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| 1 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6860 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2015 *_____HB06860HS_APP031715____* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6860 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3649 | |
| 3 | + | *03649_______HS_* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (HS) | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | - | ||
| 10 | + | Raised Bill No. 6860 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | January Session, 2015 | |
| 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | - | *_____HB06860HS_APP031715____* | |
| 14 | + | LCO No. 3649 | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 16 | + | *03649_______HS_* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (HS) | |
| 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROJECT TO IMPROVE TRANSITIONAL SERVICES FOR EMPLOYABLE YOUNG ADULTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. | |
| 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 27 | ||
| 16 | - | Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2015) (a) For purposes of this section, (1) "young adult" means a person not younger than twenty- | |
| 28 | + | Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2015) (a) For purposes of this section, (1) "young adult" means a person not younger than twenty-five years of age and not older than thirty-one years of age, and (2) "employable" means capable of working not less than twenty hours per week. | |
| 17 | 29 | ||
| 18 | - | (b) The Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Developmental Services, shall establish a two-year pilot program in Hartford and New Haven counties to provide not more than one hundred employable young adults with autism spectrum disorder with vocational training and information designed to improve employment opportunities. The pilot program shall include (1) an informational campaign designed to increase awareness about | |
| 30 | + | (b) The Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Developmental Services, shall establish a two-year pilot program in Hartford and New Haven counties to provide not more than one hundred employable young adults with autism spectrum disorder with vocational training and information designed to improve employment opportunities. The pilot program shall include (1) an informational campaign designed to increase awareness about available vocational services and eligibility for such services, (2) outreach to potential employers, (3) identification of barriers to access to vocational services through the Department of Rehabilitation, (4) a strategy to break down such barriers, (5) an informational campaign designed to raise awareness about the impact, or lack thereof, of paid employment on public assistance benefits, and (6) family counseling to ensure participants in the pilot program can work scheduled hours. | |
| 19 | 31 | ||
| 20 | 32 | (c) Not later than July 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Developmental Services, shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters concerning public health and human services regarding (1) the percentage of participants in the pilot program who are employed not less than twenty hours per week compared to the percentage of employable young adults with autism spectrum disorder in Hartford and New Haven counties who are not participants in the pilot program and who are employed not less than twenty hours per week, (2) the cost of the pilot program, and (3) recommendations to expand the pilot program. | |
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| 24 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 37 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 26 | 38 | Section 1 July 1, 2015 New section | |
| 27 | 39 | ||
| 28 | 40 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 29 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 42 | Section 1 | |
| 31 | 43 | ||
| 32 | 44 | July 1, 2015 | |
| 33 | 45 | ||
| 34 | 46 | New section | |
| 35 | 47 | ||
| 48 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 36 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | To establish a pilot program designed to increase transitional services for employable young adults with autism spectrum disorder. | |
| 37 | 51 | ||
| 38 | - | HS Joint Favorable Subst. C/R APP | |
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| 40 | - | HS | |
| 41 | - | ||
| 42 | - | Joint Favorable Subst. C/R | |
| 43 | - | ||
| 44 | - | APP | |
| 52 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |