Bill > HB1586

This bill amends the Personnel Code to update provisions related to merit-based state employment and federal program administration. The bill makes several key changes, including expanding the range of sections referenced in the code from 8b.17 to 8b.20 and adding a new subsection that specifically protects state employee administration of critical federal programs. The new provision ensures that, unless prohibited by federal law, state employees will continue to administer 14 specific federal programs, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps), Unemployment Insurance, various grants for assistance to aged, blind, and disabled populations, Medicaid, Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, Occupational Safety and Health programs, Disaster Assistance, and Social Security Act administration. The bill also reinforces existing requirements for job vacancy postings, mandating that all vacant positions subject to Jurisdiction B be publicly posted on the Department's website, updated weekly, and include information about the county where the job is located. Additionally, if a position has a vacancy rate of 10% or higher, it must remain posted until the vacancy rate drops below that threshold. The bill takes effect immediately upon becoming law.

Labor and Employment

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1586&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104