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| AN ACT concerning persons with disabilities.
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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 5. The Department of Central Management Services |
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| Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by |
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| adding Section 405-122 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 405/405-122 new) |
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| Sec. 405-122. Employees with a disability. The Department,
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| in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, shall
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| develop and implement plans to increase the number of
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| individuals with a disability employed by State government. The
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| Department must submit a report, annually, to the Governor and
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| to the General Assembly concerning its actions under this
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| Section. |
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| Section 10. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 605-813 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-813 new) |
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| Sec. 605-813. Education and outreach campaign concerning
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| disability issues. The Department, in cooperation with |
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| not-for-profit groups and community partners, shall develop |
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| and implement an education and outreach campaign designed to |
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| increase statewide
awareness of issues that affect individuals |
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| with a disability.
The education and outreach campaign must |
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| address, without
limitation, issues concerning: |
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| (1) the State's duties and responsibilities concerning
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| the employment of individuals with a disability; |
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| (2) the availability of federal income tax credits for
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| taxpayers who employ individuals with a disability; |
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| (3) the availability of federal income tax credits for
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| individuals with disabilities; |
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| (4) the availability of the Medicaid for Working
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| Persons with Disabilities program; and |
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| (5) other programs and services available to
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| individuals with a disability under State and federal law. |
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| Section 15. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 10-27 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 1305/10-27 new)
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| Sec. 10-27. Information concerning federal tax credits for |
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| hiring employees with a disability. |
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| (a) The Department shall collect information during the |
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| period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 regarding: |
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| (1) how many employers claim the federal Work |
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| Opportunity Tax Credit during that time period for |
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| employing an employee with a disability; |
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| (2) whether each such employer who claimed the credit |
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| is a large business or a small business; and |
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| (3) whether each employee with a disability for whom |
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| the Work Opportunity Tax Credit was claimed is a part-time |
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| or full-time employee. |
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| (b) For purposes of this Section: |
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| "Employee with a disability" means an employee of the |
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| taxpayer who has
been certified by the Department of Human |
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| Services as (i) meeting the
definition of an "individual with a |
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| disability" under the federal Americans
with Disabilities Act |
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| of 1990 and (ii) having a disability that constitutes an
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| impediment to obtaining or maintaining employment or to making
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| transition from school to work. |
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| "Full-time employee with a disability" means an employee |
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| with a
disability employed for at least 35 hours per week. |
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| "Part-time employee with a disability" means an employee |
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| with a
disability employed for at least 15 hours per week. |
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| "Small business" means a business concern, including its |
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| affiliates, that is
independently owned and operated, not |
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| dominant in its field, and employs
fewer than 16 employees or |
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| has gross annual sales of less than
$3,000,000. |
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| "Large business" means a business concern that is not a |
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| small business. |
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| (c) The Department must submit a report, annually, to the |
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| Governor and to the General Assembly concerning its actions |
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| under this Section.
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| Section 20. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
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| adding Section 45-85 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 500/45-85 new) |
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| Sec. 45-85. Encouragement to hire qualified individuals
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| with a disability. A chief procurement officer may, as part of
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| any solicitation, encourage prospective vendors to consider
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| hiring qualified individuals with a disability and to notify
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| them of any available financial incentives or other advantages
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| associated with hiring such persons.
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