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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7093
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3695
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO INCREASE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNI TIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study how to increase employment opportunities for persons with 2
disabilities. The task force shall study and make recommendations 3
concerning matters including, but not limited to, (1) expanding 4
existing employment assistance programs for persons with disabilities, 5
and (2) establishing financial incentives for businesses to employ more 6
persons with disabilities. 7
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 8
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 9
one of whom is an employed person with intellectual disabilities and 10
one of whom is an employed person with physical disabilities; 11
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one 12
of whom is an employed person with mental disabilities and one of 13
whom is an employer of persons with disabilities; 14 Raised Bill No. 7093
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(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 15
Representatives; 16
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 17
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 18
Representatives; 19
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 20
(7) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, or the 21
commissioner's designee; 22
(8) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or 23
the commissioner's designee; 24
(9) The Labor Commissioner or the commissioner's designee; 25
(10) The Commissioner of Revenue Services, or the commissioner's 26
designee; and 27
(11) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 28
designee. 29
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (3), 30
(4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the 31
General Assembly. 32
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 33
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 34
filled by the appointing authority. 35
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 36
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 37
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 38
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 39
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 40
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 41 Raised Bill No. 7093
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General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the 42
Department of Developmental Services shall serve as administrative 43
staff of the task force. 44
(g) Not later than February 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 45
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 46
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 47
relating to finance, revenue and bonding, human services, labor and 48
public health, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 49
general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 50
submits such report or February 1, 2020, whichever is later. 51
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study and develop recommendations to increase employment
opportunities for persons with disabilities.
[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.]