HF 176 (LSB 1516YH (2) 85)

HOUSE FILE 176

BY  RUNNING-MARQUARDT

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the department of workforce development to assist counties in developing options to support the employment-related needs of persons receiving mental health and disability services through the county and regional mental health and disability service system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 84A.6, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   3.
  a.  The director of the department of workforce development, in cooperation with the department of human rights and the vocational rehabilitation services division of the department of education, shall establish a program to provide job placement and training to persons with disabilities.
   b.  The director of the department of workforce development, in cooperation with the department of human services, shall assist counties and county regions organized in accordance with section 331.389 in developing service alternatives and funding options for persons who receive or formerly received county and regional mental health and disability services involving sheltered workshop, day activity, work activity, or other employment-related services.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires the department of workforce development, in cooperation with the department of human services, to assist counties in developing services alternatives and funding options to support the employment-related needs of persons receiving mental health and disability services through the county and regional mental health and disability service system.