Bill Text: HI SB2337 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Procurement Code; Qualified Community Rehabilitation Program; Persons with Disabilities; Employee Wages; Employee Ratio
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-29 - Re-Referred to GVO/JDL, WAM. [SB2337 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2337-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to persons with disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 103D-1001, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "qualified community rehabilitation program" to read as follows:
""Qualified community rehabilitation program" means a nonprofit community rehabilitation program for persons with disabilities that:
(1) Is organized and incorporated under the laws of the United States or this State, and located in this State;
(2) Is operated in the interest of and [[]employs[]]
persons with disabilities;
(3) Does not inure any part of its net income to any shareholder or other individual; and
(4) Complies with all applicable occupational health
and safety standards required by the federal, state, and county governments[;
and
(5) Holds a current certificate from the
United States Department of Labor pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act,
Title 29 United States Code section 214(c), and is certified by the state
department of labor and industrial relations under section 387-9 and applicable
administrative rules relating to the employment of persons with disabilities]."
SECTION 2. Section 103D-1010, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Any governmental body, without advertising or calling for bids, may purchase goods or services provided by qualified community rehabilitation programs serving persons with disabilities that have indicated an interest in supplying the goods or services and on an equitable basis may apportion the business among the interested programs; provided that the goods and services meet the specifications and needs of the purchasing agency and are purchased at a fair market price as determined by the appropriate public agency; and provided further that the programs comply with the following:
(1) Meet all of the requirements of a qualified community rehabilitation program under section 103D-1001; and
(2) Maintain a disabled to non-disabled employee
ratio equal to or in excess of [three-to-one] two-to-one for work
hours of direct labor at all times on the work contracted."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Procurement Code; Qualified Community Rehabilitation Program; Persons with Disabilities; Employee Wages; Employee Ratio
Description:
Repeals requirement that qualified community rehabilitation programs hold a certificate from the USDOL and be certified by DLIR. Requires qualified community rehabilitation programs to maintain a disabled to non-disabled employee ratio equal to or in excess of two-to-one work hours of direct labor.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
