Full Text of SB0511 95th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning information technology access.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Information Technology Accessibility Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Findings; policy.
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| (a) The Legislature finds that: | 8 |
| (1) The advent of the information age throughout the | 9 |
| United States and around the world has resulted in dramatic | 10 |
| increases in the importance of information technology in | 11 |
| employment, education, and the receipt of services. | 12 |
| (2) While information technology is increasingly being | 13 |
| used as a means of providing information, communications, | 14 |
| and services, the State is not consistently or | 15 |
| cost-effectively ensuring that these technologies are | 16 |
| accessible to individuals with disabilities. | 17 |
| (3) The lack of accessible information technology can | 18 |
| prevent individuals with disabilities from participating | 19 |
| on equal terms in crucial areas of life, such as education | 20 |
| and employment. | 21 |
| (4) Techniques and products exist that can ensure that | 22 |
| information technology can be made accessible to | 23 |
| individuals with disabilities in consistent and |
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| cost-effective manners. | 2 |
| (5) By proactively addressing accessibility in its | 3 |
| information technology development and procurement | 4 |
| processes, the State can cost-effectively ensure that its | 5 |
| information technology will be accessible to individuals | 6 |
| with disabilities. | 7 |
| (b) It is the policy of the State of Illinois that | 8 |
| information technology developed, purchased, or provided by | 9 |
| the State is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
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| Section 10. Definitions.
As used in this Act: | 11 |
| "Accessibility" means the ability to receive, use, and | 12 |
| manipulate data and operate controls included in electronic and | 13 |
| information technology in a manner equivalent to that of | 14 |
| individuals who do not have disabilities. | 15 |
| "Electronic and information technology" means electronic | 16 |
| information, software, systems, and equipment used in the | 17 |
| creation, manipulation, storage, display, or transmission of | 18 |
| data, including internet and intranet systems, software | 19 |
| applications, operating systems, video and multimedia, | 20 |
| telecommunications products, kiosks, information transaction | 21 |
| machines, copiers, printers, and desktop and portable | 22 |
| computers. | 23 |
| "Individuals with disabilities" means individuals with | 24 |
| impairments that limit their ability to use information | 25 |
| technology. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals |
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| with low vision, blindness, hardness of hearing, deafness, | 2 |
| limited use of their hands, no use of their hands, or other | 3 |
| similar impairments. | 4 |
| "State entity" means the executive, legislative, and | 5 |
| judicial branches of State of Illinois, including its | 6 |
| departments, divisions, agencies, constitutional offices, | 7 |
| public bodies, and public universities. The term does not | 8 |
| include units of local government, school districts, or | 9 |
| community colleges.
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| Section 15. Development of standards.
Not later than 6 | 11 |
| months after the effective date of this Act, the Department of | 12 |
| Human Services shall develop and publish accessibility | 13 |
| standards for electronic and information technology for State | 14 |
| entities. The Secretary of Human Services shall convene a | 15 |
| working group of appropriate State entity representatives, | 16 |
| stakeholders, and other appropriate individuals and officials | 17 |
| to advise and assist the Department in this process. The | 18 |
| standards shall address, at a minimum, the following: | 19 |
| (1) functional performance criteria and technical | 20 |
| requirements for accessibility; | 21 |
| (2) recommendations for procurement language that can be | 22 |
| incorporated into existing State procurement processes to | 23 |
| ensure compliance with accessibility standards; and | 24 |
| (3) recommendations for planning, reporting, monitoring, | 25 |
| and enforcement of the accessibility standards by State |
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| entities.
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| Section 20. Implementation of standards.
Not later than 6 | 3 |
| months after the development and publication of accessibility | 4 |
| standards by the Department of Human Services, the Director of | 5 |
| Central Management Services and each State entity shall review | 6 |
| the standards and make revisions to existing procurement or | 7 |
| development rules, policies, and procedures under their | 8 |
| control to incorporate the standards. The accessibility | 9 |
| standards shall apply to electronic and information technology | 10 |
| developed or procured by a State entity, or to substantial | 11 |
| modifications made to electronic and information technology by | 12 |
| a State entity, after the Department of Central Management | 13 |
| Services and other State entities incorporate the | 14 |
| accessibility standards into their procurement policies and | 15 |
| procedures. The accessibility standards shall not require (i) | 16 |
| the installation of specific accessibility-related software or | 17 |
| peripheral devices at a workstation of an employee who is not | 18 |
| an individual with a disability or (ii) equipment made | 19 |
| available for access at a location where the electronic and | 20 |
| information technology is not customarily available to the | 21 |
| public. | 22 |
| Section 25. Review and amendment of standards.
The | 23 |
| Department of Human Services shall, at a minimum, review the | 24 |
| accessibility standards every 3 years after the date of initial |
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| publication and, as appropriate, amend the standards to reflect | 2 |
| technological advances or changes in electronic and | 3 |
| information technology. The Secretary of Human Services may | 4 |
| convene a working group of appropriate State entity | 5 |
| representatives, stakeholders, and other appropriate | 6 |
| individuals and officials to advise and assist in the process | 7 |
| of reviewing and amending the standards. Within 6 months after | 8 |
| the publication by the Department of Human Services of | 9 |
| amendments to the standards, the Director of Central Management | 10 |
| Services and other State entities shall review the amended | 11 |
| standards and make any necessary changes to their existing | 12 |
| procurement policies and procedures to incorporate amendments | 13 |
| to the accessibility standards into their procurement policies | 14 |
| and procedures. The amended accessibility standards shall | 15 |
| apply to electronic and information technology developed or | 16 |
| procured by a State entity, or to substantial modifications | 17 |
| made to electronic and information technology by a State | 18 |
| entity, after the Department of Central Management Services and | 19 |
| other State entities incorporate the amended accessibility | 20 |
| standards into their procurement policies and procedures.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.
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