20 ILCS 1320/10

(20 ILCS 1320/10)

Sec. 10.

Department of Human Services; Administrative Responsibilities.

(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall
establish at least one Assistive
Technology Evaluation and Training Center, the first one being in a strategic
downstate location, as determined by the Department, no later than July 1,
1998.

(b) The Assistive Technology Evaluation and Training Centers shall be
operated by the Department, by not-for-profit
organizations funded through contractual arrangements with the Department
using a request-for-proposal process, or in collaboration with other entities.
The Department shall, by rule, establish
standards and criteria by which the Centers shall be operated, consistent with
this Act.

(Source: P.A. 90-428, eff. 1-1-98.)