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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3516 Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 2405/12 | from Ch. 23, par. 3443 |
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Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning services for the visually impaired.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB3516 | | LRB101 10420 KTG 55526 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities |
| 5 | | Act is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 2405/12) (from Ch. 23, par. 3443)
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| 7 | | Sec. 12. Services for the visually impaired. The The |
| 8 | | Department shall
provide community services for persons
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| 9 | | visual disabilities at the Illinois Center for
Rehabilitation
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| 10 | | and Education to promote the general welfare and rehabilitation |
| 11 | | of
persons with major visual disabilities and provide such |
| 12 | | related services as
will promote independent living, lessen the |
| 13 | | limitations of their
disability, teach them vocational and |
| 14 | | other skills, and assist in making
them self-supporting and |
| 15 | | responsible citizens of their communities. The
community |
| 16 | | services program shall provide such instruction and intensive
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| 17 | | rehabilitation training service individually or in groups as is |
| 18 | | deemed
necessary and practicable for each individual case, |
| 19 | | using the best
appliances, skills, and specialist services |
| 20 | | known. The Center shall carry out these purposes by providing
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| 21 | | appropriate training in a residential center for persons with |
| 22 | | visual
disabilities who are found to be qualified for such |
| 23 | | training.
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| 1 | | In order to facilitate the training and rehabilitation of |
| 2 | | persons
with major visual disabilities in industrial work
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| 3 | | processes and provide necessary services, the Center and the |
| 4 | | community services program shall have authority to seek
and |
| 5 | | negotiate contracts with agencies, individuals, firms, |
| 6 | | manufacturers or
corporations for the repair of machines or |
| 7 | | equipment for persons with
visual disabilities and for |
| 8 | | separating, sorting, packaging, tying,
wrapping, or otherwise |
| 9 | | putting together small objects. The rates charged
for such work |
| 10 | | shall be reasonable and adequate, and comparable to those
paid |
| 11 | | other persons for similar services, except as the projects are |
| 12 | | used
for training and rehabilitation of persons with visual |
| 13 | | disabilities who may
not be compensated during the period of |
| 14 | | training.
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| 15 | | All money which has been or may be paid to, or is received |
| 16 | | as payment
for such work shall be deposited in an approved bank |
| 17 | | or savings and loan
association in a special account known as |
| 18 | | the Industrial Project Fund. All
deposits and expenditures of |
| 19 | | the Industrial Project Fund shall be made
under the direction |
| 20 | | of the Department and in accordance with its rules and
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| 21 | | regulations. Expenditures shall be limited to salaries and |
| 22 | | wages paid to
the persons with visual disabilities performing |
| 23 | | the work and for necessary
supplies, expenses and equipment |
| 24 | | required to facilitate and operate such
training and |
| 25 | | employment, and for the benefit, special comfort, pleasure,
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| 26 | | amusement and rehabilitation of all persons with visual |