HB3780ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 3/5/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3780

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3780 on page 5 by replacing lines 6 through 25 with the following:

"Section 25. People with Disabilities State Employment Council.

(a) The People with Disabilities State Employment Council is created and is made up of the members of the Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities (the Directors of the Departments of Human Rights, Central Management Services, and Veterans' Affairs, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, and 4 employees appointed by the Governor), the Co-Chairs of the Employment and Economic Opportunity for People with Disabilities Task Force, the State Superintendent of Education, the Director of the Department of Employment Security, the members of the Disability Hiring Initiative Committee (including the agency heads mentioned in this subsection (a) and the Directors of the Departments of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Healthcare and Family Services), and the Governor's Deputy Chief of Staff for personnel issues. The Director of the Department of Human Rights and the Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall serve as co-chairpersons of this Council.

(b) The members of the People with Disabilities State Employment Council shall serve without compensation.

(c) The People with Disabilities State Employment Council shall examine: (1) the prevalence and impact of people with disabilities employed by State government; (2) the barriers faced by people with disabilities who seek employment or promotional opportunities in State government; and (3) possible incentives that could be offered to foster the employment of and the promotion of people with disabilities in State government.

(d) The Council shall meet on a quarterly basis to coordinate efforts to facilitate the implementation of the Act.

(e) The People with Disabilities State Employment Council shall receive administrative support from the Department of Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of its activities each year on or before December 1, beginning with December 1, 2012.

Section 30. Successful disability opportunities. The Department of Central Management Services shall deliver or make available a Successful Disability Opportunities list of candidates each time an Open Competitive List of candidates is sent out, when a Successful Disability Opportunities list exists for the title in question.

Section 35. Disability promotion and mentoring program.

There is created a Disability Promotion and Mentoring Program in State government for employees who have been hired through the Successful Disability Opportunities program, under which employment counseling on career development is provided by the Department of Central Management Services and the Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action officer in each State executive agency shall designate a mentor for the employee with disabilities in his or her agency who has been hired through the Successful Disability Opportunities program.

Section 40. Disability exempted hiring program. There is created a Disability Exempted Hiring Program in State government for people with severe physical, psychiatric, and intellectual disabilities (including total deafness in both ears, blindness, missing extremities, partial and complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, and dwarfism) under which eligibility for employment is determined by certification of the Department of Human Services' Division of Rehabilitation Services in collaboration with Department of Central Management Services based a review of the candidate's qualifications and abilities and the demands of the job in question. The Disability Exempted Hiring Program is exempted from standard examination and formal interview procedures to facilitate employment opportunities for people with the targeted disabilities named in this Section. When an agency elects to participate in the Disability Exempted Hiring Program, it shall inform the Department of Central Management Services, which agency shall determine in collaboration with the Division of Rehabilitation Services whether a qualified candidate with a targeted disability exists. Following a year of service in the title in question and with the recommendation of the employing agency, the employee shall gain certification."; and

on page 6, be deleting lines 1 through 6.