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disabled. |
"Disability" has the meaning ascribed to that term in |
Section 10 of the Disabilities Services Act of 2003.
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"Integrated setting" means with respect to an employment |
outcome, a setting typically found in the community in which |
applicants or eligible individuals interact with non-disabled |
individuals, other than non-disabled individuals who are |
providing services to those applicants or eligible |
individuals, to the same extent that non-disabled individuals |
in comparable positions interact with other persons.
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"State agency" means and includes all boards, commissions, |
agencies, institutions, authorities, and bodies politic and |
corporate of the State, created by or in accordance with the |
Illinois Constitution or State statute, of the executive branch |
of State government and does include colleges, universities,
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public employee retirement systems, and institutions under the |
jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of |
Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State |
University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois |
University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State |
University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois |
University, and the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
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Section 15. Agency coordination. All State agencies shall |
coordinate efforts and shall collaborate within and among such |
agencies to ensure that State programs, policies, procedures, |
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and funding support competitive and integrated employment of |
persons with disabilities. All State agencies shall, whenever |
feasible, share data and information across systems in order to |
track progress toward full implementation of this Act. State |
agencies are authorized to adopt rules to implement this Act.
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Section 20. Establishment of measurable goals and |
objectives. The Employment and Economic Opportunity for |
Persons with Disabilities Task Force established under the |
Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with |
Disabilities Task Force Act shall establish measurable goals |
and objectives for the State to ensure implementation of this |
Act and monitor the measured progress toward implementation of |
this Act. All State agencies shall fully cooperate with the |
Task Force and provide data and information to assist the Task |
Force in carrying out its responsibilities. The Task Force |
shall include in its annual report a progress report on the |
implementation of this Act and any recommendations with respect |
to the implementation of this Act.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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