Sen. Susan Garrett
Filed: 2/18/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 40




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 40 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services 
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Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
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adding Section 405-122 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 405/405-122  new)
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    Sec. 405-122. Employees with a disability. The Department, 
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in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, the 
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Department of Human Rights, the Department of Employment 
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Security, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, 
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and other agencies of State government shall develop and 
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implement programs to increase the number of qualified 
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employees with disabilities working in the State. The 
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Department of Central Management Services and the Department of 
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Human Services must submit a report, annually, to the Governor 
 


 






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and the General Assembly concerning their actions under this 
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Section.
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    As a part of this effort, the Department of Central 
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Management Services has created a program called the 
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"Successful Disability Opportunities Program". The Successful 
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Disability Opportunities Program allows qualified candidates 
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with disabilities to be interviewed for job titles for which 
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they have been evaluated and awarded a passing grade. Before 
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authorizing an applicant to participate in the program, the 
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Department of Human Services must determine that the applicant 
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has a "disability" as that term is defined in the 
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Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Department of Central 
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Management Services must work with the Department of Human 
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Rights, the Department of Employment Security, the Department 
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of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Department of 
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Human Services to publicize the availability of the Successful 
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Disability Opportunities Program. 
 
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    Section 10. The Department of Commerce and Economic 
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Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 605-813 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 605/605-813  new)
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    Sec. 605-813. Education and outreach campaign concerning 
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disability employment. The Department, in conjunction with 
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not-for-profit groups and community partners, shall develop 
 


 






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and implement an education and outreach campaign designed to 
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increase statewide awareness of issues that affect the 
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employment of individuals with disabilities. The campaign 
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shall address the following issues: (i) the availability of the 
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Successful Disability Opportunities Program and how an 
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interested individual with a disability may go about applying 
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for it, (ii) the State's duties and responsibilities concerning 
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the employment of individuals with disabilities, (iii) the 
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availability of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and other 
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federal income tax credits and deductions for employers who 
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hire qualified applicants with disabilities, (iv) the 
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availability of the Health Benefits for Workers with 
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Disabilities program operated by the Department of Healthcare 
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and Family Services, and (v) other employment programs and 
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services available to individuals with disabilities under 
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State and federal law.
 
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    Section 15. The Department of Human Services Act is amended  
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by adding Section 10-27 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 1305/10-27  new)
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    Sec. 10-27. Information concerning federal tax credits and 
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deductions for hiring qualified employees with disabilities.
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    (a) The Department shall collect, during the period of July 
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1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, information regarding all of the 
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following:
 


 






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        (1) The number of individuals hired by State government 
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    under the Successful Disability Opportunities Program.
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        (2) The number of individuals with disabilities hired 
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    into State government through the open competitive 
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    process.
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        (3) The number of individuals hired in various job 
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    titles utilizing the Successful Disability Opportunities 
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    Program.
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        (4)  The number of employers that have claimed the Work 
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    Opportunity Tax Credit and the amounts claimed during this 
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    time frame.
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        (5) The size of the employer claiming the Work 
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    Opportunity Tax Credit and whether the employer is a small 
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    business or a large business.
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    (b)  The Department shall cooperate with the Department of 
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Revenue, the
Department of Employment Security, and other 
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appropriate departments to gather the information required in 
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items (4) and (5) of subsection (a). 
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    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
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    "Successful Disability Opportunities Program applicant 
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with a disability" means an applicant who has been determined 
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by a Division of Rehabilitation Services Counselor as meeting 
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the criteria to be protected as an individual with a disability 
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under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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    "Small business" means a business concern, including 
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affiliates, with fewer than 16 employees or has gross annual 
 


 






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sales of less than $3 million.
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    "Large business" means a business concern, including 
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affiliates, which is not a small business.
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    (d) The Department shall submit a report, annually, to the 
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Governor and the General Assembly concerning its actions under 
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this Section.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".