Bill Amendment: IL SB0921 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly

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Bill Title: IEMA-ACCESS & FUNCTIONAL NEEDS

Status: 2021-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0361 [SB0921 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0921-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 4/9/2021

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 921
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 921 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act
is amended by adding Section 23 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3305/23 new)
Sec. 23. Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.
(a) In this Section, "Advisory Committee" means the Access
and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.
(b) The Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee is
created.
(c) The Advisory Committee shall:
(1) Coordinate meetings occurring, at a minimum, 6
times each year, in addition to emergency meetings called
by the chairperson of the Advisory Committee.
(2) Investigate and provide recommendations for

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identifying and effectively responding to the needs of
persons with access and functional needs before, during,
and after a disaster using an intersectional lens for
equity.
(3) Provide recommendations to the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency regarding how to ensure that persons
with a disability are included in disaster strategies and
emergency management plans, including updates and
implementation of disaster strategies and emergency
management plans.
(4) Review and provide recommendations for the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency to integrate access
and functional needs into the Illinois Emergency
Operations Plan.
(d) The Advisory Committee shall be composed of the
Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or his or
her designee, the Attorney General or his or her designee, the
Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee, and the
Director on Aging or his or her designee, together with the
following members appointed by the Governor on or before
January 1, 2022:
(1) Two members, either from a municipal or
county-level emergency agency or designated by the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency as a local emergency
management coordinator.
(2) Nine members from the community of persons with a

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disability who represent persons with different types of
disabilities, including, but not limited to, individuals
with mobility and physical disabilities, hearing and
visual disabilities, deafness or who are hard of hearing,
blindness or who have low vision, mental health
disabilities, and intellectual or developmental
disabilities. Members appointed under this paragraph shall
reflect a diversity of age, gender, race, and ethnic
background.
(e) Of those members appointed by the Governor, the
initial appointments of 6 members shall be for terms of 2 years
and the initial appointments of 5 members shall be for terms of
4 years. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of 4
years. A member shall serve until his or her successor is
appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occurs in the Advisory
Committee membership, the vacancy shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the
unexpired term.
(f) After all the members are appointed, and annually
thereafter, they shall elect a chairperson from among the
members appointed under paragraph (2) of subsection (d).
(g) The initial meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be
convened by the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency no later than February 1, 2022.
(h) Advisory Committee members shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses

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incurred in performing their duties from funds appropriated
for that purpose.
(i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall provide
administrative and other support to the Advisory Committee.
(j) The Advisory Committee shall prepare and deliver a
report to the General Assembly, the Governor's Office, and the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency by July, 1 2022, and
annually thereafter. The report shall include the following:
(1) Identification of core emergency management
services that need to be updated or changed to ensure the
needs of persons with a disability are met, and shall
include disaster strategies in the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency's language.
(2) Any proposed changes in State policies, laws,
rules, or regulations necessary to fulfill the purposes of
this Act.
(3) Recommendations on improving the accessibility and
effectiveness of disaster and emergency communication.
(4) Recommendations on comprehensive training for
first responders and other frontline workers when working
with persons with a disability during emergency
situations.
(5) Any additional recommendations regarding emergency
management and persons with a disability that the Advisory
Committee deems necessary.
(k) The annual report prepared and delivered under

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subsection (j) shall be annually considered by the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency when developing new emergency
plans or updating existing emergency plans.
(l) The Advisory Committee is dissolved and this Section
is repealed on January 1, 2032.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".