Bill Amendment: IL SB3967 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: NURSING HOME SURVEYOR REPORT

Status: 2026-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0571 [SB3967 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB3967-House_Amendment_001.html

Rep. Justin Slaughter

Filed: 5/5/2026

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3967

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3967 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 5-5.2 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-5.2)
7    Sec. 5-5.2. Payment.
8    (a) All nursing facilities that are grouped pursuant to
9Section 5-5.1 of this Act shall receive the same rate of
10payment for similar services.
11    (b) It shall be a matter of State policy that the Illinois
12Department shall utilize a uniform billing cycle throughout
13the State for the long-term care providers.
14    (c) (Blank).
15    (c-1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code,
16the methodologies for reimbursement of nursing services as

 

 

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1provided under this Article shall no longer be applicable for
2bills payable for nursing services rendered on or after a new
3reimbursement system based on the Patient Driven Payment Model
4(PDPM) has been fully operationalized, which shall take effect
5for services provided on or after the implementation of the
6PDPM reimbursement system begins. For the purposes of Public
7Act 102-1035, the implementation date of the PDPM
8reimbursement system and all related provisions shall be July
91, 2022 if the following conditions are met: (i) the Centers
10for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved corresponding
11changes in the reimbursement system and bed assessment; and
12(ii) the Department has filed rules to implement these changes
13no later than June 1, 2022. Failure of the Department to file
14rules to implement the changes provided in Public Act 102-1035
15no later than June 1, 2022 shall result in the implementation
16date being delayed to October 1, 2022.
17    (d) The new nursing services reimbursement methodology
18utilizing the Patient Driven Payment Model, which shall be
19referred to as the PDPM reimbursement system, taking effect
20July 1, 2022, upon federal approval by the Centers for
21Medicare and Medicaid Services, shall be based on the
22following:
23        (1) The methodology shall be resident-centered,
24    facility-specific, cost-based, and based on guidance from
25    the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
26        (2) Costs shall be annually rebased and case mix index

 

 

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1    quarterly updated. The nursing services methodology will
2    be assigned to the Medicaid enrolled residents on record
3    as of 30 days prior to the beginning of the rate period in
4    the Department's Medicaid Management Information System
5    (MMIS) as present on the last day of the second quarter
6    preceding the rate period based upon the Assessment
7    Reference Date of the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
8        (3) Regional wage adjustors based on the Health
9    Service Areas (HSA) groupings and adjusters in effect on
10    April 30, 2012 shall be included, except no adjuster shall
11    be lower than 1.06.
12        (4) PDPM nursing case mix indices in effect on March
13    1, 2022 shall be assigned to each resident class at no less
14    than 0.7858 of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
15    Services PDPM unadjusted case mix values, in effect on
16    March 1, 2022.
17        (5) The pool of funds available for distribution by
18    case mix and the base facility rate shall be determined
19    using the formula contained in subsection (d-1).
20        (6) The Department shall establish a variable per diem
21    staffing add-on in accordance with the most recent
22    available federal staffing report, currently the Payroll
23    Based Journal, for the same period of time, and if
24    applicable adjusted for acuity using the same quarter's
25    MDS. The Department shall rely on Payroll Based Journals
26    provided to the Department of Public Health to make a

 

 

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1    determination of non-submission. If the Department is
2    notified by a facility of missing or inaccurate Payroll
3    Based Journal data or an incorrect calculation of
4    staffing, the Department must make a correction as soon as
5    the error is verified for the applicable quarter.
6        Beginning October 1, 2024, the staffing percentage
7    used in the calculation of the per diem staffing add-on
8    shall be its PDPM STRIVE Staffing Ratio which equals: its
9    Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day
10    as published in the most recent federal staffing report
11    (the Provider Information File), divided by the facility's
12    PDPM STRIVE Staffing Target. Each facility's PDPM STRIVE
13    Staffing Target is equal to .82 times the facility's
14    Illinois Adjusted Facility Case-Mix Hours Per Resident Per
15    Day. A facility's Illinois Adjusted Facility Case Mix
16    Hours Per Resident Per Day is equal to its Case-Mix Total
17    Nurse Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day (as published in
18    the most recent federal Provider Information file) times
19    3.662 (which reflects the national resident days-weighted
20    mean Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours Per Resident Per
21    Day as calculated using the January 2024 federal Provider
22    Information Files), divided by the national resident
23    days-weighted mean Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours Per
24    Resident Per Day calculated using the most recent State US
25    Averages file.
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1    used in the calculation of the per diem staffing add-on
2    shall be its PDPM STRIVE Staffing Ratio which equals: its
3    Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day
4    as published in the most recent federal staffing report
5    (the Provider Information File), divided by the facility's
6    PDPM STRIVE Staffing Target. Each facility's PDPM STRIVE
7    Staffing Target is equal to .7122 times the facility's
8    Illinois Adjusted Facility Case-Mix Hours Per Resident Per
9    Day. A facility's Illinois Adjusted Facility Case Mix
10    Hours Per Resident Per Day is equal to its Case-Mix Total
11    Nurse Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day (as published in
12    the most recent federal staffing report Provider
13    Information file) times 3.79 (which is the Reported Total
14    Nurse Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day for the Nation
15    as reported the January 2024 State US Averages file),
16    divided by the Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours Per
17    Resident Per Day for the Nation as reported in the most
18    recent State US Averages file.
19        (6.5) Beginning July 1, 2024, the paid per diem
20    staffing add-on shall be the paid per diem staffing add-on
21    in effect April 1, 2024. For dates beginning October 1,
22    2024 and through September 30, 2025, the denominator for
23    the staffing percentage shall be the lesser of the
24    facility's PDPM STRIVE Staffing Target and:
25            (A) For the quarter beginning October 1, 2024, the
26        sum of 20% of the facility's PDPM STRIVE Staffing

 

 

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1        Target and 80% of the facility's Case-Mix Total Nurse
2        Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day (as published in
3        the January 2024 federal staffing report).
4            (B) For the quarter beginning January 1, 2025, the
5        sum of 40% of the facility's PDPM STRIVE Staffing
6        Target and 60% of the facility's Case-Mix Total Nurse
7        Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day (as published in
8        the January 2024 federal staffing report).
9            (C) For the quarter beginning March 1, 2025, the
10        sum of 60% of the facility's PDPM STRIVE Staffing
11        Target and 40% of the facility's Case-Mix Total Nurse
12        Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day (as published in
13        the January 2024 federal staffing report).
14            (D) For the quarter beginning July 1, 2025, the
15        sum of 80% of the facility's PDPM STRIVE Staffing
16        Target and 20% of the facility's Case-Mix Total Nurse
17        Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day (as published in
18        the January 2024 federal staffing report).
19         Facilities with at least 70% of the staffing
20    indicated by the STRIVE study shall be paid a per diem
21    add-on of $9, increasing by equivalent steps for each
22    whole percentage point until the facilities reach a per
23    diem of $16.52. Facilities with at least 80% of the
24    staffing indicated by the STRIVE study shall be paid a per
25    diem add-on of $16.52, increasing by equivalent steps for
26    each whole percentage point until the facilities reach a

 

 

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1    per diem add-on of $25.77. Facilities with at least 92% of
2    the staffing indicated by the STRIVE study shall be paid a
3    per diem add-on of $25.77, increasing by equivalent steps
4    for each whole percentage point until the facilities reach
5    a per diem add-on of $30.98. Facilities with at least 100%
6    of the staffing indicated by the STRIVE study shall be
7    paid a per diem add-on of $30.98, increasing by equivalent
8    steps for each whole percentage point until the facilities
9    reach a per diem add-on of $36.44. Facilities with at
10    least 110% of the staffing indicated by the STRIVE study
11    shall be paid a per diem add-on of $36.44, increasing by
12    equivalent steps for each whole percentage point until the
13    facilities reach a per diem add-on of $38.68. Facilities
14    with at least 125% or higher of the staffing indicated by
15    the STRIVE study shall be paid a per diem add-on of $38.68.
16    No nursing facility's variable staffing per diem add-on
17    shall be reduced by more than 5% in 2 consecutive
18    quarters. For the quarters beginning July 1, 2022 and
19    October 1, 2022, no facility's variable per diem staffing
20    add-on shall be calculated at a rate lower than 85% of the
21    staffing indicated by the STRIVE study. No facility below
22    70% of the staffing indicated by the STRIVE study shall
23    receive a variable per diem staffing add-on after December
24    31, 2022.
25        (7) For dates of services beginning July 1, 2022, the
26    PDPM nursing component per diem for each nursing facility

 

 

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1    shall be the product of the facility's (i) statewide PDPM
2    nursing base per diem rate, $92.25, adjusted for the
3    facility average PDPM case mix index calculated quarterly
4    and (ii) the regional wage adjuster, and then add the
5    Medicaid access adjustment as defined in (e-3) of this
6    Section. Transition rates for services provided between
7    July 1, 2022 and October 1, 2023 shall be the greater of
8    the PDPM nursing component per diem or:
9            (A) for the quarter beginning July 1, 2022, the
10        RUG-IV nursing component per diem;
11            (B) for the quarter beginning October 1, 2022, the
12        sum of the RUG-IV nursing component per diem
13        multiplied by 0.80 and the PDPM nursing component per
14        diem multiplied by 0.20;
15            (C) for the quarter beginning January 1, 2023, the
16        sum of the RUG-IV nursing component per diem
17        multiplied by 0.60 and the PDPM nursing component per
18        diem multiplied by 0.40;
19            (D) for the quarter beginning April 1, 2023, the
20        sum of the RUG-IV nursing component per diem
21        multiplied by 0.40 and the PDPM nursing component per
22        diem multiplied by 0.60;
23            (E) for the quarter beginning July 1, 2023, the
24        sum of the RUG-IV nursing component per diem
25        multiplied by 0.20 and the PDPM nursing component per
26        diem multiplied by 0.80; or

 

 

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1            (F) for the quarter beginning October 1, 2023 and
2        each subsequent quarter, the transition rate shall end
3        and a nursing facility shall be paid 100% of the PDPM
4        nursing component per diem.
5    (d-1) Calculation of base year Statewide RUG-IV nursing
6base per diem rate.
7        (1) Base rate spending pool shall be:
8            (A) The base year resident days which are
9        calculated by multiplying the number of Medicaid
10        residents in each nursing home as indicated in the MDS
11        data defined in paragraph (4) by 365.
12            (B) Each facility's nursing component per diem in
13        effect on July 1, 2012 shall be multiplied by
14        subsection (A).
15            (C) Thirteen million is added to the product of
16        subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B) to adjust for
17        the exclusion of nursing homes defined in paragraph
18        (5).
19        (2) For each nursing home with Medicaid residents as
20    indicated by the MDS data defined in paragraph (4),
21    weighted days adjusted for case mix and regional wage
22    adjustment shall be calculated. For each home this
23    calculation is the product of:
24            (A) Base year resident days as calculated in
25        subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).
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1        based on the Health Service Areas (HSA) groupings and
2        adjustors in effect on April 30, 2012.
3            (C) Facility weighted case mix which is the number
4        of Medicaid residents as indicated by the MDS data
5        defined in paragraph (4) multiplied by the associated
6        case weight for the RUG-IV 48 grouper model using
7        standard RUG-IV procedures for index maximization.
8            (D) The sum of the products calculated for each
9        nursing home in subparagraphs (A) through (C) above
10        shall be the base year case mix, rate adjusted
11        weighted days.
12        (3) The Statewide RUG-IV nursing base per diem rate:
13            (A) on January 1, 2014 shall be the quotient of the
14        paragraph (1) divided by the sum calculated under
15        subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2);
16            (B) on and after July 1, 2014 and until July 1,
17        2022, shall be the amount calculated under
18        subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (3) plus $1.76; and
19            (C) beginning July 1, 2022 and thereafter, $7
20        shall be added to the amount calculated under
21        subparagraph (B) of this paragraph (3) of this
22        Section.
23        (4) Minimum Data Set (MDS) comprehensive assessments
24    for Medicaid residents on the last day of the quarter used
25    to establish the base rate.
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1    by the Department as "Institutions for Mental Disease"
2    shall be excluded from all calculations under this
3    subsection. The data from these facilities shall not be
4    used in the computations described in paragraphs (1)
5    through (4) above to establish the base rate.
6    (e) Beginning July 1, 2014, the Department shall allocate
7funding in the amount up to $10,000,000 for per diem add-ons to
8the RUGS methodology for dates of service on and after July 1,
92014:
10        (1) $0.63 for each resident who scores in I4200
11    Alzheimer's Disease or I4800 non-Alzheimer's Dementia.
12        (2) $2.67 for each resident who scores either a "1" or
13    "2" in any items S1200A through S1200I and also scores in
14    RUG groups PA1, PA2, BA1, or BA2.
15    (e-1) (Blank).
16    (e-2) For dates of services beginning January 1, 2014 and
17ending September 30, 2023, the RUG-IV nursing component per
18diem for a nursing home shall be the product of the statewide
19RUG-IV nursing base per diem rate, the facility average case
20mix index, and the regional wage adjustor. For dates of
21service beginning July 1, 2022 and ending September 30, 2023,
22the Medicaid access adjustment described in subsection (e-3)
23shall be added to the product.
24    (e-3) A Medicaid Access Adjustment of $4 adjusted for the
25facility average PDPM case mix index calculated quarterly
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1facilities with annual Medicaid bed days of at least 70% of all
2occupied bed days adjusted quarterly. For each new calendar
3year and for the 6-month period beginning July 1, 2022, the
4percentage of a facility's occupied bed days comprised of
5Medicaid bed days shall be determined by the Department
6quarterly. For dates of service beginning January 1, 2023, the
7Medicaid Access Adjustment shall be increased to $4.75. This
8subsection shall be inoperative on and after January 1, 2028.
9    (e-4) Subject to federal approval, on and after January 1,
102024, the Department shall increase the rate add-on at
11paragraph (7) subsection (a) under 89 Ill. Adm. Code 147.335
12for ventilator services from $208 per day to $481 per day.
13Payment is subject to the criteria and requirements under 89
14Ill. Adm. Code 147.335.
15    (f) (Blank).
16    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, on
17and after July 1, 2012, for facilities not designated by the
18Department of Healthcare and Family Services as "Institutions
19for Mental Disease", rates effective May 1, 2011 shall be
20adjusted as follows:
21        (1) (Blank);
22        (2) (Blank);
23        (3) Facility rates for the capital and support
24    components shall be reduced by 1.7%.
25    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, on
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1Department of Healthcare and Family Services as "Institutions
2for Mental Disease" and "Institutions for Mental Disease" that
3are facilities licensed under the Specialized Mental Health
4Rehabilitation Act of 2013 shall have the nursing,
5socio-developmental, capital, and support components of their
6reimbursement rate effective May 1, 2011 reduced in total by
72.7%.
8    (i) On and after July 1, 2014, the reimbursement rates for
9the support component of the nursing facility rate for
10facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled
11or intermediate care facilities shall be the rate in effect on
12June 30, 2014 increased by 8.17%.
13    (i-1) Subject to federal approval, on and after January 1,
142024, the reimbursement rates for the support component of the
15nursing facility rate for facilities licensed under the
16Nursing Home Care Act as skilled or intermediate care
17facilities shall be the rate in effect on June 30, 2023
18increased by 12%.
19    (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to
20federal approval, effective July 1, 2019, sufficient funds
21shall be allocated for changes to rates for facilities
22licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled nursing
23facilities or intermediate care facilities for dates of
24services on and after July 1, 2019: (i) to establish, through
25June 30, 2022 a per diem add-on to the direct care per diem
26rate not to exceed $70,000,000 annually in the aggregate

 

 

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1taking into account federal matching funds for the purpose of
2addressing the facility's unique staffing needs, adjusted
3quarterly and distributed by a weighted formula based on
4Medicaid bed days on the last day of the second quarter
5preceding the quarter for which the rate is being adjusted.
6Beginning July 1, 2022, the annual $70,000,000 described in
7the preceding sentence shall be dedicated to the variable per
8diem add-on for staffing under paragraph (6) of subsection
9(d); and (ii) in an amount not to exceed $170,000,000 annually
10in the aggregate taking into account federal matching funds to
11permit the support component of the nursing facility rate to
12be updated as follows:
13        (1) 80%, or $136,000,000, of the funds shall be used
14    to update each facility's rate in effect on June 30, 2019
15    using the most recent cost reports on file, which have had
16    a limited review conducted by the Department of Healthcare
17    and Family Services and will not hold up enacting the rate
18    increase, with the Department of Healthcare and Family
19    Services.
20        (2) After completing the calculation in paragraph (1),
21    any facility whose rate is less than the rate in effect on
22    June 30, 2019 shall have its rate restored to the rate in
23    effect on June 30, 2019 from the 20% of the funds set
24    aside.
25        (3) The remainder of the 20%, or $34,000,000, shall be
26    used to increase each facility's rate by an equal

 

 

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1    percentage.
2    (k) During the first quarter of State Fiscal Year 2020,
3the Department of Healthcare of Family Services must convene a
4technical advisory group consisting of members of all trade
5associations representing Illinois skilled nursing providers
6to discuss changes necessary with federal implementation of
7Medicare's Patient-Driven Payment Model. Implementation of
8Medicare's Patient-Driven Payment Model shall, by September 1,
92020, end the collection of the MDS data that is necessary to
10maintain the current RUG-IV Medicaid payment methodology. The
11technical advisory group must consider a revised reimbursement
12methodology that takes into account transparency,
13accountability, actual staffing as reported under the
14federally required Payroll Based Journal system, changes to
15the minimum wage, adequacy in coverage of the cost of care, and
16a quality component that rewards quality improvements.
17    (l) The Department shall establish per diem add-on
18payments to improve the quality of care delivered by
19facilities, including:
20        (1) Incentive payments determined by facility
21    performance on specified quality measures in an initial
22    amount of $70,000,000. Nothing in this subsection shall be
23    construed to limit the quality of care payments in the
24    aggregate statewide to $70,000,000, and, if quality of
25    care has improved across nursing facilities, the
26    Department shall adjust those add-on payments accordingly.

 

 

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1    The quality payment methodology described in this
2    subsection must be used for at least State Fiscal Year
3    2023. Beginning with the quarter starting July 1, 2023,
4    the Department may add, remove, or change quality metrics
5    and make associated changes to the quality payment
6    methodology as outlined in subparagraph (E). Facilities
7    designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
8    Services as a special focus facility or a hospital-based
9    nursing home do not qualify for quality payments.
10            (A) Each quality pool must be distributed by
11        assigning a quality weighted score for each nursing
12        home which is calculated by multiplying the nursing
13        home's quality base period Medicaid days by the
14        nursing home's star rating weight in that period.
15            (B) Star rating weights are assigned based on the
16        nursing home's star rating for the LTS quality star
17        rating. As used in this subparagraph, "LTS quality
18        star rating" means the long-term stay quality rating
19        for each nursing facility, as assigned by the Centers
20        for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Five-Star
21        Quality Rating System. The rating is a number ranging
22        from 0 (lowest) to 5 (highest).
23                (i) Zero-star or one-star rating has a weight
24            of 0.
25                (ii) Two-star rating has a weight of 0.75.
26                (iii) Three-star rating has a weight of 1.5.

 

 

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1                (iv) Four-star rating has a weight of 2.5.
2                (v) Five-star rating has a weight of 3.5.
3            (C) Each nursing home's quality weight score is
4        divided by the sum of all quality weight scores for
5        qualifying nursing homes to determine the proportion
6        of the quality pool to be paid to the nursing home.
7            (D) The quality pool is no less than $70,000,000
8        annually or $17,500,000 per quarter. The Department
9        shall publish on its website the estimated payments
10        and the associated weights for each facility 45 days
11        prior to when the initial payments for the quarter are
12        to be paid. The Department shall assign each facility
13        the most recent and applicable quarter's STAR value
14        unless the facility notifies the Department within 15
15        days of an issue and the facility provides reasonable
16        evidence demonstrating its timely compliance with
17        federal data submission requirements for the quarter
18        of record. If such evidence cannot be provided to the
19        Department, the STAR rating assigned to the facility
20        shall be reduced by one from the prior quarter.
21            (E) The Department shall review quality metrics
22        used for payment of the quality pool and make
23        recommendations for any associated changes to the
24        methodology for distributing quality pool payments in
25        consultation with associations representing long-term
26        care providers, consumer advocates, organizations

 

 

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1        representing workers of long-term care facilities, and
2        payors. The Department may establish, by rule, changes
3        to the methodology for distributing quality pool
4        payments.
5            (F) The Department shall disburse quality pool
6        payments from the Long-Term Care Provider Fund on a
7        monthly basis in amounts proportional to the total
8        quality pool payment determined for the quarter.
9            (G) The Department shall publish any changes in
10        the methodology for distributing quality pool payments
11        prior to the beginning of the measurement period or
12        quality base period for any metric added to the
13        distribution's methodology.
14        (2) Payments based on CNA tenure, promotion, and CNA
15    training for the purpose of increasing CNA compensation.
16    It is the intent of this subsection that payments made in
17    accordance with this paragraph be directly incorporated
18    into increased compensation for CNAs. As used in this
19    paragraph, "CNA" means a certified nursing assistant as
20    that term is described in Section 3-206 of the Nursing
21    Home Care Act, Section 3-206 of the ID/DD Community Care
22    Act, and Section 3-206 of the MC/DD Act. The Department
23    shall establish, by rule, payments to nursing facilities
24    equal to Medicaid's share of the tenure wage increments
25    specified in this paragraph for all reported CNA employee
26    hours compensated according to a posted schedule

 

 

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1    consisting of increments at least as large as those
2    specified in this paragraph. The increments are as
3    follows: an additional $1.50 per hour for CNAs with at
4    least one and less than 2 years' experience plus another
5    $1 per hour for each additional year of experience up to a
6    maximum of $6.50 for CNAs with at least 6 years of
7    experience. For purposes of this paragraph, Medicaid's
8    share shall be the ratio determined by paid Medicaid bed
9    days divided by total bed days for the applicable time
10    period used in the calculation. In addition, and additive
11    to any tenure increments paid as specified in this
12    paragraph, the Department shall establish, by rule,
13    payments supporting Medicaid's share of the
14    promotion-based wage increments for CNA employee hours
15    compensated for that promotion with at least a $1.50
16    hourly increase. Medicaid's share shall be established as
17    it is for the tenure increments described in this
18    paragraph. Qualifying promotions shall be defined by the
19    Department in rules for an expected 10-15% subset of CNAs
20    assigned intermediate, specialized, or added roles such as
21    CNA trainers, CNA scheduling "captains", and CNA
22    specialists for resident conditions like dementia or
23    memory care or behavioral health. Pay increments in
24    accordance with this paragraph, including tenure wage
25    increments and promotion-based wage increments, apply to
26    and shall be incorporated into the compensation rate for

 

 

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1    all CNA employee hours, whether productive or
2    nonproductive, compensated by the facility. This includes,
3    but is not limited to: paid sick leave, paid vacation,
4    training hours, bereavement leave, holidays, and paid time
5    off. An employer participating in the Certified Nursing
6    Assistant Tenure and Promotion Payments program is
7    prohibited from capping the wage scale increments for CNAs
8    at levels less than the levels detailed in this paragraph.
9    An employer that has attested to reimbursing employees at
10    a wage scale that meets or exceeds the required wage
11    increments, but fails to do so, shall be subject to
12    financial penalties as determined by administrative rules
13    and shall be subject to the penalties under Section 14 of
14    the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Employees
15    not receiving the full CNA tenure and promotion payment
16    wage scale shall be entitled to recovery through a claim
17    filed with the Department of Labor. The changes made to
18    this paragraph by this amendatory Act of the 104th General
19    Assembly are declaratory of existing law.    
20    (m) The Department shall work with nursing facility
21industry representatives to design policies and procedures to
22permit facilities to address the integrity of data from
23federal reporting sites used by the Department in setting
24facility rates.
25(Source: P.A. 102-77, eff. 7-9-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
26102-1035, eff. 5-31-22; 102-1118, eff. 1-18-23; 103-102,

 

 

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1Article 40, Section 40-5, eff. 1-1-24; 103-102, Article 50,
2Section 50-5, eff. 1-1-24; 103-593, eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff.
37-1-24; 103-1075, eff. 3-21-25.)".
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