Title: Act on Promotion of Procurement of Goods and Services from Vocational Facilities for Persons with Disabilities by the State and Other Entities
Promulgation Date: June 27, 2012	Effective Date: April 1, 2013
Act No.: 50	Responsible Division: Welfare Division for Persons with Disabilities of Department of Health and Welfare for Persons with Disabilities of Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau
<Purpose>The Act aims to promote an increase in demand for the goods and services provided by vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc., with the state and independent administrative agencies (hereinafter referred to the "state and other entities"), local governments, and local independent administrative agencies stipulating matters necessary in securing opportunities for orders to be provided to vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc., thereby contributing to the promotion of the independence of persons with disabilities working at home.
<Outline>1. Definition of vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc.[1] "Vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc."· Vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, persons with disabilities working at home/working-at-home support organizations stipulated in the Act on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities[2] "Vocational facilities for persons with disabilities"· Support facilities for persons with disabilities, local activity support centers, facilities implementing welfare services for persons with disabilities (limited to daily life care, employment transfer support, or continuous employment services).· So-called small-scale workplaces· Workplaces that employ a large number of people with severe disabilities (special subsidiaries stipulated in the Act on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities)
2. Responsibilities of the state and other entities and promotion of procurement[1] The state and other entities shall make the effort to procure goods, etc. preferentially from vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc.[2] The state shall stipulate basic policies on promoting the procurement of goods, etc. from vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc.[3] The directors of the respective ministries and agencies and the directors of independent administrative agencies, etc. shall formulate policies regarding procuring goods, etc. from vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc. that conform to the basic policies of the state every fiscal year, and then publish the results after the end of the fiscal year.[4] Prefectures, municipalities, and local independent administrative agencies shall formulate policies regarding procuring goods, etc. from vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc., and then publish the results of procurement after the end of the fiscal year.
3. Provision of information on goods, etc. supplied by vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc.Vocational facilities for persons with disabilities, etc. shall independently, in mutual cooperation, or jointly make the effort to provide information on their goods, etc., as well as to improve the quality of and smoothly supply their goods, etc.