A 5131 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.

This bill amends New Jersey's law governing employment programs for people with disabilities, renaming the "Sheltered Workshop Act" to the "Extended Employment Act." It changes eligibility requirements by redefining disabilities from "severe" to "significant" and removes the need for participants to complete workshop programs or prove they can't compete in the regular labor market. The bill eliminates oversight by the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, revises funding mechanisms to adjust annually based on inflation, and repeals outdated provisions about product labeling and sales from these programs. The changes aim to modernize the program to better serve people with disabilities who may not have qualified under previous rules. The bill directly affects nonprofit extended employment providers and people with disabilities enrolled in these programs.
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Dec 2024
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Introduced Dec 16, 2024 Last action Dec 16, 2024
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Dec 16, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
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