Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Creates the Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee. Provides that the Advisory Committee shall: (1) research and provide recommendations for 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; (2) 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; and (3) review and provide recommendations for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to integrate access and functional needs into the Illinois Emergency Operations Plan. Provides for appointment and composition of the members of the Advisory Committee. Provides that 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. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to provide administrative support to the Advisory Committee. Requires the Advisory Committee to prepare and deliver a report with specified requirements to the General Assembly, the Governor's Office, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency by July, 1 2022, and annually thereafter. Provides that the Advisory Committee is dissolved and amendatory provisions are repealed on January 1, 2032. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0361
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| Public Act 102-0361
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| SB0921 Enrolled | LRB102 04769 RJF 14788 b |
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AN ACT concerning government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is |
amended by adding Section 23 as follows:
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(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) Research and provide recommendations for |
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 |
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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, and all relevant |
State agencies that are involved in drafting and |
implementing the Illinois Emergency Operation Plan, to |
integrate access and functional needs into State and local |
emergency plans. |
(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, the |
Director on Aging or his or her designee, and the Director of |
Public Health 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 a local emergency |
management coordinator. |
(2) Nine members from the community of persons with a |
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 |
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disabilities, and intellectual or developmental |
disabilities. Members appointed under this paragraph shall |
reflect a diversity of age, gender, race, and ethnic |
background. |
(3) Four members who represent first responders from |
different geographical regions around the State. |
(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. |
(i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall provide |
administrative support to the Advisory Committee. |
(j) The Advisory Committee shall prepare and deliver a |
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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 State and local emergency |
plans. |
(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 |
or disasters, as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois |
Emergency Management Agency Act. |
(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 |
subsection (j) shall be annually considered by the Illinois |
Emergency Management Agency when developing new State and |
local emergency plans or updating existing State and local |
emergency plans. |
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(l) The Advisory Committee is dissolved and this Section |
is repealed on January 1, 2032.
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