Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB0793

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in partnership with other specified State agencies, to eliminate on July 1, 2027 the use of active or pending 14(c) certificates authorized under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as well as authorizations permitted under the Minimum Wage Law to pay an employee with a disability less than the minimum wage otherwise required for employees under the Minimum Wage Law. Creates the Transition Grant Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to provide funds, subject to appropriation, to community agencies with active or pending 14(c) certificates to aid in the transition away from subminimum wages for employees with disabilities. Amends the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act. Requires the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force (Task Force) to create, by no later than July 1, 2025, a multi-year plan of recommended actions, outcomes, and benchmarks to help the State meets its goal to eliminate the use of 14(c) certificates on and after July 1, 2027. Sets forth certain information and data that shall be included in the multi-year plan to inform the work of the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to include in the multi-year plan certain recommendations aimed as facilitating the elimination of 14(c) certificates. Requires the Task Force to submit the multi-year plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by no later than July 1, 2025 and to provide annual reports on implementation through January 1, 2030. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In a provision listing the type of not-for-profit agencies whose supplies and services may be procured without advertising or calling for bids, revises the list to include a not-for-profit agency that is (i) certified as a community rehabilitation provider by the Department of Human Services and (ii) accredited by a nationally-recognized accrediting organization or certified as a day services provider by the Department. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. In the definition of "business owned by a person with a disability", removes from the definition a not-for-profit agency for persons with disabilities that is exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, the personal needs allowance for a qualifying medical assistance recipient who is a resident in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act shall equal $100. Provides that beginning January 1, 2025, the personal needs allowance shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year. Amends the Minimum Wage Law. In a provision permitting the Director of Labor to issue regulations providing for the employment of workers with disabilities at wages lower than the wage rate applicable under the Act, provides that the provision is inoperative on and after July 1, 2027. Effective immediately.

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