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1		-	By: Anderson of McLennan (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 3685
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
3		-	May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
4		-	Resources and Economic Development; May 22, 2015, reported
5		-	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 22, 2015,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 3685
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10		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	4		AN ACT
12	5		relating to the employment status of certain individuals engaged in
13	6		rehabilitative work-training programs.
14	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	8		SECTION 1. Section 201.067, Labor Code, is amended to read
16	9		as follows:
17	10		Sec. 201.067. REHABILITATIVE SERVICE; WORK RELIEF;
18	11		EXCEPTION FOR SERVICES PERFORMED BY CERTAIN TRAINED [BLIND]
19	12		INDIVIDUALS. (a) In this subtitle, "employment" does not include
20	13		service performed [by an individual who]:
21	14		(1) by an individual whose earning capacity is
22	15		impaired by age, physical impairment, developmental disability,
23	16		mental illness, or intellectual disability or injury [receives
24	17		rehabilitative work or paying work in the employ of a facility that:
25	18		[(A) is conducted to carry out a program of
26	19		rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired
27	20		by:
28	21		[(i) age;
29	22		[(ii) physical impairment, other than
30	23		blindness; or
31	24		[(iii) mental deficiency or injury; or
32	25		[(B) provides paying work for individuals who,
33	26		because of their impaired physical or mental capacity, cannot be
34	27		readily absorbed in the competitive labor market;
35	28		[(2) is blind] while the individual is in training at a
36	29		sheltered workshop or other facility operated by a charitable
37	30		organization under a rehabilitation program that includes:
38	31		(A) an individual plan for employment as required
39	32		by 29 U.S.C. Section 722, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and
40	33		Opportunity Act (Pub. L. No. 113-128);
41	34		(B) a timeline for completion of the training;
42	35		and
43	36		(C) a planned employment outcome; or
44	37		(2) by an individual who [(3)] receives work relief or
45	38		work training as a part of an unemployment work-relief or
46	39		work-training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by a
47	40		federal agency, an agency of a state, a political subdivision of a
48	41		state, or an Indian tribe.
49	42		(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1) [(a)], in this
50	43		subtitle "employment" includes service performed by an individual
51	44		whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical impairment,
52	45		developmental disability, mental illness, or intellectual
53	46		disability or injury, other than an individual compensated as
54	47		provided by Section 62.057, [who is blind] and who, after training,
55	48		is working for a sheltered workshop or other facility operated by a
56	49		charitable organization:
57	50		(1) temporarily while awaiting placement in a position
58	51		of employment in the competitive labor market; or
59	52		(2) permanently because the individual is unable to
60	53		compete in the competitive labor market.
61	54		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
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	55	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	56	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	57	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3685 was passed by the House on May 5,
	58	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	59	+	voting.
	60	+	______________________________
	61	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	62	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3685 was passed by the Senate on May
	63	+	26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	64	+	______________________________
	65	+	Secretary of the Senate
	66	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	67	+	Date
	68	+	_____________________
	69	+	Governor