Illinois House Bill 444 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that beginning July 1, 2009, a vendor of home care aide services or personal assistant services is entitled to a rate increase of $1.32 per hour if (i) the vendor uses at least $0.70 of that increase to increase the wages of home care aides and personal assistants and (ii) the vendor uses an additional $0.13 of that increase for health insurance assistance for home care aides and personal assistants. Provides that a vendor that receives this increase must submit to the Department proof that the vendor has increased home care aides' and personal assistants' wages by at least $0.70 per hour and used the additional $0.13 per hour for health insurance assistance for home care aides and personal assistants. Provides that a vendor may submit this proof by either an audited supplemental to the Direct Service Workers cost report or proof of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. Effective July 1, 2009.

DPT AGING-COMMUNITY CARE-RATES

Rep. Mike Boland [D]	Rep. William Davis [D]	Rep. Kenneth Dunkin [D]	Rep. Esther Golar [D]
Rep. Careen Gordon [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-03		Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2009-04-03		Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
2009-04-01		Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2009-04-01		Second Reading - Short Debate
2009-03-31		Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
2009-03-31		Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
2009-02-27		Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon
2009-02-25		Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2009-02-25		Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-004-000
2009-02-25		House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote
2009-02-25		House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee
2009-02-24		Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
2009-02-24		Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
2009-02-23		Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
2009-02-20		Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
2009-02-19		Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
2009-02-09		Assigned to Executive Committee
2009-02-04		Referred to Rules Committee
2009-02-04		First Reading
2009-02-04		Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=444&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=76&GA=96
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/09600HB0444.htm