Public Act 100-0866

SB1453 Enrolled LRB100 10009 RJF 20181 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

(20 ILCS 3970/Act rep.)

Section 5. The Interagency Coordinating Council Act is

repealed.

Section 10. The Persons with Disabilities on State Agency

Boards Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(20 ILCS 4007/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the

context requires otherwise:

"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.

"State human services agency" means the following:

(1) The Citizens Council on Mental Health and

Developmental Disabilities created under Article 11A of

the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.

(2) Advisory councils created by the Department of

Human Rights under Section 7-107 of the Illinois Human

Rights Act.

(3) The Guardianship and Advocacy Commission created

under the Guardianship and Advocacy Act.

(4) (Blank). The Interagency Coordinating Council

created under the Interagency Coordinating Council Act.

(Source: P.A. 87-977.)

Section 15. The Employment and Economic Opportunity for

Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act is amended by changing

Sections 10 and 15 as follows:

(20 ILCS 4095/10)

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

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

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.

(Source: P.A. 100-131, eff. 8-18-17.)

(20 ILCS 4095/15)

Sec. 15. Task Force Responsibilities. The Task Force shall

analyze programs and policies of the State to determine what

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

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.

(Source: P.A. 96-368, eff. 8-13-09.)