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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to wage requirements for community rehabilitation |
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programs participating in the purchasing from people with |
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disabilities program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 122, Human Resources Code, is amended by |
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adding Sections 122.0075 and 122.0076 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 122.0075. INCREASE IN WAGES; PLAN. (a) This section |
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applies to a community rehabilitation program that: |
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(1) is participating in the program administered under |
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this chapter; and |
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(2) pays workers with disabilities employed by the |
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program wages that are less than the federal minimum wage under |
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Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). |
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(b) The workforce commission shall assist a community |
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rehabilitation program in developing a plan to increase the wages |
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paid to its workers with disabilities to the federal minimum wage |
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not later than September 1, 2019. |
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(c) Each community rehabilitation program shall, to the |
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maximum extent possible, ensure that each worker with a disability |
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remains employed by the program after the program increases the |
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wages paid to those employees in accordance with the plan developed |
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under Subsection (b). |
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(d) If a community rehabilitation program is unable to |
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employ all workers with a disability after the program increases |
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the wages paid to those employees to the federal minimum wage, the |
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community rehabilitation program shall work with the workforce |
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commission and any other governmental entity to seek for and obtain |
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any job training that may be suitable for those former employees to |
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find other employment that pays at least the federal minimum wage. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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Sec. 122.0076. WAGE REQUIREMENTS. (a) A community |
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rehabilitation program may not participate in the program |
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administered under this chapter unless each worker with a |
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disability employed by the program is paid at least the federal |
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minimum wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 |
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U.S.C. Section 206). |
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(b) To the extent of a conflict between this section and |
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Chapter 62, Labor Code, this section controls. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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(b) Section 122.0076, Human Resources Code, as added by this |
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Act, takes effect September 1, 2019. |