BILL NUMBER: SB 1427	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act relating to workforce development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1427, as introduced, Pavley. Workforce development:
developmentally disabled individuals.
   The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act provides for
workforce investment activities, including activities in which states
may participate. Existing law also provides for the Medi-Cal
program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care
Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive
health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and
funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing federal law
provides for various home- and community-based services waivers.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would ensure that individuals with developmental
disabilities who are earning income do not lose their vocational
opportunities and earning power due to changes related to the home-
and community-based services settings rule, the implementation of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or the debate over the use
of productivity-based pay.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would ensure that individuals with developmental
disabilities who are earning income do not lose their vocational
opportunities and earning power due to changes related to the home-
and community-based services settings rule, the implementation of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or the debate over the use
of productivity-based pay.