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HB 2939

AGING-DHS-GRANT ASSISTANCE

104th Regular Session Introduced by Camille Lilly

HB 2939 would require four state departments to provide training and technical assistance to local governments and nonprofits to help them obtain and retain state grants.

Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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Bill Summary · HB 2939

Summary — HB 2939 (Aging / DHS / Grant Assistance)

Status: Rule 19(a) / Re‑referred to Rules Committee (House amendment filed 3/19/2025)
Introduced: February 2025 (filed Feb 5–6, 2025)
Primary sponsor: Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Related/companion bills: SB 45; SB 637; SB 638; HB 262; HB 814
Effective date (as introduced): July 1, 2025

Main purpose

As introduced, HB 2939 requires four Illinois state departments to provide technical assistance (in the form of training) to local governmental entities and nonprofit human‑service providers that request help with procuring grants. The intent is to improve applicants’ ability to apply for and retain state grant funding, prioritizing entities with a history of noncompliance or that recently lost Department grant funding.

Key provisions (as introduced)

  • Adds substantially identical “Grant technical assistance” sections to:
    • Illinois Act on the Aging (20 ILCS 105) — new Sec. 4.17
    • Children and Family Services Act (20 ILCS 505) — new Sec. 34.13
    • Department of Human Services Act (20 ILCS 1305) — new Sec. 10‑80
    • Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law (20 ILCS 2310) — new Sec. 2310‑733
  • Each affected Department must:
    • Provide technical assistance (training) to local governmental entities and nonprofit human‑service entities located in Illinois upon request, for the purpose of procuring grants.
    • Prioritize assistance to:
    • Current grant recipients that are routinely noncompliant with grant award requirements.
    • Entities that lost Department grant funding within the last 5 years and are seeking to reapply.
    • Adopt any rules necessary to implement the new section(s).
  • Effective date: July 1, 2025.

Who would be affected

  • Primary beneficiaries: local governments and nonprofit human‑service providers in Illinois that seek state grant funding, especially those with compliance problems or recent loss of funding.
  • State agencies: Departments on Aging, Children & Family Services, Human Services, and Public Health would be required to establish and deliver training and rulemaking to implement the assistance.
  • Indirect beneficiaries: clients and communities served by improved, better‑supported grant recipients (e.g., continuity and quality of services).

Fiscal and implementation notes

  • The introduced text requires Departments to provide training and to adopt rules; it does not specify funding or appropriations in the bill language. Implementation may require departmental staff time, training resources, and potentially funding not specified in the bill.
  • The bill contains a rulemaking requirement for each Department to operationalize the assistance.

Important procedural development: House Committee Amendment No. 1

  • A House Committee Amendment (filed 3/19/2025) would entirely replace the bill text with a different measure: the “Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact Act,” creating an interstate licensure compact (definitions, compact privileges, Commission, data sharing, disciplinary processes, etc.).
  • That amendment was referred to the Rules Committee (Rule 19(a)) on 3/21/2025. If the amendment is adopted, the subject and effects of HB 2939 would shift from grant assistance to interstate dental licensing policy.

Current status / next steps

  • HB 2939 (grant assistance version) was introduced and assigned to committees in February–March 2025.
  • A major committee amendment proposing a wholesale replacement (the dental compact) has been filed and sent to the Rules Committee, so final content of the bill remains uncertain until the Rules Committee and the full House take further action.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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