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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 1-65 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 1305/1-65 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1-65. Uniform demographic data collection. |
| 8 | | (a) The Department shall collect and publicly report |
| 9 | | statistical data on the racial and ethnic demographics of |
| 10 | | program participants for each program administered by the |
| 11 | | Department. Except as provided in subsection (b), when |
| 12 | | collecting the data required under this Section, the Department |
| 13 | | shall use the same racial and ethnic classifications for each |
| 14 | | program which shall include, but not be limited to, the |
| 15 | | following: |
| 16 | | (1) American Indian and Alaska Native alone. |
| 17 | | (2) Asian alone. |
| 18 | | (3) Black or African American alone. |
| 19 | | (4) Hispanic or Latino of any race. |
| 20 | | (5) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone. |
| 21 | | (6) White alone. |
| 22 | | (7) Some other race alone. |
| 23 | | (8) Two or more races. |
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| 1 | | The Department may further define, by rule, the racial and |
| 2 | | ethnic classifications provided in this Section. |
| 3 | | (b) If a program administered by the Department is subject |
| 4 | | to federal reporting requirements that include the collection |
| 5 | | and public reporting of statistical data on the racial and |
| 6 | | ethnic demographics of program participants, the Department |
| 7 | | may maintain the same racial and ethnic classifications used |
| 8 | | under the federal requirements if such classifications differ |
| 9 | | from the classifications listed in subsection (a). |
| 10 | | (c) The Department shall make all demographic information |
| 11 | | collected under this Section available to the public which at a |
| 12 | | minimum shall include posting the information for each program |
| 13 | | in a timely manner on the Department's official website. If the |
| 14 | | Department already has a mechanism or process in place to |
| 15 | | report information about program participation for any program |
| 16 | | administered by the Department, then the Department shall use |
| 17 | | that mechanism or process to include the demographic |
| 18 | | information collected under this Section. If the Department |
| 19 | | does not have a mechanism or process in place to report |
| 20 | | information about program participation for any program |
| 21 | | administered by the Department, then the Department shall |
| 22 | | create a mechanism or process to disseminate the demographic |
| 23 | | information collected under this Section.
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