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Sen. Susan Garrett
Filed: 3/8/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 350
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 350 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Human Services 211 Collaboration Board Act |
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| is amended by changing Section 10 and by adding Section 10.5 as |
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| follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3956/10)
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| Sec. 10. Human Services 211 Collaboration Board.
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| (a) The Human Services 211 Collaboration Board is |
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| established to implement a
non-emergency telephone number that |
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| will provide human services
information concerning the |
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| availability of governmental and non-profit services
and
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| provide
referrals to human services agencies, which may include |
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| referral to an
appropriate web site. The Board shall consist of |
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8 members
appointed
by the Governor. The Governor shall |
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| appoint one representative of each of the
following Offices and |
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| Departments as a member of the Board: the Office of the
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| Governor, the Department of Human
Services, the Department of |
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| Public Aid, the Department of Public Health, the
Department of |
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| Children and Family Services, the Department on Aging, the
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| Department of Employment Security, the Department of Human |
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| Rights, and the Illinois Commerce Commission.
The Governor |
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| shall designate one of the members as
Chairperson. Members of |
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| the Board shall serve 3-year terms and may be
reappointed
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| serve additional terms.
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| (b) The Board shall establish standards
consistent with the
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| standards established by the National 211 Collaborative and the |
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| Alliance of
Information and Referral Systems for providing |
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| information about and referrals
to
human services agencies to |
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| 211 callers. The standards shall
prescribe
the technology or |
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| manner of delivering 211 calls and shall not exceed any
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| requirements for 211 systems set by the Federal Communications |
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| Commission.
The standards shall be
consistent with the |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act, ensuring accessibility for
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| users of Teletypewriters for the Deaf (TTY).
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| (Source: P.A. 93-613, eff. 11-18-03.)
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| (20 ILCS 3956/10.5 new)
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| Sec. 10.5. Advisory panel. The Human Services 211 |
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| Collaborative Board advisory panel is created to advise the |
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| Board on the implementation and administration of this Act. |
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| The panel shall consist of members appointed by the |
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| Governor. The Governor shall appoint one representative of each |
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| of the
following Offices and Departments as a member of the |
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| advisory panel: the Office of the
Governor, the Department of |
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| Human
Services, the Department of Public Aid, the Department of |
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| Public Health, the
Department of Children and Family Services, |
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| the Department on Aging, the
Department of Employment Security, |
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| the Department of Human Rights, and the Illinois Commerce |
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| Commission. The
Governor shall appoint one representative of |
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| each of the following
organizations to
the advisory panel: the |
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| United Way of Illinois, the Illinois Alliance of Information |
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| and
Referral Systems, and the Illinois Telecommunications |
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| Association.
The Governor shall appoint one representative of |
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| each of the following
non-profit human services agencies: |
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| Catholic Charities, Jewish
Federation/Jewish United Fund of |
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| Metropolitan Chicago, Lutheran Social Services
of Illinois, |
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| Voices for Illinois Children, the American Red Cross, and Work
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