3.0.0 260 2022-11-01T15:02:55Z 2022-11-01T15:02:55Z Senate S 2019-01-29 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-29T21:19:50Z Transformation to Competitive Employment Act 116 873 HR 2019-01-30 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2019-01-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-01-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-01-29 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-03-12 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-03-26 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-04-01 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-04-04 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-04-30 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-06-03 False Labor and Employment Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Employment and training programs Family services Labor standards Mental health Performance measurement Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Wages and earnings Labor and Employment 00 2019-01-29 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-03T16:38:18Z Transformation to Competitive Employment Act

This bill addresses employment standards for individuals with disabilities.

The bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to states and certain eligible entities to assist them in transforming their business and program models to support individuals with disabilities by

  • operating competitive integrated employment businesses,
  • assisting disabled individuals in finding and retaining work in such employment, and
  • providing integrated employment and integrated community participation and wraparound services for such individuals.

The bill prohibits the issuance of new special certificates that allow payment of subminimum wages to disabled individuals and phases out existing certificates over a six year period.

The bill directs the Office of Disability Employment of Labor to award grants to provide technical assistance to employers transitioning from special certificates to competitive integrated employment for disabled individuals.

Labor must contract with a nonprofit entity to conduct an evaluation of the impact of the transitioning requirements of this bill.]]>

Transformation to Competitive Employment Act Display Title Transformation to Competitive Employment Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Transformation to Competitive Employment Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to assist employers providing employment under special certificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to transform their business and program models, to support individuals with disabilities to transition to competitive integrated employment, to phase out the use of such special certificates, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s260is/xml/BILLS-116s260is.xml 2019-01-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.