SB 6384-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
Requires clients age twenty-one and older, who are receiving employment services, to be: (1) Offered the choice to transition to a community access program after nine months of enrollment in an employment program; and |
(2) Given the option to transition from a community access program to an employment program at any time. |
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Inform clients and their legal representatives of all available options for employment and day services; |
(2) Work with counties and stakeholders to strengthen and expand the existing community access program; and |
(3) Develop rules to allow for an exception to the requirement that a client participate in an employment program for nine months before transitioning to a community access program. |