Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
- Last Action
- 4/5/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-05Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2021-04-05Introduced in House
- 2021-04-05Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-05 (00)
Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
This bill addresses employment standards for individuals with disabilities.
The bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to states and certain eligible entities to assist them in transforming their business and program models to support individuals with disabilities by
- providing competitive integrated employment,
- assisting disabled individuals in finding and retaining work in such employment,
- providing integrated employment and integrated community participation and wraparound services for such individuals, and
- ensuring that such services comply with federal regulations for individuals receiving home and community-based services.
The bill also prohibits the issuance of new special certificates that allow payment of subminimum wages to disabled individuals and phases out existing certificates over a four-year period.
The bill directs Labor's Office of Disability Employment to award grants to provide technical assistance and other strategic support to employers transitioning from special certificates to competitive integrated employment for disabled individuals.
Labor must contract with a nonprofit entity to conduct an evaluation of the impact of these transitions.
Cosponsors (20)
- Cathy Rodgers (R-WA)
- Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Andy Levin (D-MI)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- John Joyce (R-PA)
- Cynthia Axne (D-IA)
- DAVID PRICE (D-NC)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Alma Adams (D-NC)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and paralysis
- Disability assistance
- Employment and training programs
- Family services
- Health care coverage and access
- Income tax exclusion
- Labor standards
- Medicaid
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local government operations
- Wages and earnings
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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