civil defense or
16    disaster,  parking  enforcement   employees   who   are   not
17    commissioned  as peace officers and who are not armed and who
18    are not routinely expected to  effect  arrests,  parking  lot
19    attendants,   clerks   and   dispatchers  or  other  civilian
20    employees of  a  police  department  who  are  not  routinely
21    expected to effect arrests, or elected officials.
22        (l)  "Person"  includes  one  or  more individuals, labor
23    organizations, public employees, associations,  corporations,
24    legal  representatives,  trustees,  trustees  in  bankruptcy,
25    receivers,   or  the  State  of  Illinois  or  any  political
26    subdivision of the State or  governing  body,  but  does  not
27    include  the General Assembly of the State of Illinois or any
28    individual employed by the General Assembly of the  State  of
29    Illinois.
30        (m)  "Professional  employee"  means any employee engaged
31    in work predominantly intellectual and  varied  in  character
32    rather  than  routine  mental, manual, mechanical or physical
33    work; involving the consistent  exercise  of  discretion  and
34    adjustment  in  its performance; of such a character that the
 
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 1    output  produced  or  the  result  accomplished   cannot   be
 2    standardized  in  relation  to  a  given  period of time; and
 3    requiring  advanced  knowledge  in  a  field  of  science  or
 4    learning  customarily  acquired  by  a  prolonged  course  of
 5    specialized  intellectual  instruction  and   study   in   an
 6    institution   of   higher   learning   or   a   hospital,  as
 7    distinguished from  a  general  academic  education  or  from
 8    apprenticeship or from training in the performance of routine
 9    mental,  manual,  or  physical processes; or any employee who
10    has  completed  the  courses  of   specialized   intellectual
11    instruction  and  study prescribed in this subsection (m) and
12    is  performing  related  work  under  the  supervision  of  a
13    professional person  to  qualify  to  become  a  professional
14    employee as defined in this subsection (m).
15        (n)  "Public employee" or "employee", for the purposes of
16    this Act, means any individual employed by a public employer,
17    including  interns  and residents at public hospitals and, as
18    of the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
19    General  Assembly,  but  not before, personal care attendants
20    and personal  assistants  working  under  the  Home  Services
21    Program   under   Section   3   of   the   Disabled   Persons
22    Rehabilitation  Act,  subject to the limitations set forth in
23    this Act and in the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act,  but
24    excluding  all  of  the  following:  employees of the General
25    Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois;  elected   officials;
26    executive  heads  of  a  department;  members  of  boards  or
27    commissions;  employees  of  any  agency, board or commission
28    created by this Act; employees appointed to  State  positions
29    of  a  temporary or emergency nature; all employees of school
30    districts   and   higher   education   institutions    except
31    firefighters   and   peace   officers  employed  by  a  state
32    university;  managerial  employees;   short-term   employees;
33    confidential    employees;   independent   contractors;   and
34    supervisors except as provided in this Act.
 
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 1        Personal care attendants and  personal  assistants  shall
 2    not  be  considered  public  employees  for  any purposes not
 3    specifically provided for in this amendatory Act of the  93rd
 4    General  Assembly,  including but not limited to, purposes of
 5    vicarious  liability  in  tort  and  purposes  of   statutory
 6    retirement   or  health  insurance  benefits.  Personal  care
 7    attendants and personal assistants shall not  be  covered  by
 8    the  State  Employees  Group  Insurance  Act  of 1971 (5 ILCS
 9    375/).
10        Notwithstanding Section 9, subsection (c), or  any  other
11    provisions  of this Act, all peace officers above the rank of
12    captain  in   municipalities   with   more   than   1,000,000
13    inhabitants shall be excluded from this Act.
14        (o)  "Public  employer"  or "employer" means the State of
15    Illinois; any political subdivision of  the  State,  unit  of
16    local  government  or  school district; authorities including
17    departments,  divisions,  bureaus,  boards,  commissions,  or
18    other agencies of the  foregoing  entities;  and  any  person
19    acting  within  the scope of his or her authority, express or
20    implied, on behalf of those  entities  in  dealing  with  its
21    employees. As of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22    the  93rd  General  Assembly,  but  not  before, the State of
23    Illinois shall be considered the  employer  of  the  personal
24    care  attendants  and  personal  assistants working under the
25    Home Services Program under Section 3 of the Disabled Persons
26    Rehabilitation Act, subject to the limitations set  forth  in
27    this  Act and in the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. The
28    State shall not be considered to be the employer of  personal
29    care  attendants and personal assistants for any purposes not
30    specifically provided for in this amendatory Act of the  93rd
31    General  Assembly,  including but not limited to, purposes of
32    vicarious  liability  in  tort  and  purposes  of   statutory
33    retirement   or  health  insurance  benefits.  Personal  care
34    attendants and personal assistants shall not  be  covered  by
 
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 1    the  State  Employees  Group  Insurance  Act  of 1971 (5 ILCS
 2    375/). "Public employer" or "employer" as used in  this  Act,
 3    however,  does  not  mean  and  shall not include the General
 4    Assembly of the State of Illinois and  educational  employers
 5    or  employers  as  defined  in the Illinois Educational Labor
 6    Relations Act, except with respect to a state  university  in
 7    its  employment  of  firefighters and peace officers.  County
 8    boards and county sheriffs shall be designated  as  joint  or
 9    co-employers  of  county  peace  officers appointed under the
10    authority of a county sheriff.  Nothing  in  this  subsection
11    (o)  shall  be  construed  to  prevent the State Panel or the
12    Local Panel from determining  that  employers  are  joint  or
13    co-employers.
14        (p)  "Security   employee"   means  an  employee  who  is
15    responsible for the supervision and  control  of  inmates  at
16    correctional   facilities.   The  term  also  includes  other
17    non-security  employees  in  bargaining  units   having   the
18    majority  of  employees being responsible for the supervision
19    and control of inmates at correctional facilities.
20        (q)  "Short-term  employee"  means  an  employee  who  is
21    employed for less than 2 consecutive calendar quarters during
22    a calendar year and who does not have a reasonable  assurance
23    that  he  or she will be rehired by the same employer for the
24    same service in a subsequent calendar year.
25        (r)  "Supervisor" is an employee whose principal work  is
26    substantially  different from that of his or her subordinates
27    and who has authority, in the interest of  the  employer,  to
28    hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge,
29    direct,  reward,  or  discipline  employees,  to adjust their
30    grievances, or to effectively recommend any of those actions,
31    if the exercise of that authority is not of a merely  routine
32    or  clerical  nature,  but  requires  the  consistent  use of
33    independent  judgment.  Except   with   respect   to   police
34    employment,   the   term  "supervisor"  includes  only  those
 
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 1    individuals who devote a preponderance  of  their  employment
 2    time   to   exercising   that  authority,  State  supervisors
 3    notwithstanding.  In  addition,  in  determining  supervisory
 4    status in police employment, rank shall not be determinative.
 5    The  Board  shall  consider,  as  evidence of bargaining unit
 6    inclusion or exclusion, the common law  enforcement  policies
 7    and   relationships   between   police   officer   ranks  and
 8    certification under applicable civil service law, ordinances,
 9    personnel codes,  or  Division  2.1  of  Article  10  of  the
10    Illinois  Municipal  Code, but these factors shall not be the
11    sole or  predominant  factors  considered  by  the  Board  in
12    determining police supervisory status.
13        Notwithstanding   the   provisions   of   the   preceding
14    paragraph,  in determining supervisory status in fire fighter
15    employment, no fire fighter shall be excluded as a supervisor
16    who has established representation rights under Section 9  of
17    this  Act.   Further,  in  new  fire fighter units, employees
18    shall consist of fire fighters of the rank of company officer
19    and below. If a company  officer  otherwise  qualifies  as  a
20    supervisor  under the preceding paragraph, however, he or she
21    shall not be included in the fire fighter unit.  If there  is
22    no  rank  between  that  of  chief  and  the  highest company
23    officer, the employer may designate a position on each  shift
24    as  a  Shift  Commander,  and  the  persons  occupying  those
25    positions  shall  be supervisors.  All other ranks above that
26    of company officer shall be supervisors.
27        (s) (1)  "Unit" means a class of jobs or  positions  that
28        are  held  by  employees  whose  collective interests may
29        suitably be  represented  by  a  labor  organization  for
30        collective  bargaining.  Except with respect to non-State
31        fire fighters and paramedics employed by fire departments
32        and fire protection districts, non-State peace  officers,
33        and  peace  officers in the Department of State Police, a
34        bargaining unit determined by the Board shall not include
 
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 1        both employees  and  supervisors,  or  supervisors  only,
 2        except  as  provided  in paragraph (2) of this subsection
 3        (s) and except for bargaining units in existence on  July
 4        1,  1984  (the effective date of this Act).  With respect
 5        to non-State fire fighters  and  paramedics  employed  by
 6        fire departments and fire protection districts, non-State
 7        peace  officers,  and peace officers in the Department of
 8        State Police, a bargaining unit determined by  the  Board
 9        shall not include both supervisors and nonsupervisors, or
10        supervisors  only, except as provided in paragraph (2) of
11        this subsection (s) and except for  bargaining  units  in
12        existence  on January 1, 1986 (the effective date of this
13        amendatory Act of 1985).  A bargaining unit determined by
14        the Board to contain  peace  officers  shall  contain  no
15        employees  other  than  peace  officers  unless otherwise
16        agreed to by the employer and the labor  organization  or
17        labor  organizations involved.  Notwithstanding any other
18        provision of this Act, a  bargaining  unit,  including  a
19        historical   bargaining   unit,  containing  sworn  peace
20        officers of the Department of Natural Resources (formerly
21        designated the Department of Conservation) shall  contain
22        no  employees  other  than such sworn peace officers upon
23        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990 or upon
24        the  expiration  date  of   any   collective   bargaining
25        agreement  in  effect  upon  the  effective  date of this
26        amendatory Act of 1990 covering  both  such  sworn  peace
27        officers and other employees.
28             (2)  Notwithstanding  the  exclusion  of supervisors
29        from bargaining units as provided  in  paragraph  (1)  of
30        this  subsection  (s),  a  public  employer  may agree to
31        permit its supervisory employees to form bargaining units
32        and may bargain with those units.  This Act  shall  apply
33        if  the  public  employer  chooses  to bargain under this
34        subsection.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;
 2    91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

 3        (5 ILCS 315/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 1607)
 4        Sec. 7.  Duty to bargain.   A  public  employer  and  the
 5    exclusive  representative  have the authority and the duty to
 6    bargain collectively set forth in this Section.
 7        For the purposes of this Act, "to  bargain  collectively"
 8    means  the performance of the mutual obligation of the public
 9    employer   or   his   designated   representative   and   the
10    representative of the public employees to meet at  reasonable
11    times,  including  meetings  in  advance of the budget-making
12    process, and to negotiate  in  good  faith  with  respect  to
13    wages,   hours,  and  other  conditions  of  employment,  not
14    excluded by Section 4 of this Act, or the negotiation  of  an
15    agreement,   or  any  question  arising  thereunder  and  the
16    execution of a written contract incorporating  any  agreement
17    reached  if  requested  by  either party, but such obligation
18    does not compel either  party  to  agree  to  a  proposal  or
19    require the making of a concession.
20        The  duty "to bargain collectively" shall also include an
21    obligation to negotiate  over  any  matter  with  respect  to
22    wages,   hours   and  other  conditions  of  employment,  not
23    specifically  provided  for  in  any   other   law   or   not
24    specifically  in  violation of the provisions of any law.  If
25    any other  law pertains, in part, to a matter  affecting  the
26    wages,  hours  and other conditions of employment, such other
27    law shall not be construed as limiting the duty  "to  bargain
28    collectively"   and   to  enter  into  collective  bargaining
29    agreements  containing  clauses  which   either   supplement,
30    implement,  or  relate  to  the  effect of such provisions in
31    other laws.
32        The duty "to bargain  collectively"  shall  also  include
33    negotiations  as  to  the  terms  of  a collective bargaining
 
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 1    agreement. The parties may, by mutual agreement, provide  for
 2    arbitration  of  impasses  resulting  from their inability to
 3    agree  upon  wages,  hours  and  terms  and   conditions   of
 4    employment   to   be  included  in  a  collective  bargaining
 5    agreement. Such arbitration provisions shall  be  subject  to
 6    the  Illinois  "Uniform Arbitration Act" unless agreed by the
 7    parties.
 8        The duty "to bargain collectively" shall also  mean  that
 9    no  party to a collective bargaining contract shall terminate
10    or modify such  contract,  unless  the  party  desiring  such
11    termination or modification:
12        (1)  serves  a written notice upon the other party to the
13    contract of the proposed termination or modification 60  days
14    prior  to  the  expiration date thereof, or in the event such
15    contract contains no expiration date, 60 days  prior  to  the
16    time it is proposed to make such termination or modification;
17        (2)  offers  to  meet and confer with the other party for
18    the purpose of negotiating  a  new  contract  or  a  contract
19    containing the proposed modifications;
20        (3)  notifies  the Board within 30 days after such notice
21    of the existence of a dispute, provided no agreement has been
22    reached by that time; and
23        (4)  continues  in  full  force   and   effect,   without
24    resorting  to strike or lockout, all the terms and conditions
25    of the existing contract for a period of 60 days  after  such
26    notice  is  given  to the other party or until the expiration
27    date of such contract, whichever occurs later.
28        The duties imposed upon employers,  employees  and  labor
29    organizations  by  paragraphs  (2),  (3) and (4) shall become
30    inapplicable upon an intervening certification of the  Board,
31    under  which  the labor organization, which is a party to the
32    contract,  has  been  superseded  as  or  ceased  to  be  the
33    exclusive representative of the  employees  pursuant  to  the
34    provisions  of subsection (a) of Section 9, and the duties so
 
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 1    imposed shall not be construed as requiring either  party  to
 2    discuss  or  agree  to  any  modification  of  the  terms and
 3    conditions contained in a contract for  a  fixed  period,  if
 4    such  modification  is  to become effective before such terms
 5    and conditions can be reopened under the  provisions  of  the
 6    contract.
 7        Collective  bargaining  for  personal care attendants and
 8    personal assistants under the Home Services Program shall  be
 9    limited  to  the terms and conditions of employment under the
10    State's control, as defined in this  amendatory  Act  of  the
11    93rd General Assembly.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

13        Section  10.  The  Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act is
14    amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

15        (20 ILCS 2405/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 3434)
16        Sec. 3.  Powers and duties. The Department shall have the
17    powers and duties enumerated herein:
18        (a)  To co-operate with the  federal  government  in  the
19    administration    of    the   provisions   of   the   federal
20    Rehabilitation Act of 1973,  as  amended,  of  the  Workforce
21    Investment  Act  of  1998, and of the federal Social Security
22    Act to the extent and in the manner provided in these Acts.
23        (b)  To  prescribe  and   supervise   such   courses   of
24    vocational training and provide such other services as may be
25    necessary  for the habilitation and rehabilitation of persons
26    with one or more disabilities, including  the  administrative
27    activities  under  subsection  (e)  of  this  Section, and to
28    co-operate with State and local school authorities and  other
29    recognized  agencies  engaged in habilitation, rehabilitation
30    and comprehensive rehabilitation services; and  to  cooperate
31    with the Department of Children and Family Services regarding
32    the   care  and  education  of  children  with  one  or  more
 
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 1    disabilities.
 2        (c)  (Blank).
 3        (d)  To report in writing, to the Governor,  annually  on
 4    or  before the first day of December, and at such other times
 5    and in such manner and upon such subjects as the Governor may
 6    require.  The annual report shall contain (1) a statement  of
 7    the   existing   condition  of  comprehensive  rehabilitation
 8    services, habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; (2) a
 9    statement of suggestions and recommendations  with  reference
10    to  the development of comprehensive rehabilitation services,
11    habilitation and rehabilitation in  the  State;  and  (3)  an
12    itemized  statement  of  the  amounts  of money received from
13    federal, State and other sources,  and  of  the  objects  and
14    purposes  to  which  the  respective  items  of these several
15    amounts have been devoted.
16        (e)  (Blank).
17        (f)  To  establish  a  program  of  services  to  prevent
18    unnecessary institutionalization of persons with  Alzheimer's
19    disease and related disorders or persons in need of long term
20    care  who  are established as blind or disabled as defined by
21    the Social Security Act, thereby enabling them to  remain  in
22    their own homes or other living arrangements. Such preventive
23    services  may  include, but are not limited to, any or all of
24    the following:
25             (1)  home health services;
26             (2)  home nursing services;
27             (3)  homemaker services;
28             (4)  chore and housekeeping services;
29             (5)  day care services;
30             (6)  home-delivered meals;
31             (7)  education in self-care;
32             (8)  personal care services;
33             (9)  adult day health services;
34             (10)  habilitation services;
 
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 1             (11)  respite care; or
 2             (12)  other  nonmedical  social  services  that  may
 3        enable the person to become self-supporting.
 4        The Department shall establish eligibility standards  for
 5    such  services  taking into consideration the unique economic
 6    and social needs of the population for whom they  are  to  be
 7    provided.   Such  eligibility  standards  may be based on the
 8    recipient's ability to pay for services;  provided,  however,
 9    that  any  portion  of  a person's income that is equal to or
10    less  than  the  "protected  income"  level  shall   not   be
11    considered by the Department in determining eligibility.  The
12    "protected   income"   level   shall  be  determined  by  the
13    Department, shall never be  less  than  the  federal  poverty
14    standard,  and shall be adjusted each year to reflect changes
15    in the Consumer  Price  Index  For  All  Urban  Consumers  as
16    determined   by   the  United  States  Department  of  Labor.
17    Additionally,  in  determining  the  amount  and  nature   of
18    services  for which a person may qualify, consideration shall
19    not be given to the value of cash, property or  other  assets
20    held in the name of the person's spouse pursuant to a written
21    agreement  dividing  marital property into equal but separate
22    shares or pursuant to a transfer of the person's interest  in
23    a home to his spouse, provided that the spouse's share of the
24    marital  property is not made available to the person seeking
25    such services.
26        The services shall be provided  to  eligible  persons  to
27    prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization, to the
28    extent that the cost of the services, together with the other
29    personal  maintenance expenses of the persons, are reasonably
30    related to the standards established  for  care  in  a  group
31    facility    appropriate    to    their    condition.    These
32    non-institutional services, pilot  projects  or  experimental
33    facilities may be provided as part of or in addition to those
34    authorized by federal law or those funded and administered by
 
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 1    the Illinois Department on Aging.
 2        Personal care attendants shall be paid:
 3             (i)  A  $5  per  hour minimum rate beginning July 1,
 4        1995.
 5             (ii)  A $5.30 per hour minimum rate  beginning  July
 6        1, 1997.
 7             (iii)  A  $5.40 per hour minimum rate beginning July
 8        1, 1998.
 9        Solely for the purposes of coverage  under  the  Illinois
10    Public  Labor  Relations  Act  (5  ILCS  315/), personal care
11    attendants and personal assistants providing  services  under
12    the Department's Home Services Program shall be considered to
13    be  public  employees  and  the  State  of  Illinois shall be
14    considered to be their employer as of the effective  date  of
15    this  amendatory  Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly, but not
16    before. The State shall engage in collective bargaining  with
17    an  exclusive  representative of personal care attendants and
18    personal assistants working under the Home  Services  Program
19    concerning  their terms and conditions of employment that are
20    within the State's control. Nothing in this  paragraph  shall
21    be  understood  to  limit  the right of the persons receiving
22    services defined in this Section to hire  and  fire  personal
23    care  attendants  and  personal  assistants or supervise them
24    within the limitations set by the Home Services Program.  The
25    State  shall not be considered to be the employer of personal
26    care attendants and personal assistants for any purposes  not
27    specifically  provided  in  this  amendatory  Act of the 93rd
28    General Assembly, including but not limited to,  purposes  of
29    vicarious   liability  in  tort  and  purposes  of  statutory
30    retirement  or  health  insurance  benefits.  Personal   care
31    attendants  and  personal  assistants shall not be covered by
32    the State Employees Group  Insurance  Act  of  1971  (5  ILCS
33    375/).
34        The  Department  shall  execute,  relative to the nursing
 
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 1    home prescreening project, as authorized by Section  4.03  of
 2    the   Illinois   Act   on  the  Aging,  written  inter-agency
 3    agreements with the Department on Aging and the Department of
 4    Public Aid, to effect the following:  (i)  intake  procedures
 5    and  common  eligibility  criteria  for those persons who are
 6    receiving   non-institutional   services;   and   (ii)    the
 7    establishment  and  development of non-institutional services
 8    in areas of the State where they are not currently  available
 9    or  are  undeveloped.  On and after July 1, 1996, all nursing
10    home prescreenings for individuals 18 through 59 years of age
11    shall be conducted by the Department.
12        The Department is authorized to  establish  a  system  of
13    recipient  cost-sharing  for  services  provided  under  this
14    Section.    The   cost-sharing   shall   be  based  upon  the
15    recipient's ability to pay for services, but in no case shall
16    the recipient's share exceed the actual cost of the  services
17    provided.   Protected  income  shall not be considered by the
18    Department in its determination of the recipient's ability to
19    pay  a  share  of  the  cost  of  services.   The  level   of
20    cost-sharing  shall  be adjusted each year to reflect changes
21    in the "protected income" level.  The Department shall deduct
22    from the recipient's share of the cost of services any  money
23    expended by the recipient for disability-related expenses.
24        The    Department,   or   the   Department's   authorized
25    representative, shall recover the amount of  moneys  expended
26    for  services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
27    Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
28    estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery  may
29    be had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any,
30    and  then  only at such time when there is no surviving child
31    who is under  age  21,  blind,  or  permanently  and  totally
32    disabled.   This  paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery,
33    at the death of the person, of moneys for  services  provided
34    to  the  person or in behalf of the person under this Section
 
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 1    to which the person was  not  entitled;  provided  that  such
 2    recovery  shall not be enforced against any real estate while
 3    it is occupied as a homestead  by  the  surviving  spouse  or
 4    other  dependent,  if  no claims by other creditors have been
 5    filed against the estate, or, if such claims have been filed,
 6    they remain dormant for failure of prosecution or failure  of
 7    the  claimant  to compel administration of the estate for the
 8    purpose of payment.  This paragraph shall  not  bar  recovery
 9    from  the estate of a spouse, under Sections 1915 and 1924 of
10    the Social Security Act  and  Section  5-4  of  the  Illinois
11    Public  Aid  Code,  who  precedes a person receiving services
12    under this Section in death.  All moneys for services paid to
13    or in behalf of  the  person  under  this  Section  shall  be
14    claimed  for  recovery  from  the  deceased  spouse's estate.
15    "Homestead", as used in this paragraph,  means  the  dwelling
16    house  and  contiguous  real  estate  occupied by a surviving
17    spouse or relative, as defined by the rules  and  regulations
18    of  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid, regardless of the
19    value of the property.
20        The  Department  and  the  Department  on   Aging   shall
21    cooperate  in  the  development  and  submission of an annual
22    report on programs and services provided under this  Section.
23    Such  joint  report  shall be filed with the Governor and the
24    General Assembly on or before March 30 each year.
25        The requirement for reporting  to  the  General  Assembly
26    shall  be  satisfied  by filing copies of the report with the
27    Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of  the  House  of
28    Representatives  and  the  President, the Minority Leader and
29    the Secretary of the  Senate  and  the  Legislative  Research
30    Unit,  as  required  by  Section  3.1 of the General Assembly
31    Organization Act, and filing additional copies with the State
32    Government  Report  Distribution  Center  for   the   General
33    Assembly  as required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the
34    State Library Act.
 
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 1        (g)  To establish such subdivisions of the Department  as
 2    shall be desirable and assign to the various subdivisions the
 3    responsibilities  and  duties  placed  upon the Department by
 4    law.
 5        (h)  To cooperate and enter into any necessary agreements
 6    with the Department of Employment Security for the  provision
 7    of  job placement and job referral services to clients of the
 8    Department,  including  job  service  registration  of   such
 9    clients  with Illinois Employment Security offices and making
10    job listings  maintained  by  the  Department  of  Employment
11    Security available to such clients.
12        (i)  To  possess  all powers reasonable and necessary for
13    the exercise and administration of  the  powers,  duties  and
14    responsibilities  of the Department which are provided for by
15    law.
16        (j)  To establish a procedure whereby  new  providers  of
17    personal care attendant services shall submit vouchers to the
18    State  for  payment  two  times  during  their first month of
19    employment and one time per month  thereafter.   In  no  case
20    shall  the  Department pay personal care attendants an hourly
21    wage that is less than the federal minimum wage.
22        (k)  To provide adequate notice to providers of chore and
23    housekeeping services informing them that they  are  entitled
24    to  an  interest payment on bills which are not promptly paid
25    pursuant to Section 3 of the State Prompt Payment Act.
26        (l)  To  establish,  operate  and  maintain  a  Statewide
27    Housing Clearinghouse of information on available, government
28    subsidized  housing  accessible  to  disabled   persons   and
29    available  privately  owned  housing  accessible  to disabled
30    persons.  The information shall include but not be limited to
31    the  location,  rental  requirements,  access  features   and
32    proximity to public transportation of available housing.  The
33    Clearinghouse  shall  consist  of  at  least  a  computerized
34    database  for  the storage and retrieval of information and a
 
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 1    separate or shared toll free  telephone  number  for  use  by
 2    those seeking information from the Clearinghouse.  Department
 3    offices  and personnel throughout the State shall also assist
 4    in the operation  of  the  Statewide  Housing  Clearinghouse.
 5    Cooperation  with  local,  State and federal housing managers
 6    shall be sought and  extended  in  order  to  frequently  and
 7    promptly update the Clearinghouse's information.
 8        (m)  To assure that the names and case records of persons
 9    who  received  or are receiving services from the Department,
10    including persons receiving vocational  rehabilitation,  home
11    services,  or  other services, and those attending one of the
12    Department's schools or other supervised  facility  shall  be
13    confidential  and  not  be open to the general public.  Those
14    case records and reports  or  the  information  contained  in
15    those  records and reports shall be disclosed by the Director
16    only  to  proper  law  enforcement   officials,   individuals
17    authorized  by a court, the General Assembly or any committee
18    or commission of the General Assembly, and other persons  and
19    for  reasons  as the Director designates by rule.  Disclosure
20    by  the  Director  may  be  only  in  accordance  with  other
21    applicable law.
22    (Source: P.A. 91-540, eff. 8-13-99; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02.)

23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
24    becoming law.".