Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4665

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Human Services shall implement a direct support professional credential pilot program to assist and attract persons into the field of direct support, advance direct support as a career, and professionalize the developmental disabilities field to promote workforce recruitment and retention efforts, advance skills and competencies, and further ensure the health, safety, and well-being of persons being served. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Defines "nursing or nursing-related services for pay". Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that a certified nursing assistant shall lose his or her certification status if he or she goes 24 consecutive months without performing nursing or nursing-related services for pay. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services shall jointly submit the necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan Amendment to allow remote monitoring and supports services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and seniors requiring in-home care, as a waiver reimbursable service. Provides that the application shall be submitted no later than September 30, 2018. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Amends the MC/DD Act and the ID/DD Community Care Act. Provides that a certified nursing assistant shall lose his or her certification status if he or she goes 24 consecutive months without performing nursing or nursing-related services for pay. Provides that "nursing or nursing related services for pay" includes work performed as a direct support professional as it is defined in the Community Services Act. Changes references from "direct support professional" to "direct support person". Deletes the amendatory changes to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and the Nurse Practice Act. Deletes the amendatory changes to the Illinois Public Aid Code that provide that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services shall jointly submit the necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan Amendment to allow remote monitoring and supports services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and seniors requiring in-home care, as a waiver reimbursable service. Effective immediately.

Date	Chamber	Action
8/10/2018	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0754

Date	Chamber	Action
2/7/2018	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel
2/7/2018	House	First Reading
2/7/2018	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/12/2018	House	Assigned to Human Services Committee
4/5/2018	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel
4/5/2018	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
4/9/2018	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
4/10/2018	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote
4/10/2018	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000
4/10/2018	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/16/2018	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
4/20/2018	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/20/2018	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/23/2018	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000
4/24/2018	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/24/2018	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 25, 2018
4/25/2018	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
4/25/2018	Senate	First Reading
4/25/2018	Senate	Referred to Assignments
5/1/2018	Senate	Assigned to Human Services
5/3/2018	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
5/9/2018	Senate	Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000
5/9/2018	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
5/10/2018	Senate	Second Reading
5/10/2018	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2018
5/23/2018	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
5/23/2018	House	Passed Both Houses
6/21/2018	House	Sent to the Governor
8/10/2018	House	Governor Approved
8/10/2018	House	Effective Date August 10, 2018
8/10/2018	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0754

	Deletes reference to:
	225 ILCS 46/33

	Adds reference to:
	210 ILCS 46/3-206.005 new