Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R13982 KSD-F
2	2	By: Lucio S.B. No. 1671
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the employment status of certain individuals engaged in
8	8	rehabilitative work-training programs.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 201.067, Labor Code, is amended to read
11	11	as follows:
12	12	Sec. 201.067. REHABILITATIVE SERVICE; WORK RELIEF;
13	13	EXCEPTION FOR SERVICES PERFORMED BY CERTAIN TRAINED [BLIND]
14	14	INDIVIDUALS. (a) In this subtitle, "employment" does not include
15	15	service performed [by an individual who]:
16	16	(1) by an individual whose earning capacity is
17	17	impaired by age, physical impairment, developmental disability,
18	18	mental illness, or intellectual disability or injury [receives
19	19	rehabilitative work or paying work in the employ of a facility that:
20	20	[(A) is conducted to carry out a program of
21	21	rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired
22	22	by:
23	23	[(i) age;
24	24	[(ii) physical impairment, other than
25	25	blindness; or
26	26	[(iii) mental deficiency or injury; or
27	27	[(B) provides paying work for individuals who,
28	28	because of their impaired physical or mental capacity, cannot be
29	29	readily absorbed in the competitive labor market;
30	30	[(2) is blind] while the individual is in training at a
31	31	sheltered workshop or other facility operated by a charitable
32	32	organization under a rehabilitation program that includes:
33	33	(A) an individual plan for employment as required
34	34	by 29 U.S.C. Section 722, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and
35	35	Opportunity Act (Pub. L. No. 113-128);
36	36	(B) a timeline for completion of the training;
37	37	and
38	38	(C) a planned employment outcome; or
39	39	(2) by an individual who [(3)] receives work relief or
40	40	work training as a part of an unemployment work-relief or
41	41	work-training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by a
42	42	federal agency, an agency of a state, a political subdivision of a
43	43	state, or an Indian tribe.
44	44	(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1) [(a)], in this
45	45	subtitle "employment" includes service performed by an individual
46	46	whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical impairment,
47	47	developmental disability, mental illness, or intellectual
48	48	disability or injury [who is blind] and who, after training, is
49	49	working for a sheltered workshop or other facility operated by a
50	50	charitable organization:
51	51	(1) temporarily while awaiting placement in a position
52	52	of employment in the competitive labor market; or
53	53	(2) permanently because the individual is unable to
54	54	compete in the competitive labor market.
55	55	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
56	56	to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the
57	57	Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this
58	58	Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is
59	59	governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and
60	60	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
61	61	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.