FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 5329

                                   C 91 L 87

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

Requiring a study to determine disincentives to work contained in public benefit programs for persons of disability.

Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor

House Committe on Commerce & Labor

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

The Joint Select Committee on Disability Employment and Economic Participation (JSCDEEP) held hearings with state agencies that administer disability programs and with members of the business community.  Disincentives to employment, that are built in to benefit and service programs for disability, were discussed and the JSCDEEP identified the issue as complex and requiring study.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Social and Health Services shall conduct a study with several state agencies providing disability programs and the UW Institute for Public Policy on state policies and public benefit programs to determine disincentives to work for persons of disability.  The study shall include a plan to correct the barriers that are discovered.  The study and report will be completed by December 1, 1987 and submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Senate    46     0

      House 97   0 (House amended)

      Senate    49     0 (Senate concurred)

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987