Full Text of HB2669 99th General Assembly
HB2669 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB2669 Introduced , by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Diversity Disclosures Mechanisms for Vendors Act. Defines relevant terms. Authorizes the Department of Central Management Services to create and administer a diversity reporting initiative. Permits the Department to produce a front-end report and supplemental report requesting the racial and ethic background of all employees employed by any vendor. Requires vendors to complete and submit to the Department the front-end report at the time of the execution of the contract, and the supplemental report after the completion of the performance required under the contract.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
| 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 | | Diversity Disclosures Mechanisms for Vendors Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: | 7 | | (a) "Minority person" means a person who is a
citizen or | 8 | | lawful permanent resident of the United States and who is any | 9 | | of the following: | 10 | | (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
having | 11 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North and South | 12 | | America, including Central America, and who maintains | 13 | | tribal affiliation or community attachment). | 14 | | (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
| 15 | | original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the | 16 | | Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | 17 | | Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | 18 | | the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). | 19 | | (3) Black or African-American (a person having
origins | 20 | | in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as | 21 | | "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or | 22 | | African-American". | 23 | | (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
Mexican, |
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| 1 | | Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish | 2 | | culture or origin, regardless of race). | 3 | | (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
person | 4 | | having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, | 5 | | Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands). | 6 | | (b) "Female" shall mean a person who is a citizen or
lawful | 7 | | permanent resident of the United States and who is of the | 8 | | female gender. | 9 | | (c) "Person with a disability" means a person who
is a | 10 | | citizen or lawful resident of the United States and is a person | 11 | | qualifying as being disabled under this subsection. "Disabled" | 12 | | means a severe physical or mental
disability that: | 13 | | (1) results from:
amputation,
arthritis,
autism,
| 14 | | blindness,
burn injury,
cancer,
cerebral palsy,
Crohn's | 15 | | disease,
cystic fibrosis,
deafness,
head injury,
heart | 16 | | disease,
hemiplegia,
hemophilia,
respiratory or pulmonary | 17 | | dysfunction,
an intellectual disability,
mental illness,
| 18 | | multiple sclerosis,
muscular dystrophy,
musculoskeletal | 19 | | disorders,
neurological disorders, including stroke and
| 20 | | epilepsy,
paraplegia,
quadriplegia and other spinal cord | 21 | | conditions,
sickle cell anemia,
ulcerative colitis,
| 22 | | specific learning disabilities, or
end stage renal failure | 23 | | disease; and | 24 | | (2) substantially limits one or more of the
person's | 25 | | major life activities. | 26 | | Another disability or combination of disabilities may
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| 1 | | considered as a severe disability for the purposes of paragraph | 2 | | (1) if it is determined by an evaluation of rehabilitation | 3 | | potential to cause a comparable degree of substantial | 4 | | functional limitation similar to the specific list of | 5 | | disabilities listed in paragraph (1). | 6 | | (d) "Vendor" means any individual or entity doing business | 7 | | with, or providing services to, the State or any unit of local | 8 | | government. | 9 | | Section 10. Purpose and reporting requirements. The | 10 | | General Assembly declares that it is the public policy of the | 11 | | State to promote and encourage the open access in the awarding | 12 | | of State contracts to businesses with diverse hiring practices | 13 | | and to minorities, within the definition of subsection (a) of | 14 | | Section 5. For this purpose, the Department shall create and | 15 | | administer a diversity reporting initiative for all vendors. | 16 | | The Department shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of | 17 | | this Act, which shall require all vendors to report to the | 18 | | Department. | 19 | | (a) The Department shall produce two forms requesting | 20 | | demographic information of all employees employed by vendors: a | 21 | | front-end report of employees, and a supplemental report of | 22 | | employees.
The vendor shall accurately report and file both the | 23 | | front-end report and the supplemental report with the | 24 | | Department. | 25 | | (b) All vendors shall, at the time of executing the |
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| 1 | | contract, complete the front-end form and submit the form to | 2 | | the Department. The vendor shall disclose to the Department who | 3 | | is employed by the vendor and who is expected to participate in | 4 | | the performance of the contract.
All vendors must provide the | 5 | | following information on all of its employees, including | 6 | | management and staff, within the front-end report: | 7 | | (1) racial and ethnic background; | 8 | | (2) position within the company; and | 9 | | (3) title. | 10 | | (c) Within 30 days after the completion of performance | 11 | | under the contract, the vendor shall file with the Department a | 12 | | supplemental report stating: | 13 | | (1) the total time the vendor worked, per the terms of | 14 | | the contract; | 15 | | (2) the racial and ethnic background of each employee, | 16 | | including management and staff, who is employed by the | 17 | | vendor and who participated in the performance required | 18 | | under the contract; and | 19 | | (3) The amount of time spent by each such employee to | 20 | | work on the performance required under the contract.
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