Bill Text: IL SB0726 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: (1) provides that the employment position for persons with a disability shall be offered through an established trainee program (in the engrossed bill, an internship); (2) removes provisions from the bill providing that the position shall be unpaid; (3) provides that the program shall be administered by the Department of Central Management Services, but removes language providing that the position shall be part of the Disabled Workers Program; and (4) provides that the hiring officer or agency (instead of the Department of Central Management Services) shall issue a certificate of completion. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0533 [SB0726 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0726-Engrossed.html



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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
521 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 415/21 new)
7 Sec. 21. Internships for persons with a disability.
8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and
9after January 1, 2020, each State agency with 1,500 employees
10or more and each executive branch constitutional officer is
11required to offer at least one internship position per year to
12be filled by a person with a disability, as defined by the
13federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Agencies with fewer
14than 1,500 employees may also elect to participate in the
15program. The internship shall be unpaid, shall last for a
16period of at least 6 months, and shall require the intern to
17participate in the internship for at least 20 hours per week.
18The program shall be administered by the Department of Central
19Management Services as part of its Disabled Workers Program.
20Each internship shall be affiliated with a specific job code
21within the hiring agency. The Department of Central Management
22Services shall conduct an initial interview of potential
23interns, and the hiring agency or officer shall conduct a final

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1interview. Upon completion of the internship, the Department of
2Central Management Services shall issue a certificate of
3completion to the intern. Individuals who successfully
4complete an internship under this Section shall be eligible to
5participate in the Disabled Workers Program authorized under
6Section 405-122 of the Department of Central Management
7Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
8without examination. The Department of Central Management
9Services, in cooperation with the Employment and Economic
10Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force, shall
11adopt rules to implement and administer the internship program,
12including, but not limited to, establishing non-political
13selection criteria, implementing an interview process that
14accommodates persons with a disability, and linking
15internships to permanent, targeted job codes.
16 (b) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons
17with Disabilities Task Force shall prepare an annual report to
18be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly that
19includes: (1) best practices for helping persons with a
20disability gain employment; (2) proposed rules for adoption by
21the Department of Central Management Services for the
22administration and implementation of the internship program
23under this Section; (3) the number of agencies that
24participated in the internship program under this Section in
25the previous calendar year; and (4) the number of individuals
26who participated in the internship program who became full-time

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1employees of the State at the conclusion of the internship.
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