SENATE BILL REPORT

SSB 5326

BYSenate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by  Senators Garrett, Johnson, Peterson, Lee, Tanner, Warnke, Williams, Kiskaddon and Bauer; by request of Joint Select Committee on Disability Employment and Economic Participation)

Creating the Washington disability training and placement coordination council.

Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor

Senate Hearing Date(s):January 28, 1987; February 13, 1987

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5326 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators Warnke, Chairman; Smitherman, Vice Chairman; Anderson, Cantu, Lee, Sellar, Tanner, Vognild, West, Williams.

Senate Staff:Jack Brummel (786-7428)

                  February 17, 1987

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Senate Hearing Date(s):March 5, 1987

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5326 as recommended by Committee on Commerce & Labor be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators McDermott, Chairman; Gaspard, Vice Chairman; Bauer, Cantu, Craswell, Fleming, Hayner, Kreidler, McDonald, Moore, Owen, Rasmussen, Rinehart, Saling, Talmadge, Vognild, Warnke, Williams.

Senate Staff:Stephen Rose (786-7443)

                  April 17, 1987

AS PASSED SENATE, MARCH 12, 1987

BACKGROUND:

This bill is the result of a recommendation from the Joint Select Committee on Disability Employment and Economic Participation.  The state currently has no coordinated system for meeting the training and placement needs of persons of disability.  Both persons of disability and employers have reported confusion about the variety of employment and training services available to persons of disability.  Employers, agencies, and representatives of the disability community have suggested the creation of an institutionalized means of meeting their respective needs in the training, employment, and economic participation of persons of disability.

SUMMARY:

An information clearinghouse is established in the Employment Security Department to provide information on private and state services and incentive programs available to persons of disability and employers of persons of disability.  The clearinghouse will also make available a comprehensive list of available programs and services.

In addition, an interagency task force on disability training and placement is created for two years to improve coordination of state services to persons of disability and employers of persons of disability.

Appropriation:    $49,500

Fiscal Note:      available

Senate Committee - Testified: COMMERCE & LABOR:  Senator Garrett; Representative Cole; Ernie LaPalm, Employment Security; Les Treece-Sinclair, Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped; Paul Dziedzic, Department of Services for the Blind; Gary Smith, Independent Business Association

Senate Committee - Testified: WAYS & MEANS:  No one

HOUSE AMENDMENTS:

Changes in the title are made to reflect changes in the substitute bill.  The Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped is changed to the Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment reflecting the changed name of that committee.