230.27 (2k). (9r) (a) In this subsection: 1. “Independent” means the extent to which persons with disabilities exert control and choice over their own lives. 2. “Severely disabled employee” means an employee in the
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classified service with a chronic disability if the chronic disability meets all of the following conditions: a. It is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments. b. It is likely to continue indefinitely. c. It results in substantial functional limitations in one or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care; receptive and expressive language; learning; mobility; capacity for independent living; and economic self-sufficiency. (b) The administrator shall keep a record of all of the following: 1. The number of severely disabled employees and the percentage of severely disabled employees of the total number of employees in the classified service. 2. The number of severely disabled employees hired in each calendar year and the percentage of severely disabled employees among all persons hired in the classified service in that year. (10) (a) The administrator may require all agencies and their officers to comply with the administrator’s request to furnish current information pertaining to authorized positions, payroll and related items regarding civil service and employment relations functions. (b) The administrator shall request from each agency and each agency shall furnish to the administrator relevant racial, ethnic, gender and disability information on every new employee hired by the agency including limited term, project, seasonal and sessional employees. The administrator shall maintain the data to permit a periodic review of the agency’s affirmative action plan accomplishments. (c) The administrator shall request from each agency and each agency shall furnish to the administrator relevant information regarding the prior military service, if any, of every new employee hired by the agency including limited term, project, seasonal and sessional employees. The administrator shall maintain the data to permit a periodic review of the progress being made to provide employment opportunities in civil service for veterans and disabled veterans. (11) The administrator may provide by rule for an understudy program to assure continuity in selected positions. (12) The administrator shall keep in the division an official roster of all permanent classified employees which shall include classification titles, pay and employment status changes and appropriate dates thereof. (13) The administrator shall do all of the following: (a) Establish standards for plans to increase state employment of recipients of aid under s. 49.19 or benefits under s. 49.147 (3) to (5) prepared by agencies under s. 230.147 (1). The standards shall state the time periods within which these plans shall be prepared. (b) Review and approve or disapprove plans prepared under s.