SB 5524.E - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/04/15)

Establishes the state employment disability parity act.

Requires state agencies employing one hundred or more people to submit a report to the human resources director within the office of financial management, with copies to the director of the department of social and health services' division of vocational rehabilitation and the governor's committee on disabilities and employment that includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) The number of employees classified as individuals with disabilities;

(2) The number of employees hired from a division of vocational rehabilitation services or from the division of the services for the blind program during the previous year; and

(3) Opportunities for internships for a division of vocational rehabilitation or division of the services for the blind client placement leading to an entry-level position placement upon successful completion for the current year.