20 ILCS 2410/1
Short Title
Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Bureau for the Blind Act. (Source: P.A. 86-893.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 2410 — Bureau for the Blind Act.
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Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: (a) Bureau means the Bureau for the Blind. (b) Department means the Department of Human Services. (c) Secretary means the Secretary of Human Services. (d) Bureau Director means the Director of the Bureau for the Blind. (e) Blind means any person whose central visual acuity does not exc…
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Creation
Creation. A Bureau for the Blind shall be established within the division or other programmatic unit of the Department of Human Services that administers vocational rehabilitation services under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The Bureau shall be headed by a Bureau Director who shall be fully qualif…
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Purposes
Purposes. The Bureau shall plan, develop, delineate and evaluate a wide range of services, including advocacy and outreach, to help those people in Illinois who are blind to achieve their fullest possible potential. The Bureau shall foster "comprehensiveness of service" by entering into cooperative working agreements w…
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Finances
Finances. The Department, with participation of the Bureau and the Blind Services Planning Council, shall prepare and submit, as part of the Department's total budget, an estimate of its financial needs for the coming year, including anticipated growth and development and new initiatives, which shall be clearly identif…
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Administration
Administration. All evaluations of the quality of service providers to blind people shall be made by qualified persons assigned to the Bureau or consultants especially qualified to make such evaluations. All support services not related to direct service to a blind person, such as legal services, data processing, print…
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Council
Council. There shall be created within the Department a Blind Services Planning Council which shall review the actions of the Bureau for the Blind and provide advice and consultation to the Secretary on services to blind people. The Council shall be composed of 11 members appointed by the Governor. All members shall be…
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Department Duties
Department Duties. In order that the Blind Services Planning Council may function efficiently and provide a meaningful service, the Department shall: (a) provide adequate space for meetings in a convenient location; (b) provide sufficient clerical service; (c) provide adequate and secure storage for records; (d) make a…