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                                     LRB093 06255 DRJ 14494 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; advocates
15    for  persons  with  physical  disabilities;  advocates    for
16    persons  with  developmental  disabilities;    advocates  for
17    persons with mental illness; advocates for  senior  citizens;
18    representatives  of  providers  of  services  to persons with
19    physical disabilities, developmental disabilities, and mental
20    illness; representatives of providers of services  to  senior
21    citizens; and representatives of organized labor.".