Public Act 93-0639

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    AN ACT in relation to employment.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The Department of Employment Security Law of
the Civil Administrative  Code  of  Illinois  is  amended  by
adding Section 1005-155 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 1005/1005-155 new)
    Sec.  1005-155.  Illinois Employment and Training Centers
report. The Department of Employment Security, or  the  State
agency responsible for the oversight of the federal Workforce
Investment  Act  of 1998 if that agency is not the Department
of Employment  Security,  shall  prepare  a  report  for  the
Governor  and  the General Assembly regarding the progress of
the Illinois  Employment  and  Training  Centers  in  serving
individuals  with  disabilities. The report must include, but
is  not  limited  to,  the  following:  (i)  the  number   of
individuals  referred to the Illinois Employment and Training
Centers  by  the  Department  of  Human  Services  Office  of
Rehabilitation Services; (ii) the total  number  of  disabled
individuals  served  by  the Illinois Employment and Training
Centers; (iii) the number of disabled individuals  served  in
federal  Workforce  Investment  Act  of  1998  employment and
training  programs;  (iv)  the  number  of  individuals  with
disabilities  annually  placed  in  jobs  by   the   Illinois
Employment  and  Training  Centers;  and  (v)  the  number of
individuals  with  disabilities  referred  by  the   Illinois
Employment  and  Training  Centers to the Department of Human
Services Office of Rehabilitation Services. The report is due
by December 31, 2004 based on the previous State program year
of July 1 through June 30,  and is due  annually  thereafter.
"Individuals  with  disabilities"  are  defined  as those who
self-report as being qualified as  disabled  under  the  1973
Rehabilitation  Act  or the 1990 Americans  with Disabilities
Act, for the purposes of this Law.