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| Public Act 100-0866
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| SB1453 Enrolled | LRB100 10009 RJF 20181 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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(20 ILCS 3970/Act rep.)
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Section 5. The Interagency Coordinating Council Act is |
repealed.
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Section 10. The Persons with Disabilities on State Agency |
Boards Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 4007/10)
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Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the |
context requires otherwise:
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"Disability" means a physical or mental characteristic |
resulting from
disease, injury, congenital condition of birth, |
or functional disorder, the
history of such a characteristic, |
or the perception of such a characteristic,
when the |
characteristic results in substantial functional limitations |
in
3 or more of the following areas of major life activity: |
self care,
fine motor skills, mobility, vision, respiration, |
learning, work, receptive
and expressive language (hearing and |
speaking), self direction, capacity
for independent living, |
and economic sufficiency.
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"State human services agency" means the following:
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(1) The Citizens Council on Mental Health and |
Developmental
Disabilities created under Article 11A of |
the Legislative Commission
Reorganization Act of 1984.
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(2) Advisory councils created by the Department of |
Human Rights under
Section 7-107 of the Illinois Human |
Rights Act.
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(3) The Guardianship and Advocacy Commission created |
under the
Guardianship and Advocacy Act.
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(4) (Blank). The Interagency Coordinating Council |
created under the Interagency
Coordinating Council Act.
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(Source: P.A. 87-977.)
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Section 15. The Employment and Economic Opportunity for |
Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act is amended by changing |
Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 4095/10)
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Sec. 10. Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons |
with Disabilities Task Force. |
(a) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons |
with Disabilities Task Force is created. |
(b) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons |
with Disabilities Task Force shall be appointed and hold its |
first meeting within 90 days after the effective date of this |
Act, be convened by the Governor, and operate with |
administrative support from the Illinois Department of Human |
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Services. |
(c) The Task Force shall be comprised of the following |
representatives of State Government: a high-ranking member of |
the Governor's management team, designated by the Governor; |
representatives of each division of the Department of Human |
Services, designated by the Secretary of Human Services; the |
Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or his or her |
designee; the Director of Veterans' Affairs or his or her |
designee; the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or |
his or her designee; the Director of Employment Security or his |
or her designee; the Director of Central Management Services or |
his or her designee; the Director of Juvenile Justice or his or |
her designee; the Executive Director of the Board of Higher |
Education or his or her designee; the Executive Director of the |
Illinois Community College Board or his or her designee; the |
Executive Director of the Illinois Council on Developmental |
Disabilities or his or her designee; and the State |
Superintendent of Education or his or her designee. |
(d) The Task Force shall also consist of no more than 15 |
public members who shall be appointed by the Governor and who |
represent the following constituencies: statewide |
organizations that advocate for persons with physical, |
developmental and psychiatric disabilities, entities with |
expertise in assistive technology devices and services for |
persons with disabilities, advocates for veterans with |
disabilities, centers for independent living, disability |
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services providers, organized labor, higher education, the |
private sector business community, entities that provide |
employment and training services to persons with disabilities, |
and at least 5 persons who have a disability. |
(e) The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the |
representative of the Governor and a public member who shall be |
chosen by the other public members of the Task Force. |
(f) The Task Force members shall serve voluntarily and |
without compensation. Persons with disabilities serving on the |
Task Force shall be accommodated to enable them to fully |
participate in Task Force activities. |
(g) The co-chairs of the Task Force shall extend an |
invitation to chairs and minority spokespersons of appropriate |
legislative committees to attend all meetings of the Task |
Force, and may invite other individuals who are not members of |
the Task Force to participate in subcommittees of the Task |
Force or to take part in discussions of topics for which those |
individuals have particular expertise. |
(h) The Task Force shall coordinate its work with existing |
State advisory bodies whose work may include employment and |
economic opportunity for persons with disabilities.
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(Source: P.A. 100-131, eff. 8-18-17.)
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(20 ILCS 4095/15)
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Sec. 15. Task Force Responsibilities. The Task Force shall |
analyze programs and policies of the State to determine what |
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changes, modifications, and innovations may be necessary to |
remove barriers to competitive employment and economic |
opportunity for persons with disabilities, including barriers |
such as transportation, housing, program accessibility, and |
benefit structure. The Task Force shall also analyze State |
disability systems, including the mental health, developmental |
disabilities, veterans' assistance, workforce investment, and |
rehabilitation services systems, and their effect on |
employment of persons with disabilities. The Task Force shall |
review and analyze applicable research and policy studies, |
innovations used in other states, and any federal policy |
initiatives such as customized employment, and federal funding |
opportunities that would increase competitive employment and |
economic opportunity for persons with disabilities in |
Illinois. |
With regard to the post-secondary transition of youth with |
disabilities to employment, post-secondary education and |
training, community living, and other adult activities, the |
Task Force shall: |
(1) design a process for collecting, analyzing, |
coordinating, and sharing data; |
(2) be a resource for sharing information with State |
and local agencies involved in the delivery of services to |
youth with disabilities; |
(3) assist local transition planning committees by |
developing model interagency agreements to ensure that |
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necessary services are available; |
(4) review and evaluate annual transition outcome data |
from information collected by State agencies that are |
members of the Task Force from local transition planning |
committees, school districts, and other appropriate |
sources. Data indicators under this paragraph (4) shall |
include: |
(A) high school graduation or passage of high |
school equivalency testing; |
(B) participation in post-secondary education, |
including continuing and adult education; |
(C) involvement in integrated employment, |
supported employment, vocational training, and |
work-based learning activities; |
(D) independent living, community participating |
adult services, and other adult services; and |
(E) enrollment in the Prioritization of Urgency of |
Need for Services (PUNS) program; |
(5) evaluate and report on the State's progress with |
regard to the implementation of the post-secondary |
transition requirements of the federal Workforce |
Innovation and Opportunity Act; and |
(6) develop periodic in-service training programs to |
consumers and families in improving understanding and |
awareness of post-secondary transition services.
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(Source: P.A. 96-368, eff. 8-13-09.)
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