Full Text of SB2228 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services | 5 | | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 6 | | changing Section 405-122 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 405/405-122) | 8 | | Sec. 405-122. Employees with a disability. The Department, | 9 | | in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, the | 10 | | Department of Employment Security, and other agencies of State | 11 | | government shall develop and implement programs to increase | 12 | | the number of qualified employees with disabilities working in | 13 | | the State. The programs shall include provisions to increase | 14 | | the number of people with a disability hired for positions | 15 | | with specific job titles for which they have been assessed and | 16 | | met the qualifications awarded a passing grade . The Department | 17 | | shall conduct an annual presentation regarding the programs | 18 | | created under this Section, and each State agency shall | 19 | | designate one or more persons with hiring responsibilities to | 20 | | attend the presentation. The Department and the Department of | 21 | | Human Services must submit a report, annually, to the Governor | 22 | | and the General Assembly concerning their actions under this | 23 | | Section.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 101-540, eff. 8-23-19.) | 2 | | Section 10. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | 3 | | Sections 4b, 4c, 4d, 8b, 8b.1, 8b.2, 8b.3, 8b.4, 8b.5, 8b.6, | 4 | | 8b.7, 8b.8, 8b.9, 8b.10, 8b.14, 8b.17, 8b.18, 8b.19, 9, 10, | 5 | | 12f, 13, 14, 17a, and 17b as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 415/4b) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104b)
| 7 | | Sec. 4b. Extension of jurisdiction. Any or all of the | 8 | | three forms of jurisdiction of the Department may be
extended | 9 | | to the positions not initially covered by this Act under a
| 10 | | department, board, commission, institution, or other | 11 | | independent agency in
the executive, legislative, or judicial | 12 | | branch of State government, or to a
major administrative | 13 | | division, service, or office thereof by the following
process:
| 14 | | (1) The officer or officers legally charged with control | 15 | | over the
appointments to positions in a department, board, | 16 | | commission, institution,
or other independent agency in the | 17 | | executive, legislative, or judicial
branch of State | 18 | | government, or to a major administrative division, service,
or | 19 | | office thereof, may request in writing to the Governor the | 20 | | extension of
any or all of the three forms of jurisdiction of | 21 | | the Department to such
named group of positions.
| 22 | | (2) The Governor, if he concurs with the request, may | 23 | | forward the
request to the Director of Central Management | 24 | | Services.
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| 1 | | (3) The Director shall survey the practicability of the | 2 | | requested
extension of the jurisdiction or jurisdictions of | 3 | | the Department, approve
or disapprove same, and notify the | 4 | | Civil Service Commission of his
decision. If he should approve | 5 | | the request he shall provide notice of submit rules to
| 6 | | accomplish such extension to the Civil Service Commission.
| 7 | | (4) Such an extension of jurisdiction of the Department of | 8 | | Central Management
Services may
be terminated by the same | 9 | | process of amendment to the rules at any time
after four years | 10 | | from its original effective date.
| 11 | | (5) Employees in positions to which jurisdiction B is | 12 | | extended pursuant
to this section shall be continued in their | 13 | | respective positions provided
that they are deemed qualified | 14 | | pass a qualifying examination prescribed by the Director | 15 | | within 6
months after such jurisdiction is extended to such | 16 | | positions , and provided
they satisfactorily complete their | 17 | | respective probationary periods. Such
qualifying examinations | 18 | | shall be of the same kind as those required for
entrance | 19 | | examinations for comparable positions. Appointments of such
| 20 | | employees shall be without regard to eligible lists and | 21 | | without regard to
the provisions of this Code requiring the | 22 | | appointment of the person
standing among the three highest on | 23 | | the appropriate eligible list to fill a
vacancy or from the | 24 | | highest category ranking group if the list is by
rankings | 25 | | instead of numerical ratings. Nothing herein shall preclude | 26 | | the
reclassification or reallocation as provided by this Act |
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| 1 | | of any position
held by any such incumbent. The Department | 2 | | shall maintain records of all extensions of jurisdiction | 3 | | pursuant to this Section.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 82-789.)
| 5 | | (20 ILCS 415/4c) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c) | 6 | | Sec. 4c. General exemptions. The following positions in | 7 | | State
service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C, | 8 | | unless the
jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this | 9 | | Act:
| 10 | | (1) All officers elected by the people.
| 11 | | (2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor, | 12 | | Secretary of State,
State Treasurer, State Comptroller, | 13 | | State Board of Education, Clerk of
the Supreme Court,
| 14 | | Attorney General, and State Board of Elections.
| 15 | | (3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts, | 16 | | and notaries
public.
| 17 | | (4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General | 18 | | Assembly, all
employees of legislative commissions, all | 19 | | officers and employees of the
Illinois Legislative | 20 | | Reference Bureau and the Legislative Printing Unit.
| 21 | | (5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and | 22 | | Illinois State
Guard, paid from federal funds or positions
| 23 | | in the State Military Service filled by enlistment and | 24 | | paid from State
funds.
| 25 | | (6) All employees of the Governor at the executive |
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| 1 | | mansion and on
his immediate personal staff.
| 2 | | (7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General, | 3 | | the Assistant
Adjutant General, the Director of the | 4 | | Illinois Emergency
Management Agency, members of boards | 5 | | and commissions, and all other
positions appointed by the | 6 | | Governor by and with the consent of the
Senate.
| 7 | | (8) The presidents, other principal administrative | 8 | | officers, and
teaching, research and extension faculties | 9 | | of
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, | 10 | | Governors State
University, Illinois State University, | 11 | | Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern Illinois | 12 | | University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
| 13 | | Community College Board, Southern Illinois
University, | 14 | | Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of
| 15 | | Illinois, State Universities Civil Service System, | 16 | | University Retirement
System of Illinois, and the | 17 | | administrative officers and scientific and
technical staff | 18 | | of the Illinois State Museum.
| 19 | | (9) All other employees except the presidents, other | 20 | | principal
administrative officers, and teaching, research | 21 | | and extension faculties
of the universities under the | 22 | | jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and
the colleges and | 23 | | universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of
| 24 | | Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois | 25 | | Community College
Board, Southern Illinois University, | 26 | | Illinois Board of Higher Education,
Board of Governors of |
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| 1 | | State Colleges and Universities, the Board of
Regents, | 2 | | University of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service
| 3 | | System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long | 4 | | as these are
subject to the provisions of the State | 5 | | Universities Civil Service Act.
| 6 | | (10) The Illinois State Police so long as they are | 7 | | subject to the merit
provisions of the Illinois State | 8 | | Police Act.
Employees of the Illinois State Police Merit | 9 | | Board are subject to the provisions of this Code.
| 10 | | (11) (Blank).
| 11 | | (12) The technical and engineering staffs of the | 12 | | Department of
Transportation, the Division Department of | 13 | | Nuclear Safety at the Illinois Emergency Management | 14 | | Agency , the Pollution Control
Board, and the Illinois | 15 | | Commerce Commission, and the technical and engineering
| 16 | | staff providing architectural and engineering services in | 17 | | the Department of
Central Management Services.
| 18 | | (13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway | 19 | | Authority.
| 20 | | (14) The Secretary of the Illinois Workers' | 21 | | Compensation Commission.
| 22 | | (15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the | 23 | | Director of
Insurance under authority of Section 202 of | 24 | | the Illinois Insurance Code
to assist the Director of | 25 | | Insurance in discharging his responsibilities
relating to | 26 | | the rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and
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| 1 | | dissolution of companies that are subject to the | 2 | | jurisdiction of the
Illinois Insurance Code.
| 3 | | (16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area | 4 | | Airport
Authority.
| 5 | | (17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois | 6 | | State Board of
Investment.
| 7 | | (18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult | 8 | | Conservation Corps program,
administered by the Illinois | 9 | | Department of Natural Resources, authorized
grantee under | 10 | | Title VIII of the Comprehensive
Employment and Training | 11 | | Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 993.
| 12 | | (19) Seasonal employees of the Department of | 13 | | Agriculture for the
operation of the Illinois State Fair | 14 | | and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one
person receiving more | 15 | | than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.
| 16 | | (20) All "temporary" employees hired under the | 17 | | Department of Natural
Resources' Illinois Conservation | 18 | | Service, a youth
employment program that hires young | 19 | | people to work in State parks for a period
of one year or | 20 | | less.
| 21 | | (21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights | 22 | | Commission.
| 23 | | (22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and | 24 | | Science Academy.
| 25 | | (23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area
| 26 | | Airport Authority.
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| 1 | | (24) The commissioners and employees of the Executive | 2 | | Ethics
Commission.
| 3 | | (25) The Executive Inspectors General, including | 4 | | special Executive
Inspectors General, and employees of | 5 | | each Office of an
Executive Inspector General.
| 6 | | (26) The commissioners and employees of the | 7 | | Legislative Ethics
Commission.
| 8 | | (27) The Legislative Inspector General, including | 9 | | special Legislative
Inspectors General, and employees of | 10 | | the Office of
the Legislative Inspector General.
| 11 | | (28) The Auditor General's Inspector General and | 12 | | employees of the Office
of the Auditor General's Inspector | 13 | | General.
| 14 | | (29) All employees of the Illinois Power Agency. | 15 | | (30) Employees having demonstrable, defined advanced | 16 | | skills in accounting, financial reporting, or technical | 17 | | expertise who are employed within executive branch | 18 | | agencies and whose duties are directly related to the | 19 | | submission to the Office of the Comptroller of financial | 20 | | information for the publication of the annual | 21 | | comprehensive financial report. | 22 | | (31) All employees of the Illinois Sentencing Policy | 23 | | Advisory Council. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-291, eff. 8-6-21; | 25 | | 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-783, eff. 5-13-22; 102-813, eff. | 26 | | 5-13-22.)
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 415/4d) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104d)
| 2 | | Sec. 4d. Partial exemptions. The following positions in | 3 | | State service are
exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C to the | 4 | | extent stated for each, unless
those jurisdictions are | 5 | | extended as provided in this Act:
| 6 | | (1) In each department, board or commission that now | 7 | | maintains or may
hereafter maintain a major administrative | 8 | | division, service or office in
both Sangamon County and | 9 | | Cook County, 2 private secretaries for the
director or | 10 | | chairman thereof, one located in the Cook County office | 11 | | and the
other located in the Sangamon County office, shall | 12 | | be exempt from
jurisdiction B; in all other departments, | 13 | | boards and commissions one
private secretary for the | 14 | | director or chairman thereof shall be exempt from
| 15 | | jurisdiction B. In all departments, boards and commissions | 16 | | one confidential
assistant for the director or chairman | 17 | | thereof shall be exempt from
jurisdiction B. This | 18 | | paragraph is subject to such modifications or waiver
of | 19 | | the exemptions as may be necessary to assure the | 20 | | continuity of federal
contributions in those agencies | 21 | | supported in whole or in part by federal
funds.
| 22 | | (2) The resident administrative head of each State | 23 | | charitable, penal and
correctional institution, the | 24 | | chaplains thereof, and all member, patient
and inmate | 25 | | employees are exempt from jurisdiction B.
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| 1 | | (3) The Civil Service Commission, upon written | 2 | | recommendation of the
Director of Central Management | 3 | | Services, shall exempt
from jurisdiction B other positions
| 4 | | which, in the judgment of the Commission, involve either | 5 | | principal
administrative responsibility for the | 6 | | determination of policy or principal
administrative | 7 | | responsibility for the way in which policies are carried
| 8 | | out, except positions in agencies which receive federal | 9 | | funds if such
exemption is inconsistent with federal | 10 | | requirements, and except positions
in agencies supported | 11 | | in whole by federal funds.
| 12 | | (4) All individuals in positions paid in accordance | 13 | | with prevailing wage laws, as well as beauticians and | 14 | | teachers of beauty culture and teachers of
barbering , and | 15 | | all positions heretofore paid under Section 1.22 of "An | 16 | | Act
to standardize position titles and salary rates", | 17 | | approved June 30, 1943,
as amended, shall be exempt from | 18 | | jurisdiction B .
| 19 | | (5) Licensed attorneys in positions as legal or | 20 | | technical advisors; positions in the Department of Natural | 21 | | Resources requiring incumbents
to be either a registered | 22 | | professional engineer or to hold a bachelor's degree
in | 23 | | engineering from a recognized college or university;
| 24 | | licensed physicians in positions of medical administrator | 25 | | or physician or
physician specialist (including | 26 | | psychiatrists); all positions within the Department of |
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| 1 | | Juvenile Justice requiring licensure by the State Board of | 2 | | Education under Article 21B of the School Code; all | 3 | | positions within the Illinois School for the Deaf and the | 4 | | Illinois School for the Visually Impaired requiring | 5 | | licensure by the State Board of Education under Article | 6 | | 21B of the School Code and all rehabilitation/mobility | 7 | | instructors and rehabilitation/mobility instructor | 8 | | trainees at the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired; | 9 | | and registered nurses (except
those registered nurses | 10 | | employed by the Department of Public Health); except
those | 11 | | in positions in agencies which receive federal funds if | 12 | | such
exemption is inconsistent with federal requirements | 13 | | and except those in
positions in agencies supported in | 14 | | whole by federal funds, are exempt from
jurisdiction B | 15 | | only to the extent that the requirements of Section 8b.1,
| 16 | | 8b.3 and 8b.5 of this Code need not be met.
| 17 | | (6) All positions established outside the geographical | 18 | | limits of the
State of Illinois to which appointments of | 19 | | other than Illinois citizens may
be made are exempt from | 20 | | jurisdiction B.
| 21 | | (7) Staff attorneys reporting directly to individual | 22 | | Commissioners of
the Illinois Workers' Compensation
| 23 | | Commission are exempt from jurisdiction B.
| 24 | | (8) (Blank). Twenty-one senior public service | 25 | | administrator positions within the Department of | 26 | | Healthcare and Family Services, as set forth in this |
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| 1 | | paragraph (8), requiring the specific knowledge of | 2 | | healthcare administration, healthcare finance, healthcare | 3 | | data analytics, or information technology described are | 4 | | exempt from jurisdiction B only to the extent that the | 5 | | requirements of Sections 8b.1, 8b.3, and 8b.5 of this Code | 6 | | need not be met. The General Assembly finds that these | 7 | | positions are all senior policy makers and have | 8 | | spokesperson authority for the Director of the Department | 9 | | of Healthcare and Family Services. When filling positions | 10 | | so designated, the Director of Healthcare and Family | 11 | | Services shall cause a position description to be | 12 | | published which allots points to various qualifications | 13 | | desired. After scoring qualified applications, the | 14 | | Director shall add Veteran's Preference points as | 15 | | enumerated in Section 8b.7 of this Code. The following are | 16 | | the minimum qualifications for the senior public service | 17 | | administrator positions provided for in this paragraph | 18 | | (8): | 19 | | (A) HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION. | 20 | | Medical Director: Licensed Medical Doctor in | 21 | | good standing; experience in healthcare payment | 22 | | systems, pay for performance initiatives, medical | 23 | | necessity criteria or federal or State quality | 24 | | improvement programs; preferred experience serving | 25 | | Medicaid patients or experience in population | 26 | | health programs with a large provider, health |
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| 1 | | insurer, government agency, or research | 2 | | institution. | 3 | | Chief, Bureau of Quality Management: Advanced | 4 | | degree in health policy or health professional | 5 | | field preferred; at least 3 years experience in | 6 | | implementing or managing healthcare quality | 7 | | improvement initiatives in a clinical setting. | 8 | | Quality Management Bureau: Manager, Care | 9 | | Coordination/Managed Care Quality: Clinical degree | 10 | | or advanced degree in relevant field required; | 11 | | experience in the field of managed care quality | 12 | | improvement, with knowledge of HEDIS measurements, | 13 | | coding, and related data definitions. | 14 | | Quality Management Bureau: Manager, Primary | 15 | | Care Provider Quality and Practice Development: | 16 | | Clinical degree or advanced degree in relevant | 17 | | field required; experience in practice | 18 | | administration in the primary care setting with a | 19 | | provider or a provider association or an | 20 | | accrediting body; knowledge of practice standards | 21 | | for medical homes and best evidence based | 22 | | standards of care for primary care. | 23 | | Director of Care Coordination Contracts and | 24 | | Compliance: Bachelor's degree required; multi-year | 25 | | experience in negotiating managed care contracts, | 26 | | preferably on behalf of a payer; experience with |
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| 1 | | health care contract compliance. | 2 | | Manager, Long Term Care Policy: Bachelor's | 3 | | degree required; social work, gerontology, or | 4 | | social service degree preferred; knowledge of | 5 | | Olmstead and other relevant court decisions | 6 | | required; experience working with diverse long | 7 | | term care populations and service systems, federal | 8 | | initiatives to create long term care community | 9 | | options, and home and community-based waiver | 10 | | services required. The General Assembly finds that | 11 | | this position is necessary for the timely and | 12 | | effective implementation of this amendatory Act of | 13 | | the 97th General Assembly. | 14 | | Manager, Behavioral Health Programs: Clinical | 15 | | license or advanced degree required, preferably in | 16 | | psychology, social work, or relevant field; | 17 | | knowledge of medical necessity criteria and | 18 | | governmental policies and regulations governing | 19 | | the provision of mental health services to | 20 | | Medicaid populations, including children and | 21 | | adults, in community and institutional settings of | 22 | | care. The General Assembly finds that this | 23 | | position is necessary for the timely and effective | 24 | | implementation of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 25 | | General Assembly. | 26 | | Manager, Office of Accountable Care Entity |
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| 1 | | Development: Bachelor's degree required, clinical | 2 | | degree or advanced degree in relevant field | 3 | | preferred; experience in developing integrated | 4 | | delivery systems, including knowledge of health | 5 | | homes and evidence-based standards of care | 6 | | delivery; multi-year experience in health care or | 7 | | public health management; knowledge of federal ACO | 8 | | or other similar delivery system requirements and | 9 | | strategies for improving health care delivery. | 10 | | Manager of Federal Regulatory Compliance: | 11 | | Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree | 12 | | preferred, in healthcare management or relevant | 13 | | field; experience in healthcare administration or | 14 | | Medicaid State Plan amendments preferred; | 15 | | experience interpreting federal rules; experience | 16 | | with either federal health care agency or with a | 17 | | State agency in working with federal regulations. | 18 | | Manager, Office of Medical Project Management: | 19 | | Bachelor's degree required, project management | 20 | | certification preferred; multi-year experience in | 21 | | project management and developing business analyst | 22 | | skills; leadership skills to manage multiple and | 23 | | complex projects. | 24 | | Manager of Medicare/Medicaid Coordination: | 25 | | Bachelor's degree required, knowledge and | 26 | | experience with Medicare Advantage rules and |
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| 1 | | regulations, knowledge of Medicaid laws and | 2 | | policies; experience with contract drafting | 3 | | preferred. | 4 | | Chief, Bureau of Eligibility Integrity: | 5 | | Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree in | 6 | | public administration or business administration | 7 | | preferred; experience equivalent to 4 years of | 8 | | administration in a public or business | 9 | | organization required; experience with managing | 10 | | contract compliance required; knowledge of | 11 | | Medicaid eligibility laws and policy preferred; | 12 | | supervisory experience preferred. The General | 13 | | Assembly finds that this position is necessary for | 14 | | the timely and effective implementation of this | 15 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | 16 | | (B) HEALTHCARE FINANCE. | 17 | | Director of Care Coordination Rate and | 18 | | Finance: MBA, CPA, or Actuarial degree required; | 19 | | experience in managed care rate setting, | 20 | | including, but not limited to, baseline costs and | 21 | | growth trends; knowledge and experience with | 22 | | Medical Loss Ratio standards and measurements. | 23 | | Director of Encounter Data Program: Bachelor's | 24 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 25 | | preferably in health care, business, or | 26 | | information systems; at least 2 years healthcare |
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| 1 | | or other similar data reporting experience, | 2 | | including, but not limited to, data definitions, | 3 | | submission, and editing; background in HIPAA | 4 | | transactions relevant to encounter data | 5 | | submission; experience with large provider, health | 6 | | insurer, government agency, or research | 7 | | institution or other knowledge of healthcare | 8 | | claims systems. | 9 | | Manager of Medical Finance, Division of | 10 | | Finance: Requires relevant advanced degree or | 11 | | certification in relevant field, such as Certified | 12 | | Public Accountant; coursework in business or | 13 | | public administration, accounting, finance, data | 14 | | analysis, or statistics preferred; experience in | 15 | | control systems and GAAP; financial management | 16 | | experience in a healthcare or government entity | 17 | | utilizing Medicaid funding. | 18 | | (C) HEALTHCARE DATA ANALYTICS. | 19 | | Data Quality Assurance Manager: Bachelor's | 20 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 21 | | preferably in business, information systems, or | 22 | | epidemiology; at least 3 years of extensive | 23 | | healthcare data reporting experience with a large | 24 | | provider, health insurer, government agency, or | 25 | | research institution; previous data quality | 26 | | assurance role or formal data quality assurance |
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| 1 | | training. | 2 | | Data Analytics Unit Manager: Bachelor's degree | 3 | | required, advanced degree preferred, in | 4 | | information systems, applied mathematics, or | 5 | | another field with a strong analytics component; | 6 | | extensive healthcare data reporting experience | 7 | | with a large provider, health insurer, government | 8 | | agency, or research institution; experience as a | 9 | | business analyst interfacing between business and | 10 | | information technology departments; in-depth | 11 | | knowledge of health insurance coding and evolving | 12 | | healthcare quality metrics; working knowledge of | 13 | | SQL and/or SAS. | 14 | | Data Analytics Platform Manager: Bachelor's | 15 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 16 | | preferably in business or information systems; | 17 | | extensive healthcare data reporting experience | 18 | | with a large provider, health insurer, government | 19 | | agency, or research institution; previous | 20 | | experience working on a health insurance data | 21 | | analytics platform; experience managing contracts | 22 | | and vendors preferred. | 23 | | (D) HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. | 24 | | Manager of MMIS Claims Unit: Bachelor's degree | 25 | | required, with preferred coursework in business, | 26 | | public administration, information systems; |
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| 1 | | experience equivalent to 4 years of administration | 2 | | in a public or business organization; working | 3 | | knowledge with design and implementation of | 4 | | technical solutions to medical claims payment | 5 | | systems; extensive technical writing experience, | 6 | | including, but not limited to, the development of | 7 | | RFPs, APDs, feasibility studies, and related | 8 | | documents; thorough knowledge of IT system design, | 9 | | commercial off the shelf software packages and | 10 | | hardware components. | 11 | | Assistant Bureau Chief, Office of Information | 12 | | Systems: Bachelor's degree required, with | 13 | | preferred coursework in business, public | 14 | | administration, information systems; experience | 15 | | equivalent to 5 years of administration in a | 16 | | public or private business organization; extensive | 17 | | technical writing experience, including, but not | 18 | | limited to, the development of RFPs, APDs, | 19 | | feasibility studies and related documents; | 20 | | extensive healthcare technology experience with a | 21 | | large provider, health insurer, government agency, | 22 | | or research institution; experience as a business | 23 | | analyst interfacing between business and | 24 | | information technology departments; thorough | 25 | | knowledge of IT system design, commercial off the | 26 | | shelf software packages and hardware components. |
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| 1 | | Technical System Architect: Bachelor's degree | 2 | | required, with preferred coursework in computer | 3 | | science or information technology; prior | 4 | | experience equivalent to 5 years of computer | 5 | | science or IT administration in a public or | 6 | | business organization; extensive healthcare | 7 | | technology experience with a large provider, | 8 | | health insurer, government agency, or research | 9 | | institution; experience as a business analyst | 10 | | interfacing between business and information | 11 | | technology departments. | 12 | | The provisions of this paragraph (8), other than this | 13 | | sentence, are inoperative after January 1, 2014. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 99-45, eff. 7-15-15; 100-258, eff. 8-22-17; | 15 | | 100-771, eff. 8-10-18.)
| 16 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b)
| 17 | | Sec. 8b. Jurisdiction B - Merit and fitness. | 18 | | (a) For positions in the State service subject to the | 19 | | jurisdiction of the
Department of Central Management Services | 20 | | with respect to selection
and tenure on the basis of merit and | 21 | | fitness, those matters specified
in this Section and Sections | 22 | | 8b.1 through 8b.17.
| 23 | | (b) Application, testing and hiring procedures for all | 24 | | State
employment vacancies for positions not exempt under
| 25 | | Section 4c shall be reduced to writing and made available to |
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| 1 | | the public via the Department's website or equivalent . All | 2 | | vacant positions subject to Jurisdiction B shall be posted. | 3 | | Vacant positions shall be posted on the Department's website | 4 | | in such a way that potential job candidates can easily | 5 | | identify and apply for job openings and identify the county in | 6 | | which the vacancy is located. Vacant positions shall be | 7 | | updated at least weekly. The written procedures shall be
| 8 | | provided to each State agency and university for posting and | 9 | | public
inspection at each agency's office and each | 10 | | university's placement office.
The Director shall also | 11 | | annually prepare and distribute a listing of entry
level | 12 | | non-professional and professional positions that are most | 13 | | utilized by
State agencies under the jurisdiction of the | 14 | | Governor. The position
listings shall identify the entry level | 15 | | positions, localities of usage,
description of position duties | 16 | | and responsibilities, salary ranges,
eligibility requirements | 17 | | and test scheduling instructions. The position
listings shall | 18 | | further identify special linguistic skills that may be
| 19 | | required for any of the positions.
| 20 | | (c) If a position experiences a vacancy rate that is | 21 | | greater than or equal to 10%, that position shall be posted | 22 | | until the vacancy rate is less than 10%. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1004.)
| 24 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1)
| 25 | | Sec. 8b.1. For assessment or other means open competitive
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| 1 | | examinations to determine test the relative fitness of | 2 | | applicants , including employees who do not have contractual | 3 | | rights under a collective bargaining agreement, for the | 4 | | respective position positions . Assessments, which are the | 5 | | determination of whether an individual meets the minimum | 6 | | qualifications as determined by the class specification of the | 7 | | position for which they are being considered, shall be | 8 | | designed to objectively eliminate those who are not qualified | 9 | | for the position into which they are applying, whether for | 10 | | entrance into State service or for promotion within the | 11 | | service, and Tests shall be designed to eliminate those who | 12 | | are not qualified for
entrance into or promotion within the | 13 | | service, and to discover the relative
fitness of those who are | 14 | | qualified. The Director may use any one of or any
combination | 15 | | of the following examination methods or the equivalent, which | 16 | | in his judgment best
serves this end: investigation of | 17 | | education; investigation of experience;
test of cultural | 18 | | knowledge; test of capacity; test of knowledge; test of
manual | 19 | | skill; test of linguistic ability; test of character; test of
| 20 | | physical fitness; test of psychological fitness. No person | 21 | | with a record of
misdemeanor convictions except those under | 22 | | Sections 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9,
11-14, 11-15, 11-17, | 23 | | 11-18, 11-19, 11-30, 11-35, 12-2, 12-6, 12-15, 14-4, 16-1, | 24 | | 21.1-3, 24-3.1,
24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, | 25 | | 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, and 32-8, subdivisions (a)(1) and | 26 | | (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3, and paragraphs (1), (6), and (8) |
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| 1 | | of subsection (a)
of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 | 2 | | or the Criminal Code of 2012, or
arrested for any cause but not | 3 | | convicted thereon shall be disqualified from
taking such | 4 | | examinations or subsequent appointment, unless the person is
| 5 | | attempting to qualify for a position which would give him the | 6 | | powers of a
peace officer, in which case the person's | 7 | | conviction or arrest record may
be considered as a factor in | 8 | | determining the person's fitness for the
position. The | 9 | | eligibility conditions specified for the position of
Assistant | 10 | | Director of Healthcare and Family Services in the Department | 11 | | of Healthcare and Family Services in Section
5-230 of the | 12 | | Departments of State Government Law of the Civil | 13 | | Administrative Code of Illinois shall be applied to that | 14 | | position in addition to other
standards, tests or criteria | 15 | | established by the Director. All examinations
shall be | 16 | | announced publicly at least 2 weeks in advance of the date of | 17 | | the
examinations and may be advertised through the press, | 18 | | radio and other
media. The Director may, however, in his | 19 | | discretion, continue to receive
applications and examine | 20 | | candidates long enough to assure a sufficient
number of | 21 | | eligibles to meet the needs of the service and may add the | 22 | | names
of successful candidates to existing eligible lists in | 23 | | accordance with
their respective ratings.
| 24 | | The Director may, in his discretion, accept the results of | 25 | | competitive
examinations conducted by any merit system | 26 | | established by federal law or by
the law of any state, and may |
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| 1 | | compile eligible lists therefrom or may add
the names of | 2 | | successful candidates in examinations conducted by those merit
| 3 | | systems to existing eligible lists in accordance with their | 4 | | respective
ratings. No person who is a non-resident of the | 5 | | State of Illinois may be
appointed from those eligible lists, | 6 | | however, unless the requirement that
applicants be residents | 7 | | of the State of Illinois is waived by the Director
of Central | 8 | | Management Services and unless there are less than 3 Illinois
| 9 | | residents available
for appointment from the appropriate | 10 | | eligible list. The results of the
examinations conducted by | 11 | | other merit systems may not be used unless they
are comparable | 12 | | in difficulty and comprehensiveness to examinations
conducted | 13 | | by the Department of Central Management Services
for similar | 14 | | positions. Special
linguistic options may also be established | 15 | | where deemed appropriate.
| 16 | | When an agency requests an open competitive eligible list | 17 | | from the Department, the Director shall also provide to the | 18 | | agency a Successful Disability Opportunities Program eligible | 19 | | candidate list. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 101-192, eff. 1-1-20; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
| 21 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.2) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.2)
| 22 | | Sec. 8b.2.
For promotions which shall give appropriate | 23 | | consideration to the
applicant's qualifications, linguistic | 24 | | capabilities, cultural
knowledge, record of performance, | 25 | | seniority and conduct. For positions subject to a collective |
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| 1 | | bargaining agreement, an
An advancement in rank or grade to a | 2 | | vacant position constitutes a
promotion. For all other | 3 | | positions, the Director may establish rules containing | 4 | | additional factors, such as an increase in responsibility or | 5 | | an increase in the number of subordinates, for determining | 6 | | whether internal movement constitutes a promotion.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1004.)
| 8 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.3)
| 9 | | Sec. 8b.3.
For assessment of employees with contractual | 10 | | rights under a collective bargaining agreement to determine | 11 | | those candidates who are eligible the establishment of | 12 | | eligible lists for appointment and
promotion and , upon which | 13 | | lists shall be placed the names of successful
candidates in | 14 | | order of their relative excellence in respective
examinations . | 15 | | Assessments, which are the determination of whether an | 16 | | individual meets the minimum qualifications as determined by | 17 | | the class specification of the position for which they are | 18 | | being considered, shall be designed to objectively eliminate | 19 | | those who are not qualified for the position into which they | 20 | | are applying and to discover the relative fitness of those who | 21 | | are qualified. The Director may substitute rankings such as | 22 | | superior,
excellent, well-qualified and qualified for | 23 | | numerical ratings and establish qualification assessments or | 24 | | assessment equivalents
eligible lists accordingly. The | 25 | | Department may adopt rules regarding the assessment of |
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| 1 | | applicants and the appointment of qualified candidates. | 2 | | Adopted rules shall be interpreted to be consistent with | 3 | | collective bargaining agreements. Such rules may provide for | 4 | | lists by area or
location, by department or other agency, for | 5 | | removal of those not available
for or refusing employment, for | 6 | | minimum and maximum duration of such lists,
and for such other | 7 | | provisions as may be necessary to provide rapid and
| 8 | | satisfactory service to the operating agencies. The Director | 9 | | may approve
the written request of an agency or applicant to | 10 | | extend the eligibility of
a qualified eligible candidate when | 11 | | the extension is necessary to assist in
achieving affirmative | 12 | | action goals in employment. The extended period of
eligibility | 13 | | shall not exceed the duration of the original period of
| 14 | | eligibility and shall not be renewed. The rules may authorize | 15 | | removal of
eligibles from lists if those eligibles fail to | 16 | | furnish evidence
of availability upon forms sent to them by | 17 | | the Director.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 87-545.)
| 19 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.4) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.4)
| 20 | | Sec. 8b.4.
For the rejection of candidates or eligibles | 21 | | who fail to comply
with reasonable previously specified job | 22 | | requirements of the Director in
regard to
training and | 23 | | experience; who have been guilty of infamous or disgraceful
| 24 | | conduct; or who have attempted any deception or fraud in
| 25 | | connection with the hiring process an examination . The |
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| 1 | | Department may adopt rules and implement procedures regarding | 2 | | candidate rejection. Those candidates who are alleged to have | 3 | | attempted deception or fraud in connection with an examination | 4 | | shall be afforded the opportunity to appeal and provide | 5 | | information to support their appeal which shall be considered | 6 | | when determining their eligibility as a candidate for | 7 | | employment.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 102-617, eff. 1-1-22 .)
| 9 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.5) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.5)
| 10 | | Sec. 8b.5.
For the appointment of eligible candidates in | 11 | | rank order the person standing among the 3 highest
on the | 12 | | appropriate eligible list to fill a vacancy, or from the | 13 | | highest
ranking group if the list is by rankings instead of | 14 | | numerical ratings,
except as otherwise provided in Sections 4b | 15 | | and 17a of this Act .
| 16 | | The Director may approve the appointment of a lower | 17 | | ranking candidate when higher ranking candidates have been | 18 | | exhausted or duly bypassed person from the next
lower ranking | 19 | | group when the highest ranking group contains less than 3 | 20 | | eligibles .
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 86-12.)
| 22 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.6) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.6)
| 23 | | Sec. 8b.6. For a period of probation not to exceed one year | 24 | | before
appointment or promotion is complete, and during which |
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| 1 | | period a probationer
may with the consent of the Director of | 2 | | Central Management Services, be separated,
discharged , or | 3 | | reduced
in class or rank , or replaced on the eligible list .
For | 4 | | a person appointed to a term appointment under Section 8b.18 | 5 | | or 8b.19,
the period of probation shall not be less than 6 | 6 | | months.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
| 8 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.7) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.7)
| 9 | | Sec. 8b.7. Veteran preference. For the granting of | 10 | | appropriate
preference in entrance examinations to qualified | 11 | | veterans, persons who have been members
of the armed forces of | 12 | | the United States or to qualified persons who, while
citizens | 13 | | of the United States, were members of the armed forces of | 14 | | allies of
the United States in time of hostilities with a | 15 | | foreign country, and to certain
other persons as set forth in | 16 | | this Section.
| 17 | | (a) As used in this Section:
| 18 | | (1) "Time of hostilities with a foreign country" means | 19 | | any period of
time in the past, present, or future during | 20 | | which a declaration of war by
the United States Congress | 21 | | has been or is in effect or during which an
emergency | 22 | | condition has been or is in effect that is recognized by | 23 | | the
issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a | 24 | | Presidential executive order
and in which the armed forces | 25 | | expeditionary medal or other campaign service
medals are |
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| 1 | | awarded according to Presidential executive order.
| 2 | | (2) "Armed forces of the United States" means the | 3 | | United States Army,
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and | 4 | | Coast Guard. Service in the Merchant
Marine that | 5 | | constitutes active duty under Section 401 of federal | 6 | | Public Law
95-202 shall also be considered service in the | 7 | | Armed Forces of the United
States for purposes of this | 8 | | Section.
| 9 | | (3) "Veteran" means a member of the armed forces of | 10 | | the United States, the Illinois National Guard, or a | 11 | | reserve component of the armed forces of the United | 12 | | States. | 13 | | (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in | 14 | | the form of points , or the equivalent,
added to the applicable | 15 | | scores final grades of the persons if they otherwise qualify | 16 | | and are
entitled to be considered for appointment appear on | 17 | | the list of those eligible for appointments .
| 18 | | (c) A veteran is qualified for a preference of 10 points if | 19 | | the veteran
currently holds proof of a service connected | 20 | | disability from the United
States Department of Veterans | 21 | | Affairs or an allied country or if the
veteran is a recipient | 22 | | of the Purple Heart.
| 23 | | (d) A veteran who has served during a time of hostilities | 24 | | with a foreign
country is qualified for a preference of 5 | 25 | | points if the veteran served
under one or more of the following | 26 | | conditions:
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| 1 | | (1) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months, or
| 2 | | (2) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities | 3 | | regardless of
the length of engagement, or
| 4 | | (3) The veteran was discharged on the basis of | 5 | | hardship, or
| 6 | | (4) The veteran was released from active duty because | 7 | | of a service connected disability and was discharged under | 8 | | honorable conditions.
| 9 | | (e) A person not eligible for a preference under | 10 | | subsection (c) or (d)
is qualified for a preference of 3 points | 11 | | if the person has served in the
armed forces of the United | 12 | | States, the Illinois National Guard, or any
reserve component | 13 | | of the armed forces of the United States if the person:
(1) | 14 | | served for at least 6 months and has been discharged under | 15 | | honorable
conditions; (2) has been discharged on the ground of | 16 | | hardship; (3) was
released from active duty because of a | 17 | | service connected disability; or (4) served a minimum of 4 | 18 | | years in the Illinois National Guard or reserve component of | 19 | | the armed forces of the United States regardless of whether or | 20 | | not the person was mobilized to active duty. An
active member | 21 | | of the National Guard or a reserve component of the armed
| 22 | | forces of the United States is eligible for the preference if | 23 | | the member
meets the service requirements of this subsection | 24 | | (e).
| 25 | | (f) The augmented ratings shall be used when determining | 26 | | the rank order of persons to be appointed entitled to a |
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| 1 | | preference on eligible lists
shall be determined on the basis | 2 | | of their augmented ratings. When the
Director establishes | 3 | | eligible lists on the basis of category ratings such as
| 4 | | "superior", "excellent", "well-qualified", and "qualified", | 5 | | the veteran
eligibles in each such category shall be preferred | 6 | | for appointment before the
non-veteran eligibles in the same | 7 | | category .
| 8 | | (g) Employees in positions covered by jurisdiction B who, | 9 | | while in good
standing, leave to engage in military service | 10 | | during a period of hostility,
shall be given credit for | 11 | | seniority purposes for time served in the armed
forces.
| 12 | | (h) A surviving unremarried spouse of a veteran who | 13 | | suffered a service
connected death or the spouse of a veteran | 14 | | who suffered a service connected
disability that prevents the | 15 | | veteran from qualifying for civil service
employment shall be | 16 | | entitled to the same preference to which the veteran
would | 17 | | have been entitled under this Section.
| 18 | | (i) A preference shall also be given to the following | 19 | | individuals: 10
points for one parent of an unmarried veteran | 20 | | who suffered a service
connected death or a service connected | 21 | | disability that prevents the veteran
from qualifying for civil | 22 | | service employment. The first parent to receive a
civil | 23 | | service appointment shall be the parent entitled to the | 24 | | preference.
| 25 | | (j) The Department of Central Management Services shall | 26 | | adopt rules and
implement procedures to verify that any person |
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| 1 | | seeking a preference under this
Section is entitled to the | 2 | | preference. A person seeking a preference under
this Section | 3 | | shall provide documentation or execute any consents or other
| 4 | | documents required by the Department of Central Management | 5 | | Services or any
other State department or agency to enable the | 6 | | department or agency to verify
that the person is entitled to | 7 | | the preference.
| 8 | | (k) If an applicant claims to be a veteran, the Department | 9 | | of Central
Management Services must verify that status before | 10 | | granting a veteran
preference by requiring a certified copy of | 11 | | the applicant's most recent
DD214 (Certificate of Release or | 12 | | Discharge from Active Duty), NGB-22 (Proof of National Guard | 13 | | Service), or other evidence
of the applicant's most recent | 14 | | honorable discharge from the Armed Forces of the
United States | 15 | | that is determined to be acceptable by the Department of | 16 | | Central
Management Services.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 100-496, eff. 9-8-17.)
| 18 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.8) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.8)
| 19 | | Sec. 8b.8.
For emergency appointments to any positions in | 20 | | the State service
for a period not to exceed 60 days, to meet | 21 | | emergency situations. However, where an emergency situation | 22 | | that threatens the health, safety, or welfare of employees or | 23 | | residents of the State exists, emergency appointments shall | 24 | | not exceed 90 days. Emergency
appointments may be made without | 25 | | regard to competitive selection eligible lists but may not be
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| 1 | | renewed. Notice of such appointments and terminations shall be | 2 | | reported
simultaneously to the Director of Central Management | 3 | | Services.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 82-789.)
| 5 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.9) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.9)
| 6 | | Sec. 8b.9.
For temporary appointments to any positions in | 7 | | the State service
which are determined to be temporary or | 8 | | seasonal in nature by the Director
of Central Management | 9 | | Services. Temporary appointments
may be made for not more than | 10 | | 6 months
and may be taken from eligible lists to the extent | 11 | | determined to be
practicable . No position in the State service | 12 | | may be filled by temporary
appointment for more than 6 months | 13 | | out of any 12 month period.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 82-789.)
| 15 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.10) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.10)
| 16 | | Sec. 8b.10.
For provisional appointment to a position | 17 | | without competitive
qualification assessment examination when | 18 | | there is no appropriate eligible list available . No
position | 19 | | within jurisdiction B may be filled by provisional appointment | 20 | | for
longer than 6 months out of any 12 month period.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 76-628.)
| 22 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.14) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.14)
| 23 | | Sec. 8b.14.
For the promotion of staff development and |
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| 1 | | utilization by means
of records of performance of all | 2 | | employees in the State service. The
performance records may be | 3 | | considered in determining salary increases,
provided in the | 4 | | pay plan, and as a factor in promotion tests , or promotions . | 5 | | The
performance records shall be considered as a factor in | 6 | | determining salary
decreases, the order of layoffs because of | 7 | | lack of funds or work,
reinstatement, demotions, discharges | 8 | | and geographical transfers.
| 9 | | (Source: Laws 1968, p. 472.)
| 10 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.17) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.17)
| 11 | | Sec. 8b.17.
For trainee programs, and for the appointment | 12 | | of persons to
positions in trainee programs, hereinafter | 13 | | called "trainee appointments".
Trainee appointments may be | 14 | | made with or without examination,
with consideration of the | 15 | | needs of Illinois residents,
but may not
be made to positions | 16 | | in any class that is not in a trainee program approved
by the | 17 | | Director of Central
Management Services.
Trainee programs will | 18 | | be developed with consideration of the need for
employees with | 19 | | linguistic abilities or cultural knowledge. The Director
shall | 20 | | work with the Department of Human Services and the
Department | 21 | | of
Employment Security in trainee position placements for | 22 | | those persons who
receive benefits from those Departments.
| 23 | | Persons who receive trainee appointments do not
acquire any | 24 | | rights under jurisdiction B of the Personnel Code by
virtue of | 25 | | their appointments.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
| 2 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.18) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.18)
| 3 | | Sec. 8b.18. Probationary separation Term Appointments . For | 4 | | the separation of employees who fail to successfully complete | 5 | | the probationary period with the prior approval of the | 6 | | Director of Central Management Services. Unless otherwise | 7 | | required by rule or the employee is a member of a collective | 8 | | bargaining unit, the Director of Central Management Services | 9 | | may approve a probationary separation when an employee fails | 10 | | to satisfactorily complete the probationary period. (a) | 11 | | Appointees for all positions not
subject to paragraphs (1), | 12 | | (2), (3) and (6) of Section 4d in or above merit
compensation | 13 | | grade 12 or its equivalent shall be appointed for a term of 4
| 14 | | years. During the term of such appointments, Jurisdictions A, | 15 | | B and C
shall apply to such positions. When a term expires, the | 16 | | Director or
Chairman of the Department, Board or Commission in | 17 | | which the position is
located, shall terminate the incumbent | 18 | | or renew the term for another 4 year
term. Failure to renew the | 19 | | term is not grievable or appealable to the
Civil Service | 20 | | Commission.
| 21 | | For the purpose of implementing the above Section, the | 22 | | Director of Central
Management Services shall supply each such | 23 | | Director or Chairman
with a list of employees selected | 24 | | randomly by social security numbers in
his particular | 25 | | Department, Board or Commission who are in salary
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| 1 | | subject to this Section on February 1, 1980. Such list shall | 2 | | include
25% of all such employees in the Department, Board or | 3 | | Commission. Those
employees shall only continue in State | 4 | | employment in those positions if
an appointment is made | 5 | | pursuant to this Section by the Director or Chairman
of that | 6 | | Department, Board or Commission.
| 7 | | The same process shall occur on February 1, 1981, 1982 and | 8 | | 1983 with an
additional 25% of the employees subject to this | 9 | | Section who are employed
on January 1, 1980 being submitted by | 10 | | the Director of Central Management
Services for appointment | 11 | | each year.
| 12 | | New appointments to such positions after January 1, 1980 | 13 | | shall be appointed
pursuant to this Section.
| 14 | | The Director of Central Management Services may exempt | 15 | | specific positions
in agencies receiving federal funds from | 16 | | the operation of this Section if
he finds and reports to the | 17 | | Speaker of the House and the President of the
Senate, after | 18 | | good faith negotiations, that such exemption is necessary to
| 19 | | maintain the availability of federal funds.
| 20 | | All positions, the duties and responsibilities of which | 21 | | are wholly
professional but do not include policy-making or | 22 | | major administrative
responsibilities and those positions | 23 | | which have either salaries at
negotiated rates or salaries at | 24 | | prevailing rates shall be exempt from the
provisions of this | 25 | | Section.
| 26 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 1985 and thereafter, any |
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| 1 | | incumbent holding
probationary or certified status in a | 2 | | position in or above merit
compensation grade 12 or its | 3 | | equivalent and subject to paragraph (1), (2),
(3) or (6) of | 4 | | Section 4d shall be subject to review and appointment for a
| 5 | | term of 4 years unless such incumbent has received an | 6 | | appointment or
renewal under paragraph (a) of this Section. | 7 | | During the term of such
appointment, Jurisdiction A, B and C | 8 | | shall apply to such incumbent. When a
term expires, the | 9 | | Director or Chairman of the Department, Board or
Commission in | 10 | | which the position is located, shall terminate the incumbent
| 11 | | or renew the term for another 4 year term. Failure to renew the | 12 | | term is not
grievable or appealable to the Civil Service | 13 | | Commission.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 83-1362; 83-1369; 83-1528.)
| 15 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.19) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.19)
| 16 | | Sec. 8b.19. Term appointments. (a) Appointees and renewal | 17 | | appointees
for all positions not subject to paragraphs (1), | 18 | | (2), (3) and (6) of
Section 4d in or above merit compensation | 19 | | grade 12 or its equivalent shall
be appointed for a term of 4 | 20 | | years beginning on the effective date of the
appointment or | 21 | | renewal. During the term of such appointments,
Jurisdictions | 22 | | A, B and C shall apply to such positions. When a term
expires, | 23 | | the Director or Chairman of the Department, Board or | 24 | | Commission in
which the position is located shall terminate | 25 | | the incumbent or renew the
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| 1 | | Failure to renew the term is not grievable
or appealable to the | 2 | | Civil Service Commission.
| 3 | | New appointments to such positions after the effective | 4 | | date of this
amendatory Act of 1988 shall be appointed | 5 | | pursuant to this Section.
| 6 | | The Director of Central Management Services may exempt | 7 | | specific positions
in agencies receiving federal funds from | 8 | | the operation of this Section if
he or she finds and reports to | 9 | | the Speaker of the House and the President
of the Senate, after | 10 | | good faith negotiations, that the exemption is
necessary to | 11 | | maintain the availability of federal funds.
| 12 | | All positions, the duties and responsibilities of which | 13 | | are wholly
professional but do not include policy making or | 14 | | major administrative
responsibilities, and those positions | 15 | | which have either salaries at
negotiated rates or salaries at | 16 | | prevailing rates shall be exempt from the
provisions of this | 17 | | Section.
| 18 | | (b) Any incumbent who has received an appointment or | 19 | | renewal either
before the effective date of this amendatory | 20 | | Act of 1988 or under paragraph
(a) of this Section and who is | 21 | | holding probationary or certified status in
a position in or | 22 | | above merit compensation grade 12 or its equivalent and
| 23 | | subject to paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (6) of Section 4d shall | 24 | | be subject to
review and appointment when the term expires. | 25 | | During the term of such
appointment, Jurisdictions A, B and C | 26 | | shall apply to such incumbent. When
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| 1 | | Director or Chairman of the Department, Board or
Commission in | 2 | | which the position is located shall terminate the incumbent
or | 3 | | renew the term for another 4 year term. Failure to renew the | 4 | | term is
not grievable or appealable to the Civil Service | 5 | | Commission.
| 6 | | (c) The term of any person appointed to or renewed in a | 7 | | term position
before the effective date of this amendatory Act | 8 | | of 1988 shall expire 4
years after the effective date of the | 9 | | appointment or renewal. However, appointment to a different | 10 | | position, also subject to the 4-year term, shall restart the | 11 | | 4-year term appointment period.
| 12 | | (d) All appointments to and renewals in term positions | 13 | | made before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1988 | 14 | | are ratified and confirmed.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 85-1152.)
| 16 | | (20 ILCS 415/9) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b109)
| 17 | | Sec. 9. Director, powers and duties. The Director, as | 18 | | executive
head of the Department, shall direct and supervise | 19 | | all its
administrative and technical activities. In addition | 20 | | to the duties
imposed upon him elsewhere in this law, it shall | 21 | | be his duty:
| 22 | | (1) To apply and carry out this law and the rules | 23 | | adopted
thereunder.
| 24 | | (2) To attend meetings of the Commission.
| 25 | | (3) To establish and maintain a roster of all |
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| 1 | | employees subject to
this Act, in which there shall be set | 2 | | forth, as to each employee, the
class, title, pay, status, | 3 | | and other pertinent data.
| 4 | | (4) To appoint, subject to the provisions of this Act, | 5 | | such
employees of the Department and such experts and | 6 | | special assistants as
may be necessary to carry out | 7 | | effectively this law.
| 8 | | (5) Subject to such exemptions or modifications as may | 9 | | be necessary
to assure the continuity of federal | 10 | | contributions in those agencies
supported in whole or in | 11 | | part by federal funds, to make appointments to
vacancies; | 12 | | to approve all written charges seeking discharge, | 13 | | demotion,
or other disciplinary measures provided in this | 14 | | Act and to approve
transfers of employees from one | 15 | | geographical area to another in the
State, in offices, | 16 | | positions or places of employment covered by this
Act, | 17 | | after consultation with the operating unit.
| 18 | | (6) To formulate and administer service wide policies | 19 | | and programs
for the improvement of employee | 20 | | effectiveness, including training,
safety, health, | 21 | | incentive recognition, counseling, welfare and employee
| 22 | | relations. The Department shall formulate and administer | 23 | | recruitment
plans and testing of potential employees for | 24 | | agencies having direct
contact with significant numbers of | 25 | | non-English speaking or otherwise
culturally distinct | 26 | | persons. The Department shall require each State agency
to |
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| 1 | | annually assess the need for employees with appropriate | 2 | | bilingual
capabilities to serve the significant numbers of | 3 | | non-English speaking or
culturally distinct persons. The | 4 | | Department shall develop a uniform
procedure for assessing | 5 | | an agency's need for employees with appropriate
bilingual | 6 | | capabilities. Agencies shall establish occupational titles | 7 | | or
designate positions as "bilingual option" for persons | 8 | | having sufficient
linguistic ability or cultural knowledge | 9 | | to be able to render effective
service to such persons. | 10 | | The Department shall ensure that any such option
is | 11 | | exercised according to the agency's needs assessment and | 12 | | the
requirements of this Code. The Department shall make | 13 | | annual reports of the
needs assessment of each agency and | 14 | | the number of positions calling for
non-English linguistic | 15 | | ability to whom vacancy postings were sent, and the
number | 16 | | filled by each agency. Such policies and programs shall be | 17 | | subject
to approval by the Governor, provided that for | 18 | | needs that require a certain linguistic ability that: (i) | 19 | | have not been met for a posted position for a period of at | 20 | | least one year; or (ii) arise when an individual's health | 21 | | or safety would be placed in immediate risk, the | 22 | | Department shall accept certifications of linguistic | 23 | | competence from pre-approved third parties. To facilitate | 24 | | expanding the scope of sources to demonstrate linguistic | 25 | | competence, the Department shall issue standards for | 26 | | demonstrating linguistic competence. No later than January |
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| 1 | | 2024, the Department shall authorize at least one if not | 2 | | more community colleges in the regions involving the | 3 | | counties of Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, | 4 | | Will, Sangamon, and 5 other geographically distributed | 5 | | counties within the State to pre-test and certify | 6 | | linguistic ability, and such certifications by candidates | 7 | | shall be presumed to satisfy the linguistic ability | 8 | | requirements for the job position. Such policies, program | 9 | | reports and needs
assessment reports, as well as | 10 | | linguistic certification standards, shall be filed with | 11 | | the General Assembly
by January 1 of each year and shall be | 12 | | available to the public.
| 13 | | The Department shall include within the report | 14 | | required above
the number of persons receiving the | 15 | | bilingual pay supplement established by
Section 8a.2 of | 16 | | this Code. The report shall provide the number of persons
| 17 | | receiving the bilingual pay supplement for languages other | 18 | | than English and for
signing. The report shall also | 19 | | indicate the number of persons, by the
categories of | 20 | | Hispanic and non-Hispanic, who are receiving the bilingual | 21 | | pay
supplement for language skills other than signing, in | 22 | | a language other than
English.
| 23 | | (7) To conduct negotiations affecting pay, hours of | 24 | | work, or other
working conditions of employees subject to | 25 | | this Act.
| 26 | | (8) To make continuing studies to improve the |
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| 1 | | efficiency of State
services to the residents of Illinois, | 2 | | including but not limited to those
who are non-English | 3 | | speaking or culturally distinct, and to report his
| 4 | | findings and recommendations to the Commission and the | 5 | | Governor.
| 6 | | (9) To investigate from time to time the operation and | 7 | | effect of
this law and the rules made thereunder and to | 8 | | report his findings and
recommendations to the Commission | 9 | | and to the
Governor.
| 10 | | (10) To make an annual report regarding the work of | 11 | | the Department,
and such special reports as he may | 12 | | consider desirable, to the Commission
and to the Governor, | 13 | | or as the Governor or Commission may request.
| 14 | | (11) To make continuing studies to encourage State | 15 | | employment for persons with disabilities, including, but | 16 | | not limited to, the Successful Disability Opportunities | 17 | | Program. (Blank).
| 18 | | (12) To make available information regarding all | 19 | | exempt positions in State service no less frequently than | 20 | | quarterly. To prepare and publish a semi-annual statement | 21 | | showing the
number of employees exempt and non-exempt from | 22 | | merit selection in each
department. This report shall be | 23 | | in addition to other information on
merit selection | 24 | | maintained for public information under existing law.
| 25 | | (13) To establish policies to increase the flexibility
| 26 | | of the State workforce for every department or agency |
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| 1 | | subject to Jurisdiction C, including the use of flexible | 2 | | time, location, workloads, and positions. The Director and | 3 | | the director of each department or agency shall together | 4 | | establish quantifiable goals to increase workforce | 5 | | flexibility in each department or agency. To authorize in | 6 | | every department or agency subject to
Jurisdiction C the | 7 | | use of flexible hours positions. A flexible hours
position | 8 | | is one that does not require an ordinary work schedule as
| 9 | | determined by the Department and includes but is not | 10 | | limited to: 1) a
part time job of 20 hours or more per | 11 | | week, 2) a job which is shared by
2 employees or a | 12 | | compressed work week consisting of an ordinary number
of | 13 | | working hours performed on fewer than the number of days | 14 | | ordinarily
required to perform that job. The Department | 15 | | may define flexible time , location, workloads, and | 16 | | positions based on a variety of relevant factors, | 17 | | including, but not limited to, State operational needs
to | 18 | | include other types of jobs that are defined above .
| 19 | | The Director and the director of each department or | 20 | | agency shall
together establish goals for flexibility | 21 | | flexible hours positions to be available in
every | 22 | | department or agency.
| 23 | | The Department shall give technical assistance to | 24 | | departments and
agencies in achieving their goals, and | 25 | | shall report to the Governor and
the General Assembly each | 26 | | year on the progress of each department and
agency.
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| 1 | | When a goal of 10% of the positions in a department or | 2 | | agency being
available on a flexible hours basis has been | 3 | | reached, the Department
shall evaluate the effectiveness | 4 | | and efficiency of the program and
determine whether to | 5 | | expand the number of positions available for
flexible | 6 | | hours to 20%.
| 7 | | When a goal of 20% of the positions in a department or | 8 | | agency being
available on a flexible hours basis has been | 9 | | reached, the Department
shall evaluate the effectiveness | 10 | | and efficiency of the program and
determine whether to | 11 | | expand the number of positions available for
flexible | 12 | | hours.
| 13 | | Each department shall develop a plan for | 14 | | implementation of flexible
work requirements designed to | 15 | | reduce the need for day care of employees'
children | 16 | | outside the home. Each department shall submit a report of | 17 | | its
plan to the Department of Central Management Services | 18 | | and the General
Assembly. This report shall be submitted | 19 | | biennially by March 1, with the
first report due March 1, | 20 | | 1993.
| 21 | | (14) To perform any other lawful acts which he may | 22 | | consider
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes | 23 | | and provisions of this
law.
| 24 | | (15) When a vacancy rate is greater than or equal to | 25 | | 10% for a given position, the Department shall review the | 26 | | educational and other requirements for the position to |
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| 1 | | determine if modifications need to be made. | 2 | | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly | 3 | | shall be satisfied
by filing copies of the report as required | 4 | | by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
| 5 | | filing such additional copies with the State Government Report | 6 | | Distribution
Center for the General Assembly as is required | 7 | | under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State Library Act.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 102-952, eff. 1-1-23 .)
| 9 | | (20 ILCS 415/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b110)
| 10 | | Sec. 10. Duties and powers of the Commission. The Civil | 11 | | Service Commission shall have duties and powers as follows:
| 12 | | (1) Upon written recommendations by the Director of | 13 | | the Department
of Central Management Services to exempt | 14 | | from jurisdiction B of this Act
positions which, in the | 15 | | judgment of the Commission, involve either
principal | 16 | | administrative responsibility for the determination of | 17 | | policy or
principal administrative responsibility for the | 18 | | way in which policies are
carried out. This authority may | 19 | | not be exercised, however, with respect to
the position of | 20 | | Assistant Director of Healthcare and Family Services in | 21 | | the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
| 22 | | (2) To require such special reports from the Director | 23 | | as it may
consider desirable.
| 24 | | (3) To disapprove original rules or any part thereof | 25 | | within 45 90 days
and any amendment thereof within 30 days |
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| 1 | | after the submission of such
rules to the Civil Service | 2 | | Commission by the Director, and to disapprove
any | 3 | | amendments thereto in the same manner. The Commission's | 4 | | review of original rules or amendments may run | 5 | | concurrently with review conducted by the Joint Committee | 6 | | on Administrative Rules.
| 7 | | (4) To approve or disapprove within 60 days from date | 8 | | of submission
the position classification plan submitted | 9 | | by the Director as provided
in the rules, and any | 10 | | revisions thereof within 30 days from the date of
| 11 | | submission.
| 12 | | (5) To hear appeals of employees who do not accept the | 13 | | allocation of
their positions under the position | 14 | | classification plan.
| 15 | | (6) To hear and determine written charges filed | 16 | | seeking the
discharge, demotion of employees and | 17 | | suspension totaling more than
thirty days in any 12-month | 18 | | period, as provided in Section 11 hereof,
and appeals from | 19 | | transfers from one geographical area in the State to
| 20 | | another, and in connection therewith to administer oaths, | 21 | | subpoena
witnesses, and compel the production of books and | 22 | | papers.
| 23 | | (7) The fees of subpoenaed witnesses under this Act | 24 | | for attendance and
travel shall be the same as fees of | 25 | | witnesses before the circuit courts
of the State, such | 26 | | fees to be paid when the witness is excused from further
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| 1 | | attendance. Whenever a subpoena is issued the Commission | 2 | | may require that
the cost of service and the fee of the | 3 | | witness shall be borne by the party
at whose insistence | 4 | | the witness is summoned. The Commission has the power,
at | 5 | | its discretion, to require a deposit from such party to | 6 | | cover the cost
of service and witness fees and the payment | 7 | | of the legal witness fee and
mileage to the witness served | 8 | | with the subpoena. A subpoena issued under
this Act shall | 9 | | be served in the same manner as a subpoena issued out of a | 10 | | court.
| 11 | | Upon the failure or refusal to obey a subpoena, a | 12 | | petition shall be prepared
by the party serving the | 13 | | subpoena for enforcement in the circuit court of
the | 14 | | county in which the person to whom the subpoena was | 15 | | directed either
resides or has his or her principal place | 16 | | of business.
| 17 | | Not less than five days before the petition is filed | 18 | | in the appropriate
court, it shall be served on the person | 19 | | along with a notice of the time and
place the petition is | 20 | | to be presented.
| 21 | | Following a hearing on the petition, the circuit court | 22 | | shall have
jurisdiction to enforce subpoenas issued | 23 | | pursuant to this Section.
| 24 | | On motion and for good cause shown the Commission may | 25 | | quash or modify
any subpoena.
| 26 | | (8) To make an annual report regarding the work of the |
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| 1 | | Commission to
the Governor, such report to be a public | 2 | | report.
| 3 | | (9) If any violation of this Act is found, the | 4 | | Commission shall
direct compliance in writing.
| 5 | | (10) To appoint a full-time executive secretary and | 6 | | such other
employees, experts, and special assistants as | 7 | | may be necessary to carry
out the powers and duties of the | 8 | | Commission under this Act and
employees, experts, and | 9 | | special assistants so appointed by the
Commission shall be | 10 | | subject to the provisions of jurisdictions A, B and
C of | 11 | | this Act. These powers and duties supersede any contrary | 12 | | provisions
herein contained.
| 13 | | (11) To make rules to carry out and implement their | 14 | | powers and
duties under this Act, with authority to amend | 15 | | such rules from time to
time.
| 16 | | (12) To hear or conduct investigations as it deems | 17 | | necessary of appeals
of layoff filed by employees | 18 | | appointed under Jurisdiction B after examination
provided | 19 | | that such appeals are filed within 15 calendar days | 20 | | following the
effective date of such layoff and are made | 21 | | on the basis that the provisions
of the Personnel Code or | 22 | | of the Rules of the Department of Central Management
| 23 | | Services relating to layoff have been violated or have not
| 24 | | been complied with.
| 25 | | All hearings shall be public. A decision shall be | 26 | | rendered within 60 days
after receipt of the transcript of |
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| 1 | | the proceedings. The Commission shall
order the | 2 | | reinstatement of the employee if it is proven that the | 3 | | provisions
of the Personnel Code or of the rules of the | 4 | | Department of Central Management
Services relating to | 5 | | layoff have been violated or have not been
complied with. | 6 | | In connection therewith the Commission may administer | 7 | | oaths,
subpoena witnesses, and compel the production of | 8 | | books and papers.
| 9 | | (13) Whenever the Civil Service Commission is
| 10 | | authorized or required by law to consider some aspect of | 11 | | criminal history
record information for the purpose of | 12 | | carrying out its statutory powers and
responsibilities, | 13 | | then, upon request and payment of fees in conformance
with | 14 | | the requirements of Section 2605-400 of the Illinois State | 15 | | Police Law, the Illinois State Police is
authorized to | 16 | | furnish, pursuant to positive identification, such
| 17 | | information contained in State files as is necessary to | 18 | | fulfill the request.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
| 20 | | (20 ILCS 415/12f) | 21 | | Sec. 12f. Layoff of employees whose positions are not | 22 | | subject to collective bargaining agreements. Merit | 23 | | compensation/salary grade employees; layoffs . | 24 | | (a) Each State agency shall make every attempt to minimize | 25 | | the number of its employees that are laid off. In an effort to |
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| 1 | | minimize layoffs, each merit compensation/salary grade | 2 | | employee who is subject to layoff shall be offered any vacant | 3 | | positions for the same title held by that employee within the | 4 | | same agency and county from which the employee is subject to | 5 | | layoff and within 2 additional alternate counties designated | 6 | | by the employee (or 3 additional counties if the employee's | 7 | | facility or office is closing), excluding titles that are | 8 | | subject to collective bargaining. If no such vacancies exist, | 9 | | then the employee shall be eligible for reemployment for a | 10 | | period of 3 years, commencing with the date of layoff. The | 11 | | Department may adopt rules and implement procedures for | 12 | | reemployment placed on the agency's reemployment list for (i) | 13 | | the title from which the employee was laid off and (ii) any | 14 | | other titles or successor titles previously held by that | 15 | | employee in which the employee held certified status within | 16 | | the county from which the employee was laid off and within 2 | 17 | | additional alternate counties designated by the employee (or 3 | 18 | | additional counties if the employee's facility or office is | 19 | | closing), excluding titles that are subject to collective | 20 | | bargaining. Laid-off employees shall remain on a reemployment | 21 | | list for 3 years, commencing with the date of layoff . | 22 | | (b) Merit compensation/salary grade employees who are laid | 23 | | off shall be extended the same medical and dental insurance | 24 | | benefits to which employees laid off from positions subject to | 25 | | collective bargaining are entitled and on the same terms. | 26 | | (c) Employees laid off from merit compensation/salary |
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| 1 | | grade positions may apply to be qualified for any titles | 2 | | subject to collective bargaining. | 3 | | (d) Merit compensation/salary grade employees subject to | 4 | | layoff shall be given 30 days' notice of the layoff. | 5 | | Information about all A list of all current vacancies of all | 6 | | titles within the agency shall be provided to the employee | 7 | | with the notice of the layoff.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
| 9 | | (20 ILCS 415/13) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b113)
| 10 | | Sec. 13. Unlawful acts prohibited.
| 11 | | (1) No person shall make any false statement, certificate, | 12 | | mark, rating,
or report with regard to any test, | 13 | | certification, or appointment made under
any provision of this | 14 | | law, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any
fraud | 15 | | preventing the impartial execution of this law and the rules.
| 16 | | (2) No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, render, | 17 | | pay, offer,
solicit, or accept any money, service, or other | 18 | | valuable consideration for
or on account of any appointment, | 19 | | proposed appointment, promotion, or
proposed promotion to, or | 20 | | any advantage in, a position in the State
service.
| 21 | | (3) No person shall defeat, deceive, or obstruct any | 22 | | person in his right
to a qualification assessment examination, | 23 | | eligibility, certification, or appointment under this law,
or | 24 | | furnish to any person any special or secret information for | 25 | | the purpose
of affecting the rights or prospects of any person |
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| 1 | | with respect to
employment in the State service.
| 2 | | (4) No person may enter into any agreement under which a | 3 | | State
employee is offered or assured of re-employment in the | 4 | | same department or
agency after the employee's resignation | 5 | | from State employment for the
purpose of receiving payment for | 6 | | accrued vacation, overtime, sick leave or
personal leave, or | 7 | | for the purpose of receiving a refund of the employee's
| 8 | | accumulated pension contributions.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 87-384.)
| 10 | | (20 ILCS 415/14) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b114)
| 11 | | Sec. 14. Records of the Department of Central Management | 12 | | Services. The records of the Department, including original | 13 | | and promotional
eligible registers, except such records as the | 14 | | rules may properly require
to be held confidential for reasons | 15 | | of public policy, shall be public
records and shall be open to | 16 | | public inspection, subject to reasonable
regulations as to the | 17 | | time and manner of inspection which may be prescribed
by the | 18 | | Director.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 85-1152.)
| 20 | | (20 ILCS 415/17a) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b117a)
| 21 | | Sec. 17a.
Appointment of federal
employees to State | 22 | | positions.
At the discretion of the Director of Central | 23 | | Management Services,
any certified or
probationary employee of | 24 | | any Federal office, agency or institution in the
State of |
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| 1 | | Illinois which is closed by the Federal Government may be
| 2 | | appointed to a comparable position in State service, without | 3 | | competitive selection
examination . Such persons will attain | 4 | | certified status provided they pass a
qualifying examination | 5 | | prescribed by the Director within 6 months after
being so | 6 | | appointed, and provided they thereafter satisfactorily | 7 | | complete
their respective probationary periods. Such | 8 | | qualifying examinations shall
be of the same kind as those | 9 | | required for entrance examinations for
comparable positions. | 10 | | Appointments of such employees shall be without
regard to the | 11 | | competitive selection process eligible lists and without | 12 | | regard to the provisions of this Code
requiring the | 13 | | appointment of the person standing among the three highest on
| 14 | | the appropriate eligible list to fill a vacancy or from the | 15 | | highest
category ranking group if the list is by rankings | 16 | | instead of numerical
ratings. Nothing herein shall preclude | 17 | | the reclassification or reallocation
as provided by this Act | 18 | | of any position held by any person appointed
pursuant to this | 19 | | Section .
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 82-789.)
| 21 | | (20 ILCS 415/17b) | 22 | | Sec. 17b. Trainee program for persons with a disability. | 23 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and | 24 | | after July 1, 2020, each State agency with 1,500 employees or | 25 | | more shall, and each executive branch constitutional officer |
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| 1 | | may, offer at least one position per year to be filled by a | 2 | | person with a disability, as defined by the federal Americans | 3 | | with Disabilities Act, through an established trainee program. | 4 | | Agencies with fewer than 1,500 employees may also elect to | 5 | | participate in the program. The trainee position shall last | 6 | | for a period of at least 6 months and shall require the trainee | 7 | | to participate in the trainee program for at least 20 hours per | 8 | | week. The program shall be administered by the Department of | 9 | | Central Management Services. The Department of Central | 10 | | Management Services shall conduct an initial assessment of | 11 | | potential candidates, and the hiring agency or officer shall | 12 | | conduct a final assessment interview . Upon successful | 13 | | completion of the trainee program, the respective agency or | 14 | | officer shall certify issue a certificate of completion of the | 15 | | trainee program, with final approval provided by which shall | 16 | | be sent to the Department of Central Management Services for | 17 | | final approval . Individuals who successfully complete a | 18 | | trainee appointment under this Section are eligible for | 19 | | promotion to the target title without further examination. The | 20 | | Department of Central Management Services, in cooperation with | 21 | | the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with | 22 | | Disabilities Task Force, may shall adopt rules to implement | 23 | | and administer the trainee program for persons with | 24 | | disabilities, including, but not limited to, establishing | 25 | | non-political selection criteria, implementing an assessment | 26 | | and interview process , if necessary, that accommodates persons |
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| 1 | | with a disability, and linking trainee programs to targeted | 2 | | full-time position titles. | 3 | | (b) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons | 4 | | with Disabilities Task Force shall prepare an annual report to | 5 | | be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly that | 6 | | includes: (1) best practices for helping persons with a | 7 | | disability gain employment; (2) proposed rules for adoption by | 8 | | the Department of Central Management Services for the | 9 | | administration and implementation of the trainee program under | 10 | | this Section; (3) the number of agencies that participated in | 11 | | the trainee program under this Section in the previous | 12 | | calendar year; and (4) the number of individuals who | 13 | | participated in the trainee program who became full-time | 14 | | employees of the State at the conclusion of the trainee | 15 | | program.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 101-533, eff. 8-23-19.)
| 17 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.5-1 rep.)
| 18 | | (20 ILCS 415/8d.1 rep.)
| 19 | | (20 ILCS 415/12a rep.)
| 20 | | (20 ILCS 415/12b rep.)
| 21 | | (20 ILCS 415/12c rep.)
| 22 | | (20 ILCS 415/17 rep.)
| 23 | | Section 15. The Personnel Code is amended by repealing | 24 | | Sections 8b.5-1, 8d.1, 12a, 12b, 12c, and 17.
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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