1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Health Care and Training for Older
Workers Act
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—COBRA continuation coverage
Sec. 101. Extended COBRA continuation coverage for certain
older workers.
TITLE II—Employment and training
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Statewide employment and training
activities.
Sec. 203. Local employment and training activities.
Sec. 204. Performance measures.
Sec. 205. Reporting.
Sec. 206. Incentive grants.
TITLE III—Clearinghouse of best practices for hiring and
retaining older workers
Sec. 301. Establishment.
Sec. 302. Annual updates.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">COBRA continuation coverage</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD7022C08BB3148FB88420B09C8810204" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extended COBRA continuation coverage for
certain older workers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35638C62ABCD45BBA17DEFDC4DDDD874"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to the
<act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974</act-name></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph
(A) of section 602(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1162(2)(A)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD8B38BECE91B4F2F9D54AE2B6D75351B" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCC275366983E4F328C12EEFCE0DCA03D"><enum>(vi)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule for certain older
workers</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA0A47D0526124C25B81118D635EC8D1D"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subparagraph, in the case of a qualifying event described in section 603(2)
relating to a reduction of hours of an employee described in subclause (II),
the date which is 36 months after the date of the qualifying event, except that
the period of coverage under this clause shall end on the date on which the
employee becomes entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> based on
age.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB3F6D44573264C628BCE4DF09E2D7E9E"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employee described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employee is described in this subclause
if such employee, on the date of the qualifying event, is at least the early
retirement age (as defined in section 216(l)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>) but not yet
entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> based on
age.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6358C2B3DD3547749B157864B3057BB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to the
<act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service
Act</act-name></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
2202(2)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service
Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 300bb–2(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after clause
(iv) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB77E602EBDDA4F558A905B45E296989A" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF26E8881CC164337B9287EF010DD83D7"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule for certain older
workers</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA8E1B1B0FAE04213868F6BCC5B4226C3"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subparagraph, in the case of a qualifying event described in section 2203(2)
relating to a reduction of hours of an employee described in subclause (II),
the date which is 36 months after the date of the qualifying event, except that
the period of coverage under this clause shall end on the date on which the
employee becomes entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> based on
age.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID394FEE6E00A24203B204F0A276A30917"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employee described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employee is described in this subclause
if such employee, on the date of the qualifying event, is at least the early
retirement age (as defined in section 216(l)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>) but not yet
entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> based on
age.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF508822A46AF4079BE9CBC1F01369F71"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of
1986</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
4980B(f)(2)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting
after subclause (V) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6730B0862A2F43EB997890CEAE48A31B" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA2F33A3183D3464F90CB95B7770F317C"><enum>(VI)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule for certain older
workers</header>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC44B7A9775D14D3FBB10790EB107124B"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
clause, in the case of a qualifying event described in paragraph (3)(B)
relating to a reduction of hours of an employee described in item (bb), the
date which is 36 months after the date of the qualifying event, except that the
period of coverage under this clause shall end on the date on which the
employee becomes entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> based on
age.</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEF62A7F6FFF14E10A2484C703C8E658B"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employee described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employee is described in this subclause
if such employee, on the date of the qualifying event, is at least the early
retirement age (as defined in section 216(l)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>) but not yet
entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> based on
age.</text>
</item></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employment and training</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID68C3887487CD4FC993A255D19A689D0E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1381909C87944A33842A53B26B20C3A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (17) through
(53) as paragraphs (18) through (54), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4AFE394D35D54FB0851C6CB794BFE13B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (16) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID635E61FE4E0640F8AABE9CFD5C34C1AE" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8A5F6932D94E49BCB992E5AACEE1BD21"><enum>(17)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hard-to-serve populations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hard-to-serve
populations</term> means populations of individuals who are hard to serve,
including displaced homemakers, low-income individuals, Native Americans,
individuals with disabilities, older individuals, ex-offenders, homeless
individuals, individuals with limited English proficiency, individuals who do
not meet the definition of literacy in section 203, individuals facing
substantial cultural barriers, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, individuals
within 2 years of exhausting lifetime eligibility under part A of title IV of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 601
et seq.), single parents (including single pregnant women), and such other
groups as the Governor determines to be hard to
serve.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9C83F755C5C142E89AE07517F5F623D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statewide employment and training
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
134(a)(3)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(a)(3)(A))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA77AD752909F43E8A8F86FA97ED5D07B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (vi), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1534F93D46E54CF7B637CCF5202E27A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (vii) as clause
(viii); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID57AAA352C0974E449BA7E9E4C22FACC1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (vi) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0900FC16EB0F48D9B2466726EFBA983C" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16CAFC36AFE341D694E0E1C6CDD2D784"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing strategies for effectively
serving hard-to-serve populations and for coordinating programs and services
among one-stop partners;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID82F9FD5449554902A3BF20BA3F23120E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local employment and training
activities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48B549EB6BEB4A6DB6C9AB300D4B3CD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intensive Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 134(d)(3) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(3)) is amended by striking
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID21E689F72C1E44B4A9832D8BA76D5E24" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA47B37400E874285B8246842899389FD"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3DECF880371245809EFBE55B428EECEB"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (iii), funds
allocated to a local area for adults under paragraph (2)(A) or (3), as
appropriate, of section 133(b), and funds allocated to the local area for
dislocated workers under section 133(b)(2)(B), shall be used to provide
intensive services to adults and dislocated workers, respectively—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD9B3E6C7C1AD4BF5BB4815998283BABA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are unemployed and who, after an
interview, evaluation, or assessment, have been determined by a one-stop
operator or one-stop partner to be—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB682452295C4856A3E9DB435B1B14D1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">unlikely or unable to obtain employment,
that leads to self-sufficiency or wages comparable to or higher than previous
employment, through core services described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3568DE93E66243119E4A4483ACC72F64"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in need of intensive services to obtain
employment that leads to self-sufficiency or wages comparable to or higher than
previous employment; or</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5B9C2DC789B245CE9A111235C139CCEE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are employed, but who, after an
interview, evaluation, or assessment, are determined by a one-stop operator or
one-stop partner to be in need of intensive services to obtain or retain
employment that leads to self-sufficiency.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEF0A840E22F0467A919984E3DC20AB03"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of determining whether an
adult or dislocated worker meets the requirements of clause (i)(I)(aa), a
one-stop operator or one-stop partner shall consider whether the adult or
dislocated worker is a member of a hard-to-serve population.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4C89BD872E404ED397ECAF467259D6B8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A new interview, evaluation, or assessment
of a participant is not required under clause (i) if the one-stop operator or
one-stop partner determines that it is appropriate to use a recent assessment
of the participant conducted pursuant to another education or training
program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC7976F3E52B442D1944068ECF69D307F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 134(d)(4) of such Act (29 U.S.C.
2864(d)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8E23BCD1563F4189B46AADD2EEEC6A71" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2236DADFA2914BC1BD5AB24B5B9B7873"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID45F985EFF8D9460BA4762091D9D416A0"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (iii), funds
allocated to a local area for adults under paragraph (2)(A) or (3), as
appropriate, of section 133(b), and funds allocated to the local area for
dislocated workers under section 133(b)(2)(B), shall be used to provide
training services to adults and dislocated workers, respectively—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8AD814A2369244F7A3FAE97F99D384A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who, after an interview, evaluation, or
assessment, and case management, have been determined by a one-stop operator or
one-stop partner, as appropriate, to—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID39A11BE64638461883ED2583C4B06226"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be unlikely or unable to obtain or retain
employment, that leads to self-sufficiency or wages comparable to or higher
than previous employment, through the intensive services described in paragraph
(3);</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID930B795DFF0C42C39425A018642F080E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be in need of training services to obtain
or retain employment that leads to self-sufficiency or wages comparable to or
higher than previous employment; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD82FC7FD0A9B4547BC3F6BFA1E018470"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have the skills and qualifications to
successfully participate in the selected program of training services;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5B3CB5CF9D924620B4477FBCDC5A62B7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who select programs of training services
that are directly linked to the employment opportunities in the local area or
region involved or in another area to which the adults or dislocated workers
are willing to commute or relocate;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID755C1185131A413BAEBB02F623DF9B9F"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who meet the requirements of subparagraph
(B); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC2A7C050A98744958FC6FA10680E232D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are determined to be eligible in
accordance with the priority system in effect under subparagraph (E).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF832FB6D4EF84D8CBCA8A27C80316D1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of determining whether an
adult or dislocated worker meets the requirements of clause (i)(I)(aa), a
one-stop operator or one-stop partner shall consider whether the adult or
dislocated worker is a member of a hard-to-serve population.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID73FD183E1D7348A09FAE3DCA5714AECA"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A new interview, evaluation, or assessment
of a participant is not required under clause (i) if the one-stop operator or
one-stop partner determines that it is appropriate to use a recent assessment
of the participant conducted pursuant to another education or training
program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4D45607DE6364D99ABD61F8C1A823180"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local Employment and Training
Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
134(e)(1)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2864(e)(1)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID898786AF71BA4FE4A58F293F4D055CD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19EB5C72B5AF4AAF8221A06E96ABBF75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF9D96E1BEFB4DF5890F76EC58F49E65"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC247A909D1D44B3BABC1E29EB667EA37" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID37E770DC8987409592542C99EAAD07E3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">customer support to enable members of
hard-to-serve populations, including individuals with disabilities, to navigate
among multiple services and activities for such
populations.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7218043BA02C485BBE5FA385A3D5FBE4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance measures</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9FB327BA8E1543E084A29ECBD3154C9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State Performance Measures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 136(b)(3)(A)(iv)(II) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(b)(3)(A)(iv)(II)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEF752543D9784B6A8BB0C8044BCFF4A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>taking into
account</quote> and inserting <quote>and shall ensure that the levels involved
are adjusted, using objective statistical methods, based on</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID396CE57EBCBD448EB4822E4FA7CD393B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(such as differences in
unemployment rates and job losses or gains in particular industries)</quote>
after <quote>economic conditions</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7489DCDD156945F693755AA9C32C9DC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(such as indicators of
poor work history, lack of work experience, lack of educational or occupational
skills attainment, dislocation from high-wage and benefit employment, low
levels of literacy or English proficiency, disability status, older individual
status, homelessness, ex-offender status, and welfare dependency)</quote> after
<quote>program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8186A5FA3A1D4E1FB5FC2AC17564B141"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local Performance Measures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 136(c)(3) of such Act (29 U.S.C.
2871(c)(3))—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF588A942D974350AFEA4568B4111058"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>shall take into
account</quote> and inserting <quote>shall ensure that the levels involved are
adjusted, using objective statistical methods, based on</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF34A705EBB8342318EB7B38E44D80BC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(characteristics such
as unemployment rates and job losses or gains in particular industries)</quote>
after <quote>economic</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD37067F233764F0D91601129CD44CDFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(characteristics such
as indicators of poor work history, lack of work experience, lack of
educational and occupational skills attainment, dislocation from high-wage and
benefit employment, low levels of literacy or English proficiency, disability
status, older individual status, homelessness, ex-offender status, and welfare
dependency)</quote> after <quote>demographic</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID481415E0118B4661858B4524A74B01F7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wage Records and Documented
Data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 136(f)(2) of
such Act (29 U.S.C. 2871(f)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC9AE1F7D5E5943FC89B92F1137B04406"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(2)</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>In</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99F8FDEF75CF4AE58A108559B8373839" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3420D1A209B941CBABB32567EA59170B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wage records and documented data</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD9950A5875D74DA1A94042F8BF95FF3E"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wage records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA3B42A48BE9B41C99BADDBE2E0CD062F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65225ADE85334ADFB16CDE48D3B3710E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEA0BE27F2DE94763AC6386FBFDB26BA3"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Documented data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In measuring the progress of the State with
respect to older individuals on State and local performance measures relating
to earnings, a State may use documented data other than quarterly wage records
to determine the work schedule of the older individuals, and may impute
full-time earnings to part-time workers who are older
individuals.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65DBB0DDC1154AAAAFBFBA7365FD2825" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 136(d)(2) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(d)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3E82C3C80D774DE2BFF7CE7FA9DE9435"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking
<quote>(excluding participants who received only self-service and informational
activities)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID547CEC6901DB4730B19D33CB2960006A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFC03AD44170F40DCA8072E6003EDF99C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(F)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(F)(i)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75B34409CA3240749E4B1D778F7B9735"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period and inserting
<quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3FDA2CCC19A64FF2A98E0858DAB863AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70C4CFBE01194C84961646A3BACC1BFD" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEDFA646A4D694FA08239F29E0C254166"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of participants in each of the
groups described in clause (i) who have received services authorized under this
title, in the form of core services described in section 134(d)(2), intensive
services described in section 134(d)(3), training services described in section
134(d)(4), and followup services,
respectively;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA03E0795127344EFAAE94FC8F12023AE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentive grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2426178C0B0A4FF6A4EEECD7426E7D17"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Funds for Statewide Employment and
Training Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
134(a)(2)(B) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(a)(2)(B))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3585480630164EA8A93A86F7F15217D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (v), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF119F88E0831477688D64E151C0587A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (vi), by striking the period and
inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E6CC7A15A894CFBA6E4524664495744"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEB43EF90E5CF4C5CA581E1036A30E38E" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA574E5BAC2D34162AEF32EE33B1BCEFA"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing incentive grants to local areas,
in accordance with section
136(j).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC8E7E524E0EF440482BF6452817847AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentive Grants for Local
Areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 136 of such Act
(29 U.S.C. 2871) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79CC509759BF412AA00410B450ADE954" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7C95F43447924AEBB9C773AEB22A6DF8"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentive Grants for Local Areas</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8B8BF7851D1D48B5A16C62D431036CFB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From funds reserved under sections 128(a)
and 133(a)(1), the Governor involved shall award incentive grants to local
areas for performance described in paragraph (2) in carrying out programs under
chapters 4 and 5.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28D833E0C9634C23B595756FFFAED8CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor shall award the grants on the
basis that the local areas—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5E4B75C4615A439989B7050418E60CEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have exceeded the performance measures
established under subsection (c)(2) relating to indicators described in
subsection (b)(3)(A)(iii); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID066695A9BDD648A2B3240506283D4641"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID681240193D534567A87E538125B51DB4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">met the performance measures established
under subsection (c)(2) relating to indicators described in subsection
(b)(3)(A)(iii); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCCE31CF2496C4B0EB88A4E3593F5CE34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrated exemplary performance in the
State in serving hard-to-serve populations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID15F04462BE28404BA45ADBD9C1B8D510"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funds awarded to a local area under
this subsection may be used to carry out activities authorized for local areas
and such innovative projects or programs that increase coordination and enhance
service to program participants, particularly hard-to-serve populations, as may
be approved by the
Governor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF899C89723974E0CBCCC1188655596AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentive Grants for States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 503 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 9273) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB25E2E923522477ABF988ADD1E70CBD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB743D4E5245749F29DD14B5F97EEA1BE" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCE417E4C4B17462E87E074CCBBB794D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID038347FEC0AB411CACE78C1BE30B62E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timeline</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID204BEEA7381E4F4E886681B3969DC8B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to July 1, 2010</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to July 1, 2010, the Secretary shall
award a grant to each State in accordance with the provisions of this section
as this section was in effect on July 1, 2003.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID051FD4DBF6A1412BBA4F3C8F90ABED5A"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning July 1, 2010</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on July 1, 2010, the Secretary
shall award incentive grants to States for performance described in paragraph
(2) in carrying out innovative programs consistent with the programs under
chapters 4 and 5 of subtitle B of title I, to implement or enhance innovative
and coordinated programs consistent with the statewide economic, workforce, and
educational interests of the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID650D73B7A8A34B62933AF4A467CEA856"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award the grants on the
basis that States—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6532B50EACEA435E98310645AB2C34EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have exceeded the State adjusted levels of
performance for title I, the adjusted levels of performance for title II, and
the levels of performance under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical
Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD621E0907115425683D92C270EC55763"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF2F6C62D44CF4254900E385FD933E8F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">met the State adjusted levels of
performance for title I, the adjusted levels of performance for title II, and
the levels of performance under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical
Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCE120160EB09443A80A330EEE7EAED7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrated exemplary performance in
serving hard-to-serve populations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02D2995B88514925B48480CD85FE5B80"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funds awarded to a State under this
section may be used to carry out activities authorized for States under
chapters 4 and 5 of subtitle B of title I, title II, and the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.),
including demonstration projects, and for such innovative projects or programs
that increase coordination and enhance service to program participants,
particularly hard-to-serve populations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID437A1FB9CE2B44F792E9E0E5DBE3D943"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2), by striking
subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34967BB85DB64195845E47FBA7565504" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDEF6E88ECDCB49B1853A9DFD06DF99A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State meets the requirements of
subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection
(a)(2).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clearinghouse of best practices for hiring
and retaining older workers</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65D4D5B5AD4F4C8E9787CD52284AF2B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37767E6A6E4A46A2A3DE1D992787FC7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify best practices for hiring and
retaining older workers in the private and public sectors; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66042980EB724371BA894833FDC5B46C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make such information publicly available
through the Internet.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D8170E00399492CA499A02FBA4B8B17" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual
updates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor
shall update the practices identified under section 301(1) and make such
information publicly available as provided under section 301(2) on an annual
basis.</text>
</section>