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1    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 23 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3305/23 new)
7    Sec. 23. Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.
8    (a) In this Section, "Advisory Committee" means the Access 
9and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.
10    (b) The Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee is 
11created.
12    (c) The Advisory Committee shall:
13        (1) Coordinate meetings occurring, at a minimum, 6 
14    times each year, in addition to emergency meetings called 
15    by the chairperson of the Advisory Committee.
16        (2) Research and provide recommendations for 
17    identifying and effectively responding to the needs of 
18    persons with access and functional needs before, during, 
19    and after a disaster using an intersectional lens for 
20    equity.
21        (3) Provide recommendations to the Illinois Emergency 
22    Management Agency regarding how to ensure that persons 
23    with a disability are included in disaster strategies and 
 
 
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1    emergency management plans, including updates and 
2    implementation of disaster strategies and emergency 
3    management plans.
4        (4) Review and provide recommendations for the 
5    Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and all relevant 
6    State agencies that are involved in drafting and 
7    implementing the Illinois Emergency Operation Plan, to 
8    integrate access and functional needs into State and local 
9    emergency plans.
10    (d) The Advisory Committee shall be composed of the 
11Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or his or 
12her designee, the Attorney General or his or her designee, the 
13Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee, the 
14Director on Aging or his or her designee, and the Director of 
15Public Health or his or her designee, together with the 
16following members appointed by the Governor on or before 
17January 1, 2022:
18        (1) Two members, either from a municipal or 
19    county-level emergency agency or a local emergency 
20    management coordinator.
21        (2) Nine members from the community of persons with a 
22    disability who represent persons with different types of 
23    disabilities, including, but not limited to, individuals 
24    with mobility and physical disabilities, hearing and 
25    visual disabilities, deafness or who are hard of hearing, 
26    blindness or who have low vision, mental health 
 
 
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1    disabilities, and intellectual or developmental 
2    disabilities. Members appointed under this paragraph shall 
3    reflect a diversity of age, gender, race, and ethnic 
4    background.
5        (3) Four members who represent first responders from 
6    different geographical regions around the State.
7    (e) Of those members appointed by the Governor, the 
8initial appointments of 6 members shall be for terms of 2 years 
9and the initial appointments of 5 members shall be for terms of 
104 years. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of 4 
11years. A member shall serve until his or her successor is 
12appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occurs in the Advisory 
13Committee membership, the vacancy shall be filled in the same 
14manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the 
15unexpired term. 
16    (f) After all the members are appointed, and annually 
17thereafter, they shall elect a chairperson from among the 
18members appointed under paragraph (2) of subsection (d).
19    (g) The initial meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be 
20convened by the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management 
21Agency no later than February 1, 2022.
22    (h) Advisory Committee members shall serve without 
23compensation.
24    (i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall provide 
25administrative support to the Advisory Committee.
26    (j) The Advisory Committee shall prepare and deliver a 
 
 
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1report to the General Assembly, the Governor's Office, and the 
2Illinois Emergency Management Agency by July 1, 2022, and 
3annually thereafter. The report shall include the following:
4        (1) Identification of core emergency management 
5    services that need to be updated or changed to ensure the 
6    needs of persons with a disability are met, and shall 
7    include disaster strategies in State and local emergency 
8    plans.
9        (2) Any proposed changes in State policies, laws, 
10    rules, or regulations necessary to fulfill the purposes of 
11    this Act.
12        (3) Recommendations on improving the accessibility and 
13    effectiveness of disaster and emergency communication.
14        (4) Recommendations on comprehensive training for 
15    first responders and other frontline workers when working 
16    with persons with a disability during emergency situations 
17    or disasters, as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois 
18    Emergency Management Agency Act.
19        (5) Any additional recommendations regarding emergency 
20    management and persons with a disability that the Advisory 
21    Committee deems necessary.
22    (k) The annual report prepared and delivered under 
23subsection (j) shall be annually considered by the Illinois 
24Emergency Management Agency when developing new State and  
25local emergency plans or updating existing State and local 
26emergency plans.
 
 
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1    (l)  The Advisory Committee is dissolved and this Section 
2is repealed on January 1, 2032.

 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.