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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7221
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING WO RKFORCE INVESTMENT B OARDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Not later than October 1, 2019, 1
the Labor Department, in collaboration with Workforce Investment 2
Boards within the state, shall conduct a study of programs offered to 3
individuals seeking employment within the state. The topics of such 4
study shall include, but not be limited to: 5
(1) The location, ownership and management of Workforc e 6
Investment Board offices within the state; 7
(2) The number of employees dedicated to assisting individuals 8
seeking employment in each Workforce Investment Board office; 9
(3) The number of individuals seeking employment who are served 10
through each Workforce Investment Board office on an annual basis; 11
(4) The number of employers, classified by industry, that utilize 12
Workforce Investment Boards throughout the state; 13
(5) The number of individuals who successfully find employment 14
through Workforce Investment Boards, and the nature of that 15
employment, classified by industry; 16
(6) The number of individuals who successfully found employment, 17
then lost that employment, who re-enrolled in a Workforce Investment 18 Substitute Bill No. 7221
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Board's program; 19
(7) The type of training programs offered by each Workforce 20
Investment Board and the frequency that such training is offered; 21
(8) Whether training programs offered by individual Workforce 22
Investment Boards are planned in conjunction with the department to 23
maximize efficiency and avoid duplication of resources; 24
(9) The type and quality of casework assumed by each Workforce 25
Investment Board, including the process by which individuals seeking 26
employment are documented and the number of such individuals who 27
are served through each office; 28
(10) The funding sources for each Workforce Investment Board and 29
any in-kind contributions offered by the state including, but not 30
limited to, office space, utilities and equipment; 31
(11) Whether an individual seeking employment can simultaneously 32
participate in a state-operated employment program through the 33
department and a Workforce Investment Board program; 34
(12) The methods by which the department and Workforce 35
Investment Boards coordinate employment programs in each region of 36
the state; and 37
(13) The methods by which Workforce Investment Boards report to 38
the department and whether the resources currently allocated to the 39
Workforce Investment Boards by the department are adequate for the 40
operation of the programs offered by the Workforce Investment 41
Boards. 42
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the department shall submit, in 43
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 44
a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 45
having cognizance of matters relating to labor detailing the findings of 46
the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 47 Substitute Bill No. 7221
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
Technical changes were made in Subsecs. (a)(6) and (a)(10) for clarity.
LAB Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO