Mississippi Senate Bill 2017 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require State Agencies That Provide Services And Support To Persons With Disabilities To Consider, As Their First Option, Competitive Employment In An Integrated Setting For Persons With Disabilities; To Require All State Agencies To Follow This Policy For Employment By Coordinating All Collaborating Efforts Among Agencies; To Authorize State Agencies To Adopt Rules And Regulations To Implement The Provisions Of This Act; To Require The Disability Resource Commission To Review Measurable Goals And Objectives As Submitted To It By Each Relevant State Agency To Ensure Implementation Of This Act; To Provide Reporting Requirements For State Agencies; To Amend Section 43-30-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Persons with disabilities; require state agencies to enhance employment opportunities for.

Sen. David Blount [D]

Sen. Sean Tindell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-01-09	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2017.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2017IN.htm