Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that rates for homemaker services shall be increased to $29.64 beginning July 1, 2023 to sustain a minimum wage of $18 per hour for direct service workers. Requires rates in subsequent State fiscal years to be no lower than the rates in effect on July 1, 2023. Requires providers of in-home services to be required to certify to the Department on Aging that they remain in compliance with the mandated wage increase for direct service workers. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, paid time off and payment for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation, shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases described in the amendatory Act. Effective July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-11 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin [SB1980 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Omar Aquino [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Javier Cervantes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Peters [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ram Villivalam [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Paul Faraci [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-052	FollowTheMoney	N/A	N/A
Senator Karina Villa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Napoleon Harris [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rachel Ventura [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Doris Turner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Christopher Belt [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-057	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Simmons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-007	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Porfirio [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Celina Villanueva [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Pacione-Zayas [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Willie Preston [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Castro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Terri Bryant [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Erica Harriss [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Senator Sally Turner [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Adriane Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-030	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Emil Jones [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Halpin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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