Full Text of HB2591 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Illinois Employment First Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Policy. It is the policy of this State that | 7 | | competitive and integrated employment shall be considered the | 8 | | first option when serving persons with disabilities of working | 9 | | age. This policy applies to programs and services that provide | 10 | | services and supports to help persons with disabilities obtain | 11 | | employment. All State agencies shall follow this policy and | 12 | | ensure that it is effectively implemented in their programs and | 13 | | services. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require | 14 | | any employer to give preference to hiring persons with | 15 | | disabilities. | 16 | | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 17 | | "Competitive employment" means work in the competitive | 18 | | labor market that is performed on a full-time or part-time | 19 | | basis in an integrated setting and for which an individual is | 20 | | compensated at or above the minimum wage, but not less than the | 21 | | customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for | 22 | | the same or similar work performed by individuals who are not |
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| 1 | | disabled. | 2 | | "Disability" has the meaning ascribed to that term in | 3 | | Section 10 of the Disabilities Services Act of 2003.
| 4 | | "Integrated setting" means with respect to an employment | 5 | | outcome, a setting typically found in the community in which | 6 | | applicants or eligible individuals interact with non-disabled | 7 | | individuals, other than non-disabled individuals who are | 8 | | providing services to those applicants or eligible | 9 | | individuals, to the same extent that non-disabled individuals | 10 | | in comparable positions interact with other persons.
| 11 | | "State agency" means and includes all boards, commissions, | 12 | | agencies, institutions, authorities, and bodies politic and | 13 | | corporate of the State, created by or in accordance with the | 14 | | Illinois Constitution or State statute, of the executive branch | 15 | | of State government and does include colleges, universities,
| 16 | | public employee retirement systems, and institutions under the | 17 | | jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of | 18 | | Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State | 19 | | University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois | 20 | | University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State | 21 | | University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois | 22 | | University, and the Illinois Board of Higher Education. | 23 | | Section 15. Agency coordination. All State agencies shall | 24 | | coordinate efforts and shall collaborate within and among such | 25 | | agencies to ensure that State programs, policies, procedures, |
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| 1 | | and funding support competitive and integrated employment of | 2 | | persons with disabilities. All State agencies shall, whenever | 3 | | feasible, share data and information across systems in order to | 4 | | track progress toward full implementation of this Act. State | 5 | | agencies are authorized to adopt rules to implement this Act. | 6 | | Section 20. Establishment of measurable goals and | 7 | | objectives. The Employment and Economic Opportunity for | 8 | | Persons with Disabilities Task Force established under the | 9 | | Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with | 10 | | Disabilities Task Force Act shall establish measurable goals | 11 | | and objectives for the State to ensure implementation of this | 12 | | Act and monitor the measured progress toward implementation of | 13 | | this Act. All State agencies shall fully cooperate with the | 14 | | Task Force and provide data and information to assist the Task | 15 | | Force in carrying out its responsibilities. The Task Force | 16 | | shall include in its annual report a progress report on the | 17 | | implementation of this Act and any recommendations with respect | 18 | | to the implementation of this Act.
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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