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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY DIX, WITT, BODDICKER, DRAKE, CARROLL,
1 3 HORBACH, RAECKER, REYNOLDS, T. TAYLOR, JOCHUM,
1 4 FALCK, and SCHRADER
1 5 A Resolution urging the establishment of a State Task
1 6 Force on Employment of Iowans With Disabilities.
1 7 WHEREAS, many Iowans experience a physical or
1 8 mental impairment that substantially limits at least
1 9 one major life activity, and, due to this impairment,
1 10 some of these disabled Iowans have difficulty finding
1 11 or sustaining gainful employment; and
1 12 WHEREAS, a need exists for a coordinated and
1 13 aggressive state policy to bring Iowans with
1 14 disabilities into gainful employment at a rate as
1 15 close as possible to that of the general adult
1 16 population; and
1 17 WHEREAS, there is a need for a coordinated state
1 18 policy to reduce the barriers for Iowans with
1 19 disabilities in the areas of employer accommodations,
1 20 access to health care, transportation, accessible and
1 21 integrated housing, telecommunications, assistive
1 22 technology, community services, child care, education,
1 23 vocational rehabilitation and training services,
1 24 workplace support, and economic incentives to work;
1 25 and
1 26 WHEREAS, to ensure that Iowa state government is a
1 27 model employer of adults with disabilities, the
1 28 Department of Personnel, the Department of Human
1 29 Rights, the Department of Education, Division of
1 30 Vocational Rehabilitation Services, the Department of
2 1 Human Services' state Independent Living Council and
2 2 Creative Employment Options, and Iowa Workforce
2 3 Development need to review state personnel laws,
2 4 regulations, and policies, and recommend or implement
2 5 changes necessary to improve employment policies for
2 6 Iowans with disabilities; and
2 7 WHEREAS, the Department of Economic Development
2 8 needs to review the effort to develop small business
2 9 and entrepreneurial opportunities to assist in the
2 10 self-sufficiency of Iowans with disabilities; and
2 11 WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation needs to
2 12 examine the programs in place to determine if existing
2 13 programs can be used to create new work incentives and
2 14 remove barriers to work for Iowans with disabilities;
2 15 and
2 16 WHEREAS, the Department of Public Health needs to
2 17 examine the measures taken pursuant to the
2 18 disabilities chapter of the Healthy Iowans 2010 plan,
2 19 and determine its efficacy as it relates to Iowans
2 20 with disabilities; and
2 21 WHEREAS, in order to coordinate the individual
2 22 efforts of the departments, a unifying entity should
2 23 be created, and a Task Force on Employment of Iowans
2 24 With Disabilities should be created to carry out the
2 25 goals of employment and gainful economic activities of
2 26 individuals with disabilities; NOW THEREFORE,
2 27 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 28 That the House of Representatives urges Governor
2 29 Thomas J. Vilsack to establish a Task Force on
2 30 Employment of Iowans With Disabilities, and appoint as
3 1 members the Directors of the Department of Education,
3 2 Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, the
3 3 Department of Personnel, the Department of Human
3 4 Rights, the Department of Human Services' state
3 5 Independent Living Council and creative Employment
3 6 Options, the Department of Public Health, the
3 7 Department of Economic Development, the Department of
3 8 Transportation, and Iowa Workforce Development, or the
3 9 Directors' designees, and other persons knowledgeable
3 10 in these areas.
3 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a Task Force on
3 12 Employment of Iowans With Disabilities should be
3 13 charged with identifying employment issues and
3 14 exploring resolutions to barriers confronting Iowans
3 15 with Disabilities, by working with the departments and
3 16 agencies of state government as well as private sector
3 17 employers, organizations that represent persons with
3 18 disabilities, organized labor, veterans service
3 19 organizations, and county and local governments, and
3 20 further be charged with reporting to the Governor and
3 21 the General Assembly the findings and recommendations
3 22 of the Task Force.
3 23 LSB 3597YH 79
3 24 vl/pj/5
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