,
,
I, [Authorized Agency Representative], as the
[Title of Authorized Agency Representative] of
[Agency Name],
certify that [Agency Name] has administered all State Fiscal
Year 2024 legislatively and/or administratively mandated wage increases to benefit direct care
staff as prescribed below.
For State Fiscal Year 2024:
- Pursuant to Public Act 103-0008
and as previously approved via State Plan Amendment by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS), facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act as ID/DD facilities
and under the MC/DD Act as MC/DD facilities, shall increase wages as follows:
- Effective January 1, 2024, as previously approved by federal CMS, for all direct support personnel
and all other frontline personnel who work in residential and community day services/developmental
training settings and are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ mean hourly wage increases,
by $2.50 per hour, with at least $1.25 (50%) of those funds to be provided for a $1.25 per hour direct
increase to all aide base wages, with the remaining $1.25 (50%) to be used flexibly for base wage increases to the rate methodology for aides; and
- Effective January 1, 2024, as previously approved by federal CMS, for non-executive direct care staff,
excluding aides, to the federal Department of Labor Statistics’ mean hourly wage based on the
same or similar occupation title.
- Any wage increases provided to direct support personnel in residential and community day services settings
between July 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023, that a provider voluntarily provided or was mandated to provide
based on local minimum wage requirements, will be inclusive towards the aide wage increase requirements effective
January 1, 2024 (subject to federal CMS approval) so long as the increase follows the above language from Public Act 103-0008..
Agency Name: [Agency Name]
Agency FEIN: [Agency FEIN]
Agency Address: [Agency Address]
Type of Waiver-funded provider:
☐ 24-hour CILA provider
Community Day Services provider
☐ Supported Employment Program provider
☐ Enhanced Residential (37U)
☐ Intermittent CILA provider
☐ Host Family CILA provider
Authorized Agency Representative Name: [Authorized Agency Representative Name]
Date:
