Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S2456 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2451 FILED ON: 1/23/2023
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2456
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Nick Collins
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to the employment of persons with disabilities.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Nick CollinsFirst SuffolkJoan B. LovelySecond Essex3/16/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester3/16/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk3/21/2023John F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth3/23/2023 1 of 2
16	16	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2451 FILED ON: 1/23/2023
17	17	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2456
18	18	By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Nick Collins for
19	19	legislation relative to the employment of persons with disabilities. State Administration and
20	20	Regulatory Oversight.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE SENATE, NO. 2021 OF 2021-2022.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
24	24	_______________
25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
26	26	(2023-2024)
27	27	_______________
28	28	An Act relative to the employment of persons with disabilities.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 Chapter 7 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by placing after Section
32	32	238P the following:-
33	33	3 SECTION 38Q. (a) Any contract issued for services in the Commonwealth of
34	34	4Massachusetts or any political subdivision there-in that receives appropriated funds from the
35	35	5legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall employ up to 2% of individuals with
36	36	6disabilities hired within such contract. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the
37	37	7contract, the Supplier Diversity Office in consultation with the Massachusetts Office on
38	38	8Disability, the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind and the Massachusetts Rehabilitation
39	39	9Commission shall implement and regulate said law. 2 of 2
40	40	10 (b) Such services shall include but not be limited to janitorial and custodial services,
41	41	11landscaping services, mailroom services, food services, fleet management, manufacturing, trash
42	42	12removal, document destruction, electronic scanning of documents, and facility management
43	43	13services including but not limited to HVAC Services, Painting, Emergency Repair Series, and
44	44	14Snow Removal.
45	45	15 (c) For the purpose of this act, an individual with a disability will be defined as: someone
46	46	16(i) who has a severe physical or mental impairment which seriously limits one or more functional
47	47	17capacities (such as mobility, communication, self-care, self-direction, interpersonal skills, work
48	48	18tolerance, or work skills) in terms of an employment outcome; (ii) someone whose vocational
49	49	19rehabilitation can be expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an
50	50	20extended period of time; (iii) someone who has one or more physical or mental disabilities
51	51	21resulting from amputation, arthritis, autism, blindness, burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic
52	52	22fibrosis, deafness, head injury, heart disease, hemiplegia, hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary
53	53	23dysfunction, mental retardation, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculo-
54	54	24skeletal disorders, neurological disorders (including stroke and epilepsy), paraplegia,
55	55	25quadriplegia, and other spinal cord conditions, sickle cell anemia, specific learning disability,
56	56	26end-stage renal disease, or another disability or combination of disabilities determined on the
57	57	27basis of an assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation to cause
58	58	28comparable substantial functional limitation.
59	59	29 (d) The percentage requirements shall be met within one year of award of such contract,
60	60	30and steps shall be taken to minimize the displacement of any workers already providing the
61	61	31services covered by such contract.