SB 1109, as introduced, Hueso. Public contracts: integrated employment.
Existing law establishes specified requirements applicable to contracts entered into by state agencies, as provided. Existing law establishes a minimum wage for all industries but permits mentally or physically handicapped persons to be employed at less than the minimum wage, under specified circumstances.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide that the state serve as a model for employers in California in increasing competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities by prohibiting the entering into of contracts by the state with organizations that pay employees with disabilities less than the minimum wage.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation to provide that the state serve as a model for employers
3in California in increasing competitive integrated employment for
4individuals with disabilities by prohibiting the entering into of
P2 1contracts by the state with organizations that pay employees with
2disabilities less than the minimum wage.
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