(20 ILCS 415/19a) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b119a)
Sec. 19a. Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities. There is created an Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities composed of 9 members as follows: the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Director of Central Management Services, the Secretary of Human Services, the Director of the Department of Human Rights, and 4 State employees with disabilities, appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Governor.
The Director of the Department of Human Rights and the Secretary of Human Services shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Committee. The Committee shall meet as often as it deems necessary, but in no case less than 6 times annually at the call of the co-chairpersons. Notice shall be given to the members in writing in advance of a scheduled meeting.
The purposes and functions of the Committee are: (a) to provide a forum where problems of general concern to State employees with disabilities can be raised and methods of their resolution can be suggested to the appropriate State agencies; (b) to provide a clearinghouse of information for State employees with disabilities by working with those agencies to develop and retain such information; (c) to promote affirmative action efforts pertaining to the employment of persons with disabilities by State agencies; and (d) to recommend, where appropriate, means of strengthening the affirmative action programs for employees with disabilities in State agencies.
The Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities shall annually make a complete report to the General Assembly on the Committee's achievements and accomplishments. Such report may also include an evaluation by the committee of the effectiveness of the hiring and advancement practices in State government.
The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of 1995 are made for the purpose of changing the name of the Committee, and are not intended to create a new Committee or to change its existing membership or to otherwise disqualify any current member of the Committee from continued membership thereon in accordance with the terms of this Section or the member's appointment.
(Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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