SAVIANO-SCOTT-LYONS,EILEEN-JONES,LOU-MCKEON AND BOLAND. (WALSH,T-JONES-CARROLL) 405 ILCS 30/4 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904 Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that the annual appropriation to the Department of Human Services to fund community services shall include a percentage increase for the wages of direct care workers that is equivalent to the percentage cost of living increases granted for the same year to mental health technicians in mental health centers operated by the Department. Provides that the increases in wages that are based on cost of living increases granted to mental health technicians and provided to direct care workers in community settings shall be applied to appropriations to the Department beginning July 1, 1997 for the State fiscal year 1998 and shall continue each year thereafter. Effective immediately. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 HB 368, as amended by H-am 1, fails to create a State mandate. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (DMHDD) The fiscal impact for HB 368 is $10,962.7. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Replaces changes to the Act in the bill as introduced to provide that the annual appropriation to the Department of Human Services to fund community services for the developmentally disabled and mentally ill shall include a percentage increase for the wages of direct care workers that is equivalent to the Employment Cost Index for Health Service Occupations, which increase shall be in addition to any increase attributable to other factors, including cost of living increases for community services. Provides that the increases in wages that are based on the Employment Cost Index for direct care workers in community settings shall be applied to appropriations to the Department beginning July 1, 1997 for the State fiscal year 1998 and shall continue each year thereafter. Provides that the Department shall receive certification from the provider agency that any increase appropriated pursuant to this amendatory Act of 1997 shall be utilized in its entirety to provide wage increases to direct care workers. 97-01-30 H FIRST READING 97-01-30 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-02-05 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS 97-02-06 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SCOTT 97-02-20 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN 97-02-20 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,LOU 97-03-04 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCKEON 97-03-20 H DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 006-000-000 HHSV 97-03-20 H PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE 97-04-12 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SAVIANO 97-04-12 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL 97-04-12 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT 97-04-14 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SAVIANO 97-04-14 H RULES REFERS TO HHSV 97-04-14 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT 97-04-15 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED 97-04-15 H FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED 97-04-15 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SAVIANO 97-04-15 H BE ADOPTED HHSV 97-04-15 H SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE 97-04-15 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SAVIANO 97-04-15 H ADOPTED 97-04-15 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE 97-04-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND 97-04-16 H THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 114-003-000 97-04-17 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 97-04-17 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-18 S CHIEF SPONSOR WALSH,T 97-04-18 S FIRST READING 97-04-18 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-04-25 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR JONES 97-04-25 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CARROLL 97-04-30 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 97-05-08 S HELD IN COMMITTEE 97-05-08 S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 97-05-10 S RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 3-9(A) RULES 99-01-12 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary