Bill Text: TX HB4299 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding occupational skills training for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB4299 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4299-Introduced.html
86R14196 KSD-D | ||
By: Fierro | H.B. No. 4299 |
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relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding | ||
occupational skills training for individuals with intellectual and | ||
developmental disabilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 352.060 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 352.060. REPORT REGARDING OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS | ||
TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL | ||
DISABILITIES. (a) The commission shall prepare a report that | ||
identifies: | ||
(1) potential funding sources for occupational skills | ||
training programs for individuals with intellectual and | ||
developmental disabilities; and | ||
(2) specific occupations in high-demand industries in | ||
this state for which a postsecondary certification, occupational | ||
license, or other workforce credential is required and that may be | ||
appropriate for individuals with intellectual and developmental | ||
disabilities. | ||
(b) Not later than November 1, 2020, the commission shall: | ||
(1) publish the report in a prominent location on the | ||
commission's Internet website; and | ||
(2) submit a copy of the report to each legislative | ||
standing committee with jurisdiction over workforce development or | ||
vocational rehabilitative services. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |