HB 2613: Dev. disability employment

Summary

• Requires that the special education transition plan include a recommendation regarding whether the student's circumstances are appropriate for exemption from the Developmental Disability Administration (DDA) requirement for nine months enrollment in an employment program before transition to a community access program.
• Exempts clients of the DDA the nine-month supported employment enrollment requirement if the client has a special education transition plan which recommends exemption from enrollment.
• Requires the DDA to provide clients with a written description of the exemption to the nine-month supported employment requirement and a written response to clients requesting an exemption within 60 days of that request.
• Requires the DDA to adopt accountability and outcome measures to determine whether supported employment providers are achieving the employment goals of the clients that they serve by December 1, 2018.
• Requires that counties entering new contracts for DDA supported employment services or renewing supported employment contracts include performance-based contract provisions that incorporate accountability and outcome measures by July 1, 2019.

From the House Bill Analysis 2018 (HB 2613), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗