Public Act 096-0634
 
SB1737 Enrolled LRB096 08757 JAM 18889 b

    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 45-35 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 500/45-35)
    Sec. 45-35. Facilities Sheltered workshops for persons
with severe disabilities the severely handicapped.
    (a) Qualification. Supplies and services may be procured
without advertising or calling for bids from any qualified
not-for-profit agency for persons with severe disabilities the
severely handicapped that:
        (1) complies with Illinois laws governing private
    not-for-profit organizations;
        (2) is certified as a sheltered workshop by the Wage
    and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor;
    and
        (3) meets the applicable Illinois Department of Human
    Services just standards for rehabilitation facilities.
    (b) Participation. To participate, the not-for-profit
agency must have indicated an interest in providing the
supplies and services, must meet the specifications and needs
of the using agency, and must set a fair market price.
    (c) Committee. There is created within the Department of
Central Management Services a committee to facilitate the
purchase of products and services of persons so severely
disabled handicapped by a physical, developmental, or mental
disability or a combination of any of those disabilities that
they cannot engage in normal competitive employment. This
committee is called the State Use Committee. The committee
shall consist of the Director of the Department of Central
Management Services or his or her designee, the Director of the
Department of Human Services or his or her designee, one public
member representing and 2 representatives from private
business who is knowledgeable of the employment needs and
concerns of persons with developmental disabilities, one
public member representing private business who is
knowledgeable of the needs and concerns of rehabilitation
facilities, one and 2 public member who is knowledgeable of the
employment needs and concerns of persons with developmental
disabilities, one public member who is knowledgeable of the
needs and concerns of rehabilitation facilities, and 2 public
members from a statewide association that represents
community-based rehabilitation facilities, members all
appointed by the Governor who are knowledgeable in the needs
and concerns of rehabilitation facilities in Illinois. The
public members shall serve 2 year terms, commencing upon
appointment and every 2 years thereafter. A public member may
be reappointed, and vacancies shall may be filled by
appointment for the completion of the term. In the event there
is a vacancy on the Committee, the Governor must make an
appointment to fill that vacancy within 30 calendar days after
the notice of vacancy. The members shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses at a rate
equal to that of State employees on a per diem basis by the
Department of Central Management Services. All members shall be
entitled to vote on issues before the committee.
    The committee shall have the following powers and duties:
        (1) To request from any State agency information as to
    product specification and service requirements in order to
    carry out its purpose.
        (2) To meet quarterly or more often as necessary to
    carry out its purposes.
        (3) To request a quarterly report from each
    participating qualified not-for-profit agency for persons
    with severe disabilities the severely handicapped
    describing the volume of sales for each product or service
    sold under this Section.
        (4) To prepare a report for the Governor annually.
        (5) To prepare a publication that lists all supplies
    and services currently available from any qualified
    not-for-profit agency for persons with severe disabilities
    the severely handicapped. This list and any revisions shall
    be distributed to all purchasing agencies.
        (6) To encourage diversity in supplies and services
    provided by qualified not-for-profit agencies for persons
    with severe disabilities the severely handicapped and
    discourage unnecessary duplication or competition among
    facilities.
        (7) To develop guidelines to be followed by qualifying
    agencies for participation under the provisions of this
    Section. The guidelines shall be developed within 6 months
    after the effective date of this Code and made available on
    a nondiscriminatory basis to all qualifying agencies.
        (8) To review all bids submitted under the provisions
    of this Section and reject any bid for any purchase that is
    determined to be substantially more than the purchase would
    have cost had it been competitively bid.
        (9) To develop a 5-year plan for increasing the number
    of products and services purchased from qualified
    not-for-profit agencies for persons with severe
    disabilities, including the feasibility of developing
    mandatory set-aside contracts. This 5-year plan must be
    developed no later than 180 calendar days after the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
    Assembly.
    (c-5) Conditions for Use. Each chief procurement officer
shall, in consultation with the State Use Committee, determine
which articles, materials, services, food stuffs, and supplies
that are produced, manufactured, or provided by persons with
severe disabilities in qualified not-for-profit agencies shall
be given preference by purchasing agencies procuring those
items.
    (d) Former committee. The committee created under
subsection (c) shall replace the committee created under
Section 7-2 of the Illinois Purchasing Act, which shall
continue to operate until the appointments under subsection (c)
are made.
(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.