Based on an experience of one of his constituents, State Representative Charlie Meier has passed legislation out of the Illinois House dealing with live-in family caretakers.
House Bill 1108 designates into law that the live-in family caretaker of an intellectually or developmentally disabled person does not have to fill out time sheets showing their hours taking care of person.
“ For a while, they did not have to fill out electronic verification,” Representative Meier explained “And then the state of Illinois made them start filling out electric verification where they had been every week with their child, how much time they spent at them. This is the child that they’ve quit their work, they’re staying at home and taking care of, and so this bill will now mimic the federal government’s rules for Medicare and Medicaid. And follow them, and they will not have to, in case the state of Illinois changes it again, they will not have to do an electronic verification every week of how much time they spent with that child, because that’s a 24 hour a day job.”…