Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1431 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1431 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-47 new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Pipeline Program to recruit, support, and train individuals to work as certified nursing assistants at nursing facilities, with a focus on facilities in disadvantaged communities, those serving residents of color, and high-Medicaid facilities. Requires the program to be administered by a labor-management organization acting on behalf of a partnership between nursing facilities and a labor organization representing nursing home workers. Provides that the labor-management organization must demonstrate the ability to recruit, support, train, and place individuals in a career in healthcare with a specific focus on addressing the staff shortages at nursing facilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides that the program must utilize a hybrid model of in-person and online instruction for both the lecture and simulation lab component of the nursing assistant curriculum. Requires program training and instruction to meet State and federal education regulations and to provide a pathway for participants to receive certification as nursing assistants. Provides that to ensure financial hardship is not a barrier to successful completion of the program, supportive services may be offered to program participants, including, but not limited to, monetary grants; childcare and transportation stipends; loaned computers, Internet access hotspots, and other digital supports; and academic coaching and counseling. Provides that the program may also provide wage supplements to program graduates. Provides that funds available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 may be used to fund the program in accordance with the permitted purposes under the American Recovery Plan Act and all related federal guidance. Grants the Department rulemaking authority. LRB103 25658 KTG 52007 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1431 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-47 new 305 ILCS 5/5-47 new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Pipeline Program to recruit, support, and train individuals to work as certified nursing assistants at nursing facilities, with a focus on facilities in disadvantaged communities, those serving residents of color, and high-Medicaid facilities. Requires the program to be administered by a labor-management organization acting on behalf of a partnership between nursing facilities and a labor organization representing nursing home workers. Provides that the labor-management organization must demonstrate the ability to recruit, support, train, and place individuals in a career in healthcare with a specific focus on addressing the staff shortages at nursing facilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides that the program must utilize a hybrid model of in-person and online instruction for both the lecture and simulation lab component of the nursing assistant curriculum. Requires program training and instruction to meet State and federal education regulations and to provide a pathway for participants to receive certification as nursing assistants. Provides that to ensure financial hardship is not a barrier to successful completion of the program, supportive services may be offered to program participants, including, but not limited to, monetary grants; childcare and transportation stipends; loaned computers, Internet access hotspots, and other digital supports; and academic coaching and counseling. Provides that the program may also provide wage supplements to program graduates. Provides that funds available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 may be used to fund the program in accordance with the permitted purposes under the American Recovery Plan Act and all related federal guidance. Grants the Department rulemaking authority. LRB103 25658 KTG 52007 b LRB103 25658 KTG 52007 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1431 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Pipeline Program to recruit, support, and train individuals to work as certified nursing assistants at nursing facilities, with a focus on facilities in disadvantaged communities, those serving residents of color, and high-Medicaid facilities. Requires the program to be administered by a labor-management organization acting on behalf of a partnership between nursing facilities and a labor organization representing nursing home workers. Provides that the labor-management organization must demonstrate the ability to recruit, support, train, and place individuals in a career in healthcare with a specific focus on addressing the staff shortages at nursing facilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides that the program must utilize a hybrid model of in-person and online instruction for both the lecture and simulation lab component of the nursing assistant curriculum. Requires program training and instruction to meet State and federal education regulations and to provide a pathway for participants to receive certification as nursing assistants. Provides that to ensure financial hardship is not a barrier to successful completion of the program, supportive services may be offered to program participants, including, but not limited to, monetary grants; childcare and transportation stipends; loaned computers, Internet access hotspots, and other digital supports; and academic coaching and counseling. Provides that the program may also provide wage supplements to program graduates. Provides that funds available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 may be used to fund the program in accordance with the permitted purposes under the American Recovery Plan Act and all related federal guidance. Grants the Department rulemaking authority.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning public aid.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
15	15	5 adding Section 5-47 as follows:
16	16	6 (305 ILCS 5/5-47 new)
17	17	7 Sec. 5-47. Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Pipeline
18	18	8 Program. The Department shall establish a Certified Nursing
19	19	9 Assistant Workforce Pipeline Program to recruit, support, and
20	20	10 train individuals to work as certified nursing assistants at
21	21	11 nursing facilities, with a focus on facilities in
22	22	12 disadvantaged communities, those serving residents of color,
23	23	13 and high-Medicaid facilities. The program shall be
24	24	14 administered by a labor-management organization acting on
25	25	15 behalf of a partnership between nursing facilities and a labor
26	26	16 organization representing nursing home workers. The
27	27	17 labor-management organization must demonstrate the ability to
28	28	18 recruit, support, train, and place individuals in a career in
29	29	19 healthcare with a specific focus on addressing the staff
30	30	20 shortages at nursing facilities in the wake of the COVID-19
31	31	21 pandemic. The program must utilize a hybrid model of in-person
32	32	22 and online instruction for both the lecture and simulation lab
33	33	23 component of the nursing assistant curriculum. Program
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1431 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Pipeline Program to recruit, support, and train individuals to work as certified nursing assistants at nursing facilities, with a focus on facilities in disadvantaged communities, those serving residents of color, and high-Medicaid facilities. Requires the program to be administered by a labor-management organization acting on behalf of a partnership between nursing facilities and a labor organization representing nursing home workers. Provides that the labor-management organization must demonstrate the ability to recruit, support, train, and place individuals in a career in healthcare with a specific focus on addressing the staff shortages at nursing facilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides that the program must utilize a hybrid model of in-person and online instruction for both the lecture and simulation lab component of the nursing assistant curriculum. Requires program training and instruction to meet State and federal education regulations and to provide a pathway for participants to receive certification as nursing assistants. Provides that to ensure financial hardship is not a barrier to successful completion of the program, supportive services may be offered to program participants, including, but not limited to, monetary grants; childcare and transportation stipends; loaned computers, Internet access hotspots, and other digital supports; and academic coaching and counseling. Provides that the program may also provide wage supplements to program graduates. Provides that funds available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 may be used to fund the program in accordance with the permitted purposes under the American Recovery Plan Act and all related federal guidance. Grants the Department rulemaking authority.
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68	68	1 training and instruction must meet State and federal education
69	69	2 regulations and must provide a pathway for participants to
70	70	3 receive certification as nursing assistants.
71	71	4 To ensure financial hardship is not a barrier to
72	72	5 successful completion of the program, supportive services may
73	73	6 be offered to program participants, including, but not limited
74	74	7 to, monetary grants; childcare and transportation stipends;
75	75	8 loaned computers, Internet access hotspots, and other digital
76	76	9 supports; and academic coaching and counseling. The program
77	77	10 may also provide wage supplements to graduates of the program
78	78	11 with payments beginning 6 months after a graduate obtains
79	79	12 employment at a qualifying nursing facility and continuing for
80	80	13 up to one year following receipt of the first payment or until
81	81	14 the graduate is no longer employed at a qualifying nursing
82	82	15 facility, whichever comes first.
83	83	16 Funds available through the Coronavirus Local Fiscal
84	84	17 Recovery Fund pursuant to Section 9901 of the federal American
85	85	18 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 may be used to fund the program in
86	86	19 accordance with the permitted purposes under Section 9901 of
87	87	20 the American Recovery Plan Act and all related federal
88	88	21 guidance.
89	89	22 The Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement
90	90	23 the provisions of this Section.
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