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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1941 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2107 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Nick Collins |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to the employment of persons with disabilities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Nick CollinsFirst Suffolk 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1941 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2107 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2107) of Nick Collins for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to the employment of persons with disabilities. State Administration and Regulatory |
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| 20 | 20 | | Oversight. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2456 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to the employment of persons with disabilities. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 7 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by placing after Section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 238P the following: - |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 SECTION 38Q. (a) Any contract issued for services in the Commonwealth of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4Massachusetts or any political subdivision there-in that receives appropriated funds from the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall employ up to 10% of individuals with |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6disabilities hired within such contract. Companies/bidders awarded such contracts must employ a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7minimum of 75 full-time equivalents. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8the Supplier Diversity Office in consultation with the Massachusetts Office on Disability, the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9Massachusetts Commission for the Blind and the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission shall |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10implement and regulate said law. In addition, said agencies will arrange for Employment 2 of 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11support services for all individuals with disabilities hired through a vast array of non-Profit |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12employment providers located throughout the Commonwealth. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 (b) Such services shall include but not be limited to janitorial and custodial services, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14landscaping services, mailroom services, food services, fleet management, manufacturing, trash |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15removal, document destruction, call centers, electronic scanning of documents, and facility |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16management services including but not limited to HVAC Services, Painting, Emergency Repair |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17Series, and Snow Removal. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18 (c) For the purpose of this act, an individual with a disability will be defined as: someone |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19(i) who has a severe physical or mental impairment which seriously limits one or more functional |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20capacities (such as mobility, communication, self-care, self-direction, interpersonal skills, work |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21tolerance, or work skills) in terms of an employment outcome; (ii) someone whose vocational |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22rehabilitation can be expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23extended period of time; (iii) someone who has one or more physical or mental disabilities |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24resulting from amputation, arthritis, autism, blindness, burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25fibrosis, deafness, head injury, heart disease, hemiplegia, hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26dysfunction, mental retardation, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculo- |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27skeletal disorders, neurological disorders (including stroke and epilepsy), paraplegia, |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28quadriplegia, and other spinal cord conditions, sickle cell anemia, specific learning disability, |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29end-stage renal disease, or another disability or combination of disabilities determined on the |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30basis of an assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation to cause |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31comparable substantial functional limitation. 3 of 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 32 (d) The percentage requirements shall be met within one year of award of such contract, |
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| 63 | 63 | | 33and steps shall be taken to minimize the displacement of any workers already providing the |
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| 64 | 64 | | 34services covered by such a contract. |
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