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
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
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.
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1 AN ACT concerning public aid.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 adding Section 5-47 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/5-47 new)
7 Sec. 5-47. Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Pipeline
8 Program. The Department shall establish a Certified Nursing
9 Assistant Workforce Pipeline Program to recruit, support, and
10 train individuals to work as certified nursing assistants at
11 nursing facilities, with a focus on facilities in
12 disadvantaged communities, those serving residents of color,
13 and high-Medicaid facilities. The program shall be
14 administered by a labor-management organization acting on
15 behalf of a partnership between nursing facilities and a labor
16 organization representing nursing home workers. The
17 labor-management organization must demonstrate the ability to
18 recruit, support, train, and place individuals in a career in
19 healthcare with a specific focus on addressing the staff
20 shortages at nursing facilities in the wake of the COVID-19
21 pandemic. The program must utilize a hybrid model of in-person
22 and online instruction for both the lecture and simulation lab
23 component of the nursing assistant curriculum. Program
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
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.
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1 training and instruction must meet State and federal education
2 regulations and must provide a pathway for participants to
3 receive certification as nursing assistants.
4 To ensure financial hardship is not a barrier to
5 successful completion of the program, supportive services may
6 be offered to program participants, including, but not limited
7 to, monetary grants; childcare and transportation stipends;
8 loaned computers, Internet access hotspots, and other digital
9 supports; and academic coaching and counseling. The program
10 may also provide wage supplements to graduates of the program
11 with payments beginning 6 months after a graduate obtains
12 employment at a qualifying nursing facility and continuing for
13 up to one year following receipt of the first payment or until
14 the graduate is no longer employed at a qualifying nursing
15 facility, whichever comes first.
16 Funds available through the Coronavirus Local Fiscal
17 Recovery Fund pursuant to Section 9901 of the federal American
18 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 may be used to fund the program in
19 accordance with the permitted purposes under Section 9901 of
20 the American Recovery Plan Act and all related federal
21 guidance.
22 The Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement
23 the provisions of this Section.
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