# 89 Ill. Adm. Code 686.250: Section 686.250 Financial Reporting of Homemaker Service Providers

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## Section

- **Citation:** 89 Ill. Adm. Code 686.250
- **Heading:** Section 686.250 Financial Reporting of Homemaker Service Providers
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 89 SOCIAL SERVICES / CHAPTER IV: DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES / Part 686 PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS, TYPE SERVICES, AND RATES OF PAYMENT / Section 686.250 Financial Reporting of Homemaker Service Providers

## Text

Section 686
Section 686.250  Financial
Reporting of Homemaker Service
Providers
a)         Homemaker
Service Providers shall be required to:
1)         complete
and submit a Homemaker Cost Certification report that is based upon actual,
documented expenditures.
A)        The report
must be submitted annually, within 60 days after the end of the reporting
period, and may be prepared as a part of the Homemaker Service Provider's
annual audit.
B)        The
report may be based on a calendar year or on the Homemaker Service Provider's fiscal
year; however, once it is determined which time period is to be used, written
approval from HSP shall be required for a change in that determination.
C)        The
report must demonstrate that the Homemaker Service Provider has expended a
minimum of 77% of the total revenues due from HSP, including the customer
incurred expense, for Homemaker costs as enumerated in Section 686.280.  For
purposes of this report, the phrase "total revenues due from HSP"
does not include any amount received as an enhanced rate under Section 686.235
by a qualifying Homemaker Service Provider.
D)        The
report shall identify the Homemaker Service Provider's expenditures for
Homemaker costs of Program support costs, and administrative costs as
enumerated in Section 686.280.
2)         complete
and submit a Homemaker Cost Certification report to document compliance with
any rate-based wage increase for Homemaker employees who provide services under
HSP.  The report must be submitted within 60 calendar days after issuance of
written notification of the increase by HSP.
b)         The
accuracy of the reports identified in subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be
attested to by an authorized representative of the Homemaker Service Provider
to document compliance with
any rate-based wage increase for Homemaker employees who provide services under
HSP.  The report must be submitted within 60 calendar days after issuance of
written notification of the increase by HSP.
b)         The
accuracy of the reports identified in subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be
attested to by an authorized representative of the Homemaker Service Provider.
c)         HSP
reserves the right to require the Homemaker Service Provider to engage an
independent certified public accounting firm, approved by HSP, to verify the
information and data submitted by the Homemaker Service Provider if HSP is in
possession of evidence to suggest the information and data submitted is
inaccurate, incomplete or fraudulent.  This audit will be performed at the
Homemaker Service Provider's expense.
d)         HSP may take appropriate
enforcement action in the following instances:
1)         a
Homemaker Service Provider did not submit a report;
2)         a
report is inaccurate, incomplete or fraudulent; or
3)         a
Homemaker Service Provider did not increase the wages paid to its Homemaker
employees in the amount required by a rate increase under HSP.
e)         Homemaker
Services Providers approved for the enhanced rate for health insurance costs:
1)         shall
not report the enhanced rate for health insurance costs paid by HSP as part of their
revenue for purposes of the required financial reporting under this Section;
and
2)         shall
not report health insurance for Homemaker employees as an incurred cost for
purposes of the required financial reporting under this Section, except for an
amount in excess of the enhanced rate paid by HSP during a reporting period.
f)         Enforcement
action towards a Homemaker Service Provider includes, but is not limited to the
imposition of a corrective action plan, suspension of referrals from HSP,
and/or termination of rate agreements with HSP.

## Nearby sections

- [89 Ill. Adm. Code 686.200 Section 686.200  Homemaker Service Provider Requirements](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T89_P686_S686_200.md)
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- [89 Ill. Adm. Code 686.235 Section 686.235  Enhanced Rate for Health Insurance Costs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T89_P686_S686_235.md)
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- [89 Ill. Adm. Code 686.270 Section 686.270  Minimum Homemaker Costs for Homemaker Service Providers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T89_P686_S686_270.md)
- [89 Ill. Adm. Code 686.280 Section 686.280  Cost Categories for Homemaker Services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T89_P686_S686_280.md)

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