House Bill No. 6121
Special Act No. 21-10
AN ACT CONCERNING A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE
FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Economic and
Community Development shall incorporate into the state workforce
strategy a plan to establish a workforce development pipeline program
for persons with disabilities, which shall incentivize businesses to
provide training programs, offer modified interviews and reserve
market-rate, full-time jobs for persons with disabilities. Such plan shall
be developed not later than November 1, 2021, and provide for
implementation of such plan not later than July 1, 2022. The
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit
recommendations for any requisite legislative proposals for the
implementation of such plan to the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce.