SB 6769-S - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/29/96)

     Directs the department of social and health services to develop an eligibility and evaluation process for applicants to the general assistance--unemployable program.  The process shall examine the nature of the disability that makes an applicant unemployable.  If the disability is permanent and total, the department shall facilitate the applicant's entry into the federal supplemental security income program.  If the disability is temporary or partial, the process shall target the services necessary to enable the applicant to successfully manage his or her disability and to become employable.

     Calls for a pilot project to evaluate the program in two sites, one rural and one urban.