(210 ILCS 49/5-110) Sec. 5-110. Staff longevity payments. Payments will be awarded to facilities on a per bed basis with the funded appropriation for Fiscal Year 2022 divided by the number of licensed beds in each facility. Facilities will receive an equal amount for every licensed bed from the amount appropriated. Facilities shall use these funds to grant an extra week of payment to any direct care staff who has worked continuously in the same facility since March 1, 2020 through the time in which payments are awarded to facilities for this purpose by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Facilities must attest to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services that the funding was utilized for the purpose of providing the staff longevity payments as detailed in this Section. If the facility does not attest to the usage of the payments or cannot document the usage of payments the Department shall recoup the expenditure of funds by withholding payment of rate.
(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.) |