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                                     LRB093 06255 DRJ 14230 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1451

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1451,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    in  Section  20,  by  replacing  the  first  2  paragraphs of
 4    subsection (a) with the following:
 5        "(a)   The Governor shall appoint an  advisory  committee
 6    to   assist  in  the  development  and  implementation  of  a
 7    Disabilities Services Implementation Plan  that  will  ensure
 8    compliance  by  the State of Illinois with the Americans with
 9    Disabilities Act and the decision in Olmstead  v.  L.C.,  119
10    S.Ct.  2176  (1999). The advisory committee shall be known as
11    the Illinois Disabilities  Services  Advisory  Committee  and
12    shall  be  composed  of  no  more than 33 members, including:
13    persons who  have  a  physical  disability,  a  developmental
14    disability,   or   a   mental   illness;   senior   citizens;
15    representatives  of statewide organizations that advocate for
16    persons  with  physical  disabilities;   representatives   of
17    statewide   organizations  that  advocate  for  persons  with
18    developmental  disabilities;  representatives  of   statewide
19    organizations  that advocate for persons with mental illness;
20    representatives of statewide organizations that advocate  for
21    senior  citizens;  representatives of statewide organizations
22    that represent providers of services to persons with physical
23    disabilities, developmental disabilities, and mental illness;
24    representatives of  statewide  organizations  that  represent
 
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 1    providers of services to senior citizens; and representatives
 2    of organized labor.".