Full Text of SB0040 96th General Assembly
SB0040sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services | 5 |
| Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 6 |
| adding Section 405-122 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 405/405-122 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 405-122. Employees with a disability. The Department, | 9 |
| in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, the | 10 |
| Department of Human Rights, the Department of Employment | 11 |
| Security, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, | 12 |
| and other agencies of State government shall develop and | 13 |
| implement programs to increase the number of qualified | 14 |
| employees with disabilities working in the State. The | 15 |
| Department of Central Management Services and the Department of | 16 |
| Human Services must submit a report, annually, to the Governor |
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| and the General Assembly concerning their actions under this | 2 |
| Section. | 3 |
| As a part of this effort, the Department of Central | 4 |
| Management Services has created a program called the | 5 |
| "Successful Disability Opportunities Program". The Successful | 6 |
| Disability Opportunities Program allows qualified candidates | 7 |
| with disabilities to be interviewed for job titles for which | 8 |
| they have been evaluated and awarded a passing grade. Before | 9 |
| authorizing an applicant to participate in the program, the | 10 |
| Department of Human Services must determine that the applicant | 11 |
| has a "disability" as that term is defined in the | 12 |
| Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Department of Central | 13 |
| Management Services must work with the Department of Human | 14 |
| Rights, the Department of Employment Security, the Department | 15 |
| of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Department of | 16 |
| Human Services to publicize the availability of the Successful | 17 |
| Disability Opportunities Program. | 18 |
| Section 10. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 19 |
| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 20 |
| amended by adding Section 605-813 as follows: | 21 |
| (20 ILCS 605/605-813 new) | 22 |
| Sec. 605-813. Education and outreach campaign concerning | 23 |
| disability employment. The Department, in conjunction with | 24 |
| not-for-profit groups and community partners, shall develop |
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| and implement an education and outreach campaign designed to | 2 |
| increase statewide awareness of issues that affect the | 3 |
| employment of individuals with disabilities. The campaign | 4 |
| shall address the following issues: (i) the availability of the | 5 |
| Successful Disability Opportunities Program and how an | 6 |
| interested individual with a disability may go about applying | 7 |
| for it, (ii) the State's duties and responsibilities concerning | 8 |
| the employment of individuals with disabilities, (iii) the | 9 |
| availability of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and other | 10 |
| federal income tax credits and deductions for employers who | 11 |
| hire qualified applicants with disabilities, (iv) the | 12 |
| availability of the Health Benefits for Workers with | 13 |
| Disabilities program operated by the Department of Healthcare | 14 |
| and Family Services, and (v) other employment programs and | 15 |
| services available to individuals with disabilities under | 16 |
| State and federal law. | 17 |
| Section 15. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | 18 |
| by adding Section 10-27 as follows: | 19 |
| (20 ILCS 1305/10-27 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 10-27. Information concerning federal tax credits and | 21 |
| deductions for hiring qualified employees with disabilities. | 22 |
| (a) The Department shall collect, during the period of July | 23 |
| 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, information regarding all of the | 24 |
| following: |
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| (1) The number of individuals hired by State government | 2 |
| under the Successful Disability Opportunities Program. | 3 |
| (2) The number of individuals with disabilities hired | 4 |
| into State government through the open competitive | 5 |
| process. | 6 |
| (3) The number of individuals hired in various job | 7 |
| titles utilizing the Successful Disability Opportunities | 8 |
| Program. | 9 |
| (4) The number of employers that have claimed the Work | 10 |
| Opportunity Tax Credit and the amounts claimed during this | 11 |
| time frame. | 12 |
| (5) The size of the employer claiming the Work | 13 |
| Opportunity Tax Credit and whether the employer is a small | 14 |
| business or a large business. | 15 |
| (b) The Department shall cooperate with the Department of | 16 |
| Revenue, the
Department of Employment Security, and other | 17 |
| appropriate departments to gather the information required in | 18 |
| items (4) and (5) of subsection (a). | 19 |
| (c) For the purposes of this Section: | 20 |
| "Successful Disability Opportunities Program applicant | 21 |
| with a disability" means an applicant who has been determined | 22 |
| by a Division of Rehabilitation Services Counselor as meeting | 23 |
| the criteria to be protected as an individual with a disability | 24 |
| under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | 25 |
| "Small business" means a business concern, including | 26 |
| affiliates, with fewer than 16 employees or has gross annual |
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| sales of less than $3 million. | 2 |
| "Large business" means a business concern, including | 3 |
| affiliates, which is not a small business. | 4 |
| (d) The Department shall submit a report, annually, to the | 5 |
| Governor and the General Assembly concerning its actions under | 6 |
| this Section.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 |
| becoming law.".
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