SB 6300-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Provides that each participating state agency shall, by June 30, 2001, and annually thereafter, prepare and present to the legislature and governor a report of equal access to its human services, delivered directly or by contract.

     Provides that the report shall be sufficiently detailed to permit the recipients to examine the programs and contractors within each human service to determine the numbers of persons receiving services by gender and ethnicity.  Each participating state agency shall, when the data within the report indicate that equal access is not available, provide the legislature and governor an explanation of the reasons for the lack of equal access, and a plan for attaining equal access and the cost of doing so.  The submission of a plan under this provision shall not create an entitlement to service for any person.