093_HB1451ham001
LRB093 06255 DRJ 12070 a
1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1451
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1451 on page 1,
3 line 5, by replacing "Developmental Disabilities Services Act
4 of 2003" with "Disabilities Services Act of 2003"; and
5 on page 8, by replacing lines 4 through 14 with the
6 following:
7 "(a) The Governor shall appoint an advisory committee
8 to assist in the development and implementation of a
9 Disabilities Services Implementation Plan that will ensure
10 compliance by the State of Illinois with the Americans with
11 Disabilities Act and the decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 119
12 S.Ct. 2176 (1999). The advisory committee shall be known as
13 the Illinois Disabilities Services Advisory Committee and
14 shall be composed of no more than 33 members, including
15 persons with disabilities, persons who are at least 60 years
16 of age, family members of persons with disabilities,
17 advocates for individuals with disabilities, advocates for
18 persons who are at least 60 years of age, providers serving
19 persons with disabilities, and providers serving persons who
20 are at least 60 years of age.
21 One member from each of the following entities shall be
22 appointed to the advisory committee: the Illinois Network of
23 Centers for Independent Living; the Statewide Independent
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1 Living Council; the Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
2 in Illinois; the Arc of Illinois; the Illinois Assistive
3 Technology Project; the Illinois Council on Developmental
4 Disabilities; United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois; the Family
5 Support Network; People First of Illinois; Futures in
6 Rehabilitation Management; the Illinois Health Care
7 Association; National Alliance for the Mentally Ill; the
8 Illinois Behavioral Health Care Association; Equip for
9 Equality, Inc.; the Mental Health Association of Illinois;
10 AARP; the Illinois Coalition on Aging; the Illinois Council
11 of Case Coordination Units; AFSCME Council 31; and Service
12 Employees International Union.
13 In addition, the following State officials shall serve on
14 the committee as ex-officio non-voting members: the Secretary
15 of Human Services or his or her designee; the State
16 Superintendent of Education or his or her designee; the
17 Director of Aging or his or her designee; the Executive
18 Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority or his
19 or her designee; the Director of Public Aid or his or her
20 designee; and the Director of Employment Security or his or
21 her designee.
22 The advisory committee shall select officers, including a
23 chair and a vice-chair.
24 The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly and
25 shall keep official meeting minutes. Committee members shall
26 not be compensated but shall be paid their expenses related
27 to attendance at meetings."; and
28 on page 9, line 10, after "with the assistance of", by
29 inserting "the Illinois Disabilities Services Advisory
30 Committee and"; and
31 on page 9, line 13, by replacing "2003" with "2004"; and
32 on page 10, line 5, by replacing "2004" with "2005".