100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1453

 

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 415/17b new

    Amends the Personnel Code. Provides for the creation of a supported employees program by the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that the Director of Central Management Services shall develop and implement a supported employment program applying to all State agencies. Provides that the Director shall designate a liaison to work with the various State agencies and departments, and any funder or provider or both, in the implementation of a supported employment program. Provides that the Director, in consultation with the Secretary or Director of each State agency, shall establish job classifications for supported employees who may be appointed into the classifications without open competitive testing requirements. Provides that supported employees shall serve in a trial employment capacity for not less than 3, but no more than 12, months. Requires the Director to maintain a record of all individuals hired as supported employees, and submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding the employment progress of supported employees, with recommendations for further legislative action. Defines terms.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section
517b as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/17b new)
7    Sec. 17b. Supported employees.
8    (a) The Director of Central Management Services shall
9develop and implement a supported employment program applying
10to all State agencies. It shall be the goal of the program, in
11consultation with the Secretary or Director of each State
12agency, to appoint supported employees to positions within the
13various State agencies.
14    (b) The Director shall designate a liaison to work with the
15various State agencies and departments, and any funder or
16provider or both, in the implementation of a supported
17employment program.
18    (c) As used in this Section:
19        (1) "Supported employee" means any individual who:
20            (A) has a severe physical or mental disability
21        which seriously limits functional capacities,
22        including, but not limited to, mobility,
23        communication, self-care, self-direction, work

 

 

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1        tolerance, or work skills, in terms of employability as
2        defined, determined, and certified by the Department
3        of Human Services; and
4            (B) has one or more physical or mental disabilities
5        resulting from amputation; arthritis; blindness;
6        cancer; cerebral palsy; cystic fibrosis; deafness;
7        heart disease; hemiplegia; respiratory or pulmonary
8        dysfunction; an intellectual disability; mental
9        illness; multiple sclerosis; muscular dystrophy;
10        musculoskeletal disorders; neurological disorders,
11        including stroke and epilepsy; paraplegia;
12        quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions; sickle
13        cell anemia; and end-stage renal disease; or another
14        disability or combination of disabilities determined
15        on the basis of an evaluation of rehabilitation
16        potential to cause comparable substantial functional
17        limitation.
18        (2) "Supported employment" means competitive work in
19    integrated work settings:
20            (A) for individuals with severe disabilities for
21        whom competitive employment has not traditionally
22        occurred; or
23            (B) for individuals for whom competitive
24        employment has been interrupted or intermittent as a
25        result of a severe disability, and who because of their
26        disability, need on-going support services to perform

 

 

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1        such work. The term includes transitional employment
2        for individuals with chronic mental illness.
3        (3) "Participation in a supported employee program"
4    means participation as a supported employee that is not
5    based on the expectation that an individual will have the
6    skills to perform all the duties in a job class, but on the
7    assumption that with support and adaptation, or both, a job
8    can be designed to take advantage of the supported
9    employee's special strengths.
10        (4) "Funder" means any entity either State, local,
11    federal, or private not-for-profit or for-profit that
12    provides monies to programs that provide services related
13    to supported employment.
14        (5) "Provider" means any entity, either public or
15    Private, which provides technical support and services to
16    any department or agency of State government.
17    (d) The Director, in consultation with the Secretary or
18Director of each State agency, shall establish job
19classifications for supported employees who may be appointed
20into the classifications without open competitive testing
21requirements. Supported employees shall serve in a trial
22employment capacity for not less than 3, but no more than 12,
23months.
24    (e) The Director shall maintain a record of all individuals
25hired as supported employees. The record shall include, but not
26be limited to, the following:

 

 

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1        (1) the number of supported employees initially
2    appointed;
3        (2) the number of supported employees who successfully
4    complete the trial employment periods; and
5        (3) the number of permanent targeted positions by
6    titles.
7    (f) The Director shall submit an annual report to the
8General Assembly regarding the employment progress of
9supported employees, with recommendations for further
10legislative action.