Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB2221

Deletes everything. Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Provides that personal care attendants and personal assistants providing services under the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program shall be considered to be public employees covered by the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, and the State shall be considered to be their employer under that Act. Provides that the State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board shall have and exercise jurisdiction over personal care attendants and personal assistants under the Act, and, if the State has recognized a labor organization as the exclusive representative of personal care attendants or personal assistants prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act, then the organization shall be considered to be the exclusive representative of the personal care attendants or personal assistants. Provides that these provisions shall not be understood to limit the right of the persons receiving services to hire and fire personal care attendants and personal assistants or supervise them within the limitations set by the Home Services Program. Provides that the State shall not be considered to be the employer of personal care attendants or personal assistants for purposes of vicarious liability in tort or for purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. Provides that personal care attendants and personal assistants shall not be covered by the State Employees Group Insurance Act. Effective immediately.

Deletes everything. Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act and the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that, after the effective date of this amendatory Act, personal care attendants and personal assistants providing services under the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program shall be considered to be public employees, and the State shall be considered to be their employer. Provides that these provisions shall not be understood to limit the right of the persons receiving services to hire and fire personal care attendants and personal assistants or supervise them within the limitations set by the Home Services Program. Provides that the State shall not be considered to be the employer of personal care attendants or personal assistants for purposes of vicarious liability in tort or for purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. Provides that personal care attendants and personal assistants shall not be covered by the State Employees Group Insurance Act. Provides that a labor organization recognized by Executive Order to represent personal care attendants or personal assistants shall be the exclusive representative of those individuals. Effective immediately.

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