GA96HB444 96 HB 444 DPT AGING-COMMUNITY CARE-RATES 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. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=444&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40784&SessionID=76&GA=96 2009-04-03 00:00:00 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1 19 HRUL 2009-04-03 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin 0 18 2009-04-01 00:00:00 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 0 17 2009-03-31 00:00:00 House Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer 0 15 2009-04-01 00:00:00 House Second Reading - Short Debate 1 16 2009-03-31 00:00:00 House Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe 0 14 2009-02-25 00:00:00 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 0 12 2009-02-27 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon 0 13 2009-02-25 00:00:00 House Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-004-000 0 11 HEXC 2009-02-25 00:00:00 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote 0 10 HEXC 2009-02-25 00:00:00 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee 0 9 HEXC 2009-02-24 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland 0 7 2009-02-24 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe 0 8 2009-02-23 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer 0 6 2009-02-20 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis 0 5 2009-02-19 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith 0 4 2009-02-09 00:00:00 House Assigned to Executive Committee 0 3 HEXC 2009-02-04 00:00:00 House Referred to Rules Committee 0 2 HRUL 2009-02-04 00:00:00 House First Reading 1 1 2009-02-04 00:00:00 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar 0 0 KennethDunkin House Co-Sponsor CareenMGordon House Co-Sponsor MikeBoland House Co-Sponsor WilliamDavis House Co-Sponsor MichaelKSmith House Co-Sponsor EstherGolar House Chief Sponsor