republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5935.md

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Bill	DHS-HOME HEALTH WORKERS	Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Removes all references to personal care attendants. Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. In provisions concerning the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program, removes the changes made to those provisions by Public Acts 97-732 and 97-1158 and reinserts and reconciles those changes with the changes made by Public Act 97-1019 as follows: Removes references to personal care attendants. Requires the Department to set rates and fees under the Home Services Program in a fair and equitable manner and to pay the same rate for services identical to those offered by the Department on Aging. Provides that home care and home health workers who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers under the Department's Home Services Program shall be considered public employees under the Illinois Public Relations Act. Requires the State to engage in collective bargaining with an exclusive representative of home care and home health workers who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers working under the Home Services Program. Makes other changes. Transfers provisions concerning the Home Services Medicaid Trust Fund from the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act to the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5935	Illinois HB 5935 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/46e0554d-2d68-4fe7-baa3-6ee1a2bd0aac	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5935&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81242&SessionID=85&GA=98	2763e2d07d7bfdd73c8d6c85d5c4ae671f9d2bb24f6de1d8daa8fc4eff64f51a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5935 (98th) — DHS-HOME HEALTH WORKERS

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Removes all references to personal care attendants. Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. In provisions concerning the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program, removes the changes made to those provisions by Public Acts 97-732 and 97-1158 and reinserts and reconciles those changes with the changes made by Public Act 97-1019 as follows: Removes references to personal care attendants. Requires the Department to set rates and fees under the Home Services Program in a fair and equitable manner and to pay the same rate for services identical to those offered by the Department on Aging. Provides that home care and home health workers who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers under the Department's Home Services Program shall be considered public employees under the Illinois Public Relations Act. Requires the State to engage in collective bargaining with an exclusive representative of home care and home health workers who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers working under the Home Services Program. Makes other changes. Transfers provisions concerning the Home Services Medicaid Trust Fund from the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act to the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 45–7 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2014-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-27 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2014-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Labor and Commerce; 009-004-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2014-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 045-007-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2014
• 2014-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1004 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46e0554d-2d68-4fe7-baa3-6ee1a2bd0aac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).