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HB5762 - $DHS-GRANTS
Suzanne M. Ness, Michelle Mussman, Lindsey LaPointe
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $20,300,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for grants-in-aid and purchase-of-care contracts for individual service coordination, pre-admission screenings, and grant exclusive line items. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0453 - SUPPORT FAMILY ROOTS GENEALOGY
Carol Ammons, Kambium Buckner, Marcus C. Evans
Last updated 7 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Urges support for the Family Roots Genealogy Pilot Program as it provides African American descendants of enslaved individuals the opportunity to trace their roots back to their ancestral homelands, to reconnect with their ancestral heritage, and to promote their well-being.
STATUS
Passed
HB1166 - PROCUREMENT-EQUAL PAY
Daniel Didech, Theresa Mah, Janet Yang Yang Rohr
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, for procurements first solicited on or after January 1, 2025, a person who is required to obtain an equal pay registration certificate under Section 11 of the Equal Pay Act of 2003 may qualify as a bidder, offeror, or contractor under this Code if the person was issued an equal pay registration certificate from the Department of Labor during the previous 2 calendar years. Provides that, for any bid or offer for a contract with a State agency by a person required to obtain an equal pay registration certificate under Section 11 of the Equal Pay Act of 2003, the chief procurement officer shall verify that the person holds an equal pay registration certificate issued during the 2 calendar years prior to award. Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that, beginning December 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Director shall make publicly available a list of businesses that were issued an equal pay registration certificate by the Department in the previous 2 calendar years.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4807 - DCFS-FORMER FOSTER FAMILY
Suzanne M. Ness
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that whenever a child is placed in the substitute care of the Department of Children and Family Services, and the child has previously been in substitute care, the Department may consider a child's former foster parent as a placement option for the child. Provides that if the Department determines that it is not in the best interest of the child to be placed with the former foster parent, the Department shall document the basis for its decision and maintain the documentation in the child's case file. Provides that the fact that the former foster parent is licensed through an agency other than the agency assigned to the child's case shall not be a basis for determining that placement with the former foster parent is not in the child's best interest. Provides that the fact that the former foster parent is no longer licensed to provide foster care shall not be a basis for determining that placement with the former foster parent is not in the child's best interest, if the former foster parent is eligible to receive a permit issued by the Department under the Child Care Act of 1969 and the former foster parent is willing to make timely and sufficient application for a foster care license. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act do not apply if a court previously found that the child's placement in the former foster home was not necessary or appropriate, or if the child was previously removed from the care of the former foster parent because of abuse or neglect.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3907 - SCH CD-TEACHER PLAN TIME
Katie Stuart, Sue Scherer, Natalie A. Manley
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Boards and Chicago School District Articles of the School Code. Provides that school boards shall allow all educators to have daily continuous uninterrupted individual classroom planning time. Provides that the planning period shall be equal to one class period but no less than 45 minutes in duration. Provides that this time requirement applies to educators who are in contact with students for 50% or more of their contracted workday. Provides that, during this planning period, educators may not be forced to substitute in other areas of the building or district when another educator is absent or a vacancy exists and may not be forced to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any kind. Provides that if an educator chooses to substitute or attend a meeting, training, or conference during their guaranteed planning period of their own free will, the educator shall be compensated at a rate of pay that is negotiated between the local Board of Education and local association of a state teacher association.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4806 - DHS-DIRECT SUPPORT-RATES
Michelle Mussman, Barbara Hernandez, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated 9 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2025 shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide a $3 per hour wage rate increase for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings, with at least $1.50 of those funds to be provided as a direct increase to base wages and the remaining $1.50 to be used flexibly for base wage increases. Provides that the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2025 shall include an increase sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support personnel, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as defined by rule by the Department of Human Services. Provides that for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act as ID/DD facilities and under the MC/DD Act as MC/DD facilities, subject to federal approval of a State Plan Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2025, shall include a $3 per hour wage rate increase for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings, with at least $1.50 of those funds to be provided as a direct increase to all aide base wages and the remaining $1.50 to be used flexibly for base wage increases to the rate methodology for aides. Provides that for residential services delivered on or after January 1, 2025, the rates shall include an increase sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding aides, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as determined by the Department. Requires the Department to adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4130 - WATERWAY CLEANUP MONTH
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Jennifer Sanalitro, Ann M. Williams
Last updated 7 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR0606 - EQUAL PAY DAY
Anna Moeller, Elizabeth Hernandez, Diane Blair-Sherlock
Last updated 7 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Declares March 12, 2024 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
STATUS
Passed
HB4218 - COLLEGE/CAREER PATHWAY ENDORSE
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Marcus C. Evans, Suzanne M. Ness
Last updated about 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. Provides that a postsecondary institution shall require applicants for admission to report which College and Career Pathway Endorsements, if any, they have received.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4473 - SCH CD-ST BD ED-CTE TASK FORCE
Mary Gill, Maurice A. West, Brandun Schweizer
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the Career and Technical Education Task Force is created within the State Board of Education to examine how to involve more students in technical education. Specifies the members of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall meet once every 3 months at the call of the State Board of Education and shall receive administrative and other support from the State Board of Education. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare and deliver to the State Board of Education a report each year covering the Task Force's findings. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved and the provisions are repealed on January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
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