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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 533 

To assist employers providing employment under special certificates issued 

under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in transforming their business and program models to models that support people 

with disabilities through competitive integrated employment, to phase 

out the use of such special certificates, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2023 

Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. DAINES) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To assist employers providing employment under special certificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor 

Standards Act of 1938 in transforming their business 

and program models to models that support people with 

disabilities through competitive integrated employment, 

to phase out the use of such special certificates, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transformation to 

3 Competitive Integrated Employment Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Purposes. 

TITLE I—COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT 

TRANSFORMATION GRANT PROGRAMS 

Sec. 101. Program authorized. 

Sec. 102. State grant program. 

Sec. 103. Certificate holder grant program. 

TITLE II—PHASE OUT OF SPECIAL CERTIFICATES UNDER 

SECTION 14(c) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 

Sec. 201. Transition to fair wages for people with disabilities. 

Sec. 202. Prohibition on new special certificates; sunset. 

TITLE III—TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DISSEMINATION 

Sec. 301. Technical Assistance and dissemination. 

TITLE IV—REPORTING AND EVALUATION 

Sec. 401. Impact evaluation and reporting. 

Sec. 402. Wage and hour reports. 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 501. Definitions. 

Sec. 502. Authorization of appropriations. 

5 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

6 The purposes of this Act are to— 

7 (1) assist employers with special certificates 

8 issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Stand9 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)) to transform 

10 their business and program operations to models 

11 that support people with disabilities to find and re12 tain work in competitive integrated employment; 


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1 (2) ensure people with disabilities, families of 

2 such people, State and local governments, and other 

3 stakeholders are involved in the transformations de4 scribed in paragraph (1); 

5 (3) ensure people employed in programs using 

6 such special certificates transition to competitive in7 tegrated employment positions and, as needed, to in8 tegrated services that support them in their homes 

9 and in community settings; 

10 (4) identify models and processes for shifting 

11 business and program models from such special cer12 tificates to competitive integrated employment mod13 els and integrated community participation and 

14 wraparound services, and to share that information 

15 with other such special certificate holders, State and 

16 local entities, and other service providers for people 

17 with disabilities; and 

18 (5) support States and local governments as 

19 they revise and implement their Olmstead plans and 

20 local plans, respectively, in order to improve com21 petitive integrated employment outcomes for people 

22 with disabilities through all State workforce develop23 ment systems. 


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1 TITLE I—COMPETITIVE INTE2 GRATED EMPLOYMENT 

3 TRANSFORMATION GRANT 

4 PROGRAMS 

5 SEC. 101. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

6 From the amounts appropriated to carry out this 

7 title, the Secretary of Labor shall award grants under sec8 tions 102 and 103, on a competitive basis, to States and 

9 eligible entities to assist employers who were issued special 

10 certificates in transforming their business and program 

11 models from providing employment using such special cer12 tificates to business and program models that employ and 

13 support people with disabilities by— 

14 (1) providing competitive integrated employ15 ment, including by compensating all employees of 

16 the employer at a rate that is— 

17 (A) not less than the higher of the rate 

18 specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor 

19 Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) 

20 or the rate specified in the applicable State or 

21 local minimum wage law; and 

22 (B) not less than the customary rate paid 

23 by the employer for the same or similar work 

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1 ated in similar occupations by the same em2 ployer and who have similar training, experi3 ence, and skills; 

4 (2) assisting people with disabilities who were 

5 employed by the employer in finding and retaining 

6 work in competitive integrated employment, which 

7 work may be with the employer after such trans8 formation or in another competitive integrated em9 ployment setting; 

10 (3) providing integrated community participa11 tion and wraparound services for people with disabil12 ities; and 

13 (4) ensuring all such services and other non14 employment services offered by the employer comply 

15 with the requirements for home and community16 based services under the final rule of the Depart17 ment of Health and Human Services entitled ‘‘Med18 icaid Program; State Plan Home and Community19 Based Services, 5-Year Period for Waivers, Provider 

20 Payment Reassignment, and Home and Community21 Based Setting Requirements for Community First 

22 Choice and Home and Community-Based Services 

23 (HCBS) Waivers’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 2948 (January 16, 

24 2014)), or a successor rule. 


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1 SEC. 102. STATE GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) APPLICATION.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

4 grant under this section, a State shall submit an ap5 plication to the Secretary at such time, in such man6 ner, and including such information as the Secretary 

7 may reasonably require. 

8 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

9 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

10 (A) a description of the status of the em11 ployers in the State providing employment 

12 using special certificates, including— 

13 (i) the number of employers in the 

14 State using special certificates to employ 

15 and pay people with disabilities; 

16 (ii) the number of employers described 

17 in clause (i) that also employ people with 

18 disabilities in competitive integrated em19 ployment, which shall include employers 

20 providing such employment in combination 

21 with integrated services; 

22 (iii) the number of employees em23 ployed under a special certificate, 

24 disaggregated by— 

25 (I) employer; and 


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1 (II) demographic characteristics, 

2 including gender, race, ethnicity, and 

3 type of disability, unless indicating 

4 such characteristics would disclose 

5 personal identifying information; 

6 (iv) the average, median, minimum, 

7 and maximum number of hours such em8 ployees work per week, disaggregated by 

9 employer, and reported for the State as a 

10 whole; and 

11 (v) the average, median, minimum, 

12 and maximum hourly wage for such em13 ployees, disaggregated by employer, and 

14 reported for the State as a whole; 

15 (B) a description of the activities of the 

16 State with respect to competitive integrated em17 ployment for people with disabilities, including, 

18 as applicable— 

19 (i) a copy of the State plan for car20 rying out the Employment First initiative; 

21 (ii) a copy of the Olmstead plan of the 

22 State; 

23 (iii) a description of activities related 

24 to the development and promotion of 

25 ABLE accounts; and 


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1 (iv) a description of the medical as2 sistance provided by the State through a 

3 Medicaid buy-in eligibility pathway under 

4 subclause (XV) or (XVI) of section 

5 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of the Social Security 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)), in7 cluding any premiums or other cost shar8 ing imposed on individuals who enroll in 

9 the State Medicaid program through such 

10 a pathway; 

11 (C) a description of activities to be funded 

12 under the grant, and the goals of such activi13 ties, including— 

14 (i) the process to be used to identify 

15 each employer in the State that will trans16 form its business and program models 

17 from employing people with disabilities 

18 using special certificates to employing peo19 ple with disabilities in competitive inte20 grated employment settings or settings in21 volving a combination of competitive inte22 grated employment and integrated services; 

23 (ii) the number of such employers in 

24 the State that will carry out a trans25 formation described in clause (i); 


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1 (iii) the service delivery infrastructure 

2 that will be implemented in the State to 

3 support people with disabilities who have 

4 been employed under special certificates 

5 through such a transformation, including 

6 providing enhanced integrated services to 

7 support people with the most significant 

8 disabilities; 

9 (iv) a description of the process to re10 cruit and engage Federal, State, and local 

11 governments and nonprofit and private em12 ployers to hire people with disabilities into 

13 competitive integrated employment who 

14 have been employed under special certifi15 cates; 

16 (v) the competitive integrated employ17 ment and integrated services that will be 

18 implemented in the State to support such 

19 people; 

20 (vi) a timeline for assisting employers 

21 that operate in the State in phasing out 

22 employment using special certificates, 

23 which shall not extend past the date on 

24 which the legal effect of such certificates 

25 expires under section 14(c)(7) of the Fair 


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1 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

2 214(c)(7)), as added by title II; 

3 (vii) a timeline for the expansion of 

4 employers that will provide competitive in5 tegrated employment, or a combination of 

6 competitive integrated employment and in7 tegrated services, to people with disabilities 

8 who have been employed by such employers 

9 under special certificates; 

10 (viii) a description of the expanded 

11 competitive integrated employment and in12 tegrated services to be provided to such 

13 people as a result of transformations de14 scribed in clause (i); and 

15 (ix) a description of the process to be 

16 used to engage stakeholders in such trans17 formations; 

18 (D) a description of how the activities 

19 under the grant will coordinate and align Fed20 eral, State, and local programs, agencies, and 

21 funding in the transformations described in 

22 subparagraph (C)(i); 

23 (E) a description of the State’s evaluation 

24 plan to determine the social and economic im25 pact of the grant, including the impact (as 


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1 measured throughout the transformation and 

2 the 2-year period after the State has assisted 

3 employers in phasing out employment using 

4 special certificates) on— 

5 (i) the employment status of people 

6 with disabilities in the State, including the 

7 number of hours worked, average wages, 

8 and job satisfaction, of such people; and 

9 (ii) changes in provider capacity to 

10 support competitive integrated employment 

11 and integrated services; 

12 (F) assurances that— 

13 (i) the activities carried out under the 

14 grant will result in each employer in the 

15 State that provides employment using spe16 cial certificates on the date of enactment of 

17 this Act transforming as described in sub18 paragraph (C)(i); 

19 (ii) people with the most significant 

20 disabilities, including intellectual and de21 velopmental disabilities, who will be af22 fected by such a transformation will be 

23 given priority in receiving the necessary 

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1 ports and integrated services to succeed 

2 during and after such a transformation; 

3 (iii) each individual in the State who 

4 is employed under a special certificate will, 

5 as a result of such a transformation, be 

6 given an opportunity to be employed in 

7 competitive integrated employment; 

8 (iv) at a minimum, the State agencies 

9 responsible for developmental disability 

10 services, Medicaid, education, vocational 

11 rehabilitation, mental health services, 

12 transportation, and workforce development 

13 agree to be partners in the goals of the 

14 grant; 

15 (v) until the date that is 2 years after 

16 the legal effect of special certificates ex17 pires under section 14(c)(7) of the Fair 

18 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

19 214(c)(7)), as added by title II, the State 

20 will comply with requirements of the Sec21 retary with respect to the collection of 

22 data, and will require employers providing 

23 employment under special certificates in 

24 the State to comply with such require25 ments; 


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1 (vi) the State will cooperate with the 

2 evaluation under title IV by providing all 

3 data required and allow the evaluation of 

4 activities under the grant; 

5 (vii) the State will establish an advi6 sory council described in paragraph (3) to 

7 monitor and guide the process of trans8 forming business and program models of 

9 employers in the State as described in sub10 paragraph (C)(i); 

11 (viii) the State will cooperate with the 

12 nonprofit entity carrying out technical as13 sistance and dissemination activities under 

14 title III; 

15 (ix) all integrated services and non16 employment services offered by employers 

17 in the State will comply with— 

18 (I) the requirements for home 

19 and community-based services under 

20 the final rule of the Department of 

21 Health and Human Services entitled 

22 ‘‘Medicaid Program; State Plan Home 

23 and Community-Based Services, 5- 

24 Year Period for Waivers, Provider 

25 Payment Reassignment, and Home 


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1 and Community-Based Setting Re2 quirements for Community First 

3 Choice and Home and Community4 Based Services (HCBS) Waivers’’ (79 

5 Fed. Reg. 2948 (January 16, 2014)), 

6 or a successor rule; 

7 (II) the holding of the Olmstead 

8 decision; and 

9 (III) the Americans with Disabil10 ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 

11 seq.); and 

12 (x) the State will disseminate informa13 tion to all people with disabilities employed 

14 under special certificates regarding the 

15 availability of— 

16 (I) ABLE accounts and other 

17 asset developmental options for people 

18 with disabilities; 

19 (II) the Ticket to Work and Self 

20 Sufficiency Program established under 

21 section 1148 of the Social Security 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–19); and 

23 (III) other resources related to 

24 benefits counseling for people with 

25 disabilities who wish to work or are 


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1 working in competitive integrated em2 ployment settings; and 

3 (G) such other information and assurances 

4 as the Secretary may reasonably require. 

5 (3) MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.—A 

6 State receiving a grant under this section shall, for 

7 the purpose described in paragraph (2)(F)(vii), es8 tablish an advisory council composed of the fol9 lowing: 

10 (A) People with disabilities (who shall com11 prise not less than 25 percent of the members), 

12 including such people with intellectual or devel13 opmental disabilities who are or were employed 

14 under a special certificate. 

15 (B) A family member of a person with an 

16 intellectual or developmental disability who is 

17 employed under a special certificate. 

18 (C) A family member of a person with an 

19 intellectual or developmental disability who is 

20 employed in competitive integrated employment. 

21 (D) An employer providing competitive in22 tegrated employment. 

23 (E) An employer providing employment 

24 under special certificates. 


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1 (F) A representative of a nonprofit agency 

2 or organization specializing in competitive inte3 grated employment. 

4 (G) A representative of the State develop5 mental disability agency. 

6 (H) A representative of the State voca7 tional rehabilitation agency, as such term is 

8 used under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

9 U.S.C. 701 et seq.). 

10 (I) A representative of an agency that is in 

11 the State and described in paragraph (6) or (7) 

12 of section 8501 of title 41, United States Code. 

13 (J) A representative of the State inde14 pendent living centers, as such term is used 

15 under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

16 U.S.C. 701 et seq.). 

17 (K) A representative of the State Council 

18 on Developmental Disabilities, as defined in sec19 tion 102 of the Developmental Disabilities As20 sistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 

21 U.S.C. 15002). 

22 (L) A representative of one of the State 

23 University Centers for Excellence in Develop24 mental Disabilities Education, Research, and 

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1 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 

2 and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

3 15061 et seq.). 

4 (M) A representative of the State protec5 tion and advocacy system, as defined in section 

6 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assist7 ance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

8 15002). 

9 (N) A representative of the State Medicaid 

10 office. 

11 (O) Representatives of other State agencies 

12 and disability organizations and other disability 

13 related offices and groups with expertise in 

14 competitive integrated employment. 

15 (b) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—To the extent prac16 ticable, the Secretary shall distribute grant funds under 

17 this section equitably among geographic areas of the 

18 United States, and take into account rural and urban di19 versity. 

20 (c) DURATION OF AWARDS.—A grant under this sec21 tion shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 

22 (d) LIMIT ON AWARD NUMBER.—A State may only 

23 be awarded 1 grant under this section. 

24 (e) AMOUNT OF AWARDS.—A grant awarded under 

25 this section may not be made in an amount that is less 


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1 than $3,000,000, or more than $15,000,000, for the 5- 

2 year grant period. 

3 (f) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SUPPORTED EMPLOY4 MENT SERVICES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title VI of the Rehabilita6 tion Act of 1973 is amended— 

7 (A) in section 603 (29 U.S.C. 795h)— 

8 (i) in subsection (a), by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) REFERENCES.—For purposes of this sub11 section, any reference in this subsection to sums or 

12 amounts appropriated shall not include the amounts 

13 appropriated under section 611(e).’’; 

14 (ii) in subsection (c)— 

15 (I) by inserting ‘‘or a grant 

16 under section 611’’ after ‘‘allotment 

17 under this title’’; and 

18 (II) by inserting ‘‘or such grant’’ 

19 after ‘‘such allotment’’; and 

20 (iii) in subsection (d)— 

21 (I) by inserting ‘‘or a grant 

22 under section 611’’ after ‘‘allotment 

23 under this title’’; and 

24 (II) by inserting ‘‘or such grant’’ 

25 after ‘‘such allotment’’; 


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1 (B) in section 604(b)(2) (29 U.S.C. 

2 795i(b)(2)), by inserting ‘‘(or made available 

3 through a grant awarded under section 611)’’ 

4 after ‘‘allotted under this title’’; 

5 (C) in section 610 (29 U.S.C. 795o)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘, except for section 

7 611,’’ after ‘‘this title’’; 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

9 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, and such sums as 

10 may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

11 2024 through 2033’’ before the period at 

12 the end; and 

13 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 611. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CERTAIN STATES 

15 WITH COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOY16 MENT. 

17 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—From amounts appropriated under 

18 subsection (e), the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec19 retary of Labor, shall award a grant under this section 

20 to each eligible State that submits an application under 

21 subsection (c) for the purposes described in section 604. 

22 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State is eligible for a 

24 grant under this section for a fiscal year if the 

25 State— 


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1 ‘‘(A) is eligible for an allotment under sec2 tion 603(a) for the fiscal year; and 

3 ‘‘(B) has successfully completed a grant 

4 under section 102 of the Transformation to 

5 Competitive Integrated Employment Act during 

6 that fiscal year or the preceding fiscal year, as 

7 determined under paragraph (2). 

8 ‘‘(2) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A COMPETI9 TIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT GRANT.—A State 

10 has successfully completed a grant under section 

11 102 of the Transformation to Competitive Inte12 grated Employment Act if, at the conclusion of the 

13 5-year period of the grant, the Secretary of Labor 

14 determines the State has complied with all require15 ments under such section for such grant. 

16 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 

17 this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 

18 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor19 mation as the Secretary may reasonably require, including 

20 information demonstrating the State has successfully com21 plied with the requirements under subsection (b)(2). 

22 ‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant to a State under 

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1 mined under paragraph (2) for each of 5 fiscal 

2 years, except as provided under paragraph (3). 

3 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—Subject to available appropria4 tions under subsection (e), the amount of a grant 

5 under this section to a State for a fiscal year shall 

6 be equal to 25 percent of the amount allotted to 

7 such State under subsection (a) of section 603 for 

8 the preceding fiscal year (excluding any additional 

9 amounts allotted to the State under subsection (b) 

10 of such section). 

11 ‘‘(3) CONTINUED COMPLIANCE.—In the case 

12 that a State receiving a grant under this section 

13 ceases compliance with subsection (b)(2) for a fiscal 

14 year— 

15 ‘‘(A) no amounts shall be awarded through 

16 such grant for such fiscal year; or 

17 ‘‘(B) if such amounts have already been 

18 awarded to the State for such fiscal year, the 

19 State shall return to the Secretary such 

20 amounts. 

21 ‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT

22 FUND.— 

23 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There 

24 is established in the Treasury of the United 

25 States a fund to be known as the ‘Competitive 


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1 Integrated Employment Fund’ (referred to in 

2 this paragraph as the ‘Fund’). 

3 ‘‘(B) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall de4 posit into the Fund any amount received under 

5 paragraph (3)(B). 

6 ‘‘(C) USE OF FUND AMOUNTS.—Amounts 

7 in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary 

8 of Labor, without fiscal year limitation, for ac9 tivities to increase competitive integrated em10 ployment opportunities for people with disabil11 ities. 

12 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 

14 2029 through 2033 such sums as may be necessary to 

15 carry out this section.’’. 

16 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con17 tents in section 1(b) of the Rehabilitation Act of 

18 1973 is amended by inserting after the item relating 

19 to section 610 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 611. Additional funding for certain States with competitive integrated 

employment.’’. 

20 SEC. 103. CERTIFICATE HOLDER GRANT PROGRAM. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

22 under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli23 cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 


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1 including such information as the Secretary may reason2 ably require. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted under 

4 subsection (a) shall include— 

5 (1) the status of the eligible entity’s use of spe6 cial certificates to employ people with disabilities, in7 cluding— 

8 (A)(i) the number of employees the eligible 

9 entity employs using such special certificates at 

10 the time of submission of the application; 

11 (ii) the aggregate demographic profile of 

12 such employees, including gender, race, and 

13 type of disability of such employees, unless indi14 cating such demographic profile would disclose 

15 personal identifying information; and 

16 (iii) an historical accounting, covering each 

17 of the previous 4 fiscal years, of— 

18 (I) the number of employees with a 

19 disability working for a wage that is— 

20 (aa) less than the higher of the 

21 rate specified in section 6(a)(1) of the 

22 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

23 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) or the rate 

24 specified in the applicable State or 

25 local minimum wage law; or 


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1 (bb) less than the customary rate 

2 paid by the employer for the same or 

3 similar work performed by other em4 ployees who are not people with dis5 abilities, and who are similarly situ6 ated in similar occupations by the 

7 same employer and who have similar 

8 training, experience, and skills; and 

9 (II) an aggregate demographic profile 

10 of such employees including gender, race, 

11 ethnicity, age, and type of disability; 

12 (B) the average, minimum, maximum, and 

13 range of hourly wages paid to employees em14 ployed using such special certificates during the 

15 previous year; 

16 (C) for each of the preceding 5 fiscal 

17 years, the number of people with disabilities, 

18 disaggregated by fiscal year, who have been 

19 transitioned by the eligible entity from employ20 ment under such special certificates to competi21 tive integrated employment; and 

22 (D) a description of the business and pro23 gram models (including the financial and orga24 nizational structure) of the eligible entity that 

25 is using the special certificates, including— 


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1 (i) the number and type of contracts 

2 the entity has entered into during the pre3 ceding 5 fiscal years to supply goods or 

4 services, including an indication for each 

5 such contract of whether people with dis6 abilities are employed under the contract; 

7 (ii) the budget and the funding struc8 ture, including all sources of funding, for 

9 the preceding 5 fiscal years; 

10 (iii) the human resource structure; 

11 and 

12 (iv) the entities partnering with the 

13 eligible entity as described in subsection 

14 (h)(2); 

15 (2) a description of activities to be funded 

16 under the grant, and the goals of such activities, in17 cluding— 

18 (A) a description of the business and pro19 gram models of competitive integrated employ20 ment or a combination of competitive integrated 

21 employment, integrated services, and other com22 panionship and personal support services, into 

23 which the models of the eligible entity will 

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1 ment structure, and leadership organization of 

2 the eligible entity; 

3 (B) a description of— 

4 (i) the integrated services to be pro5 vided by the eligible entity; or 

6 (ii) the eligible entity’s process for re7 ferring an individual requiring such serv8 ices to a provider of such services to en9 sure that the individual receives such serv10 ices; 

11 (C) after the transformation of the eligible 

12 entity’s business and program models as de13 scribed in subparagraph (A), the number of em14 ployees that will be employed under such mod15 els; 

16 (D) the date on which the eligible entity 

17 will discontinue using special certificates, and 

18 the funding structure the eligible entity will use 

19 to provide competitive integrated employment 

20 or a combination of such employment and inte21 grated services; and 

22 (E) the process to be used for the trans23 formation of the eligible entity’s business and 

24 program models as described in subparagraph 

25 (A), including— 


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1 (i) redesign of contracts; 

2 (ii) changes in funding sources; 

3 (iii) staff training on competitive inte4 grated employment support and practices; 

5 (iv) input from key stakeholders, in6 cluding people with disabilities, their fami7 lies, and other local stakeholders; and 

8 (v) a description of the individuals 

9 who will be responsible for the development 

10 and implementation of such process; 

11 (3) a description of the process to recruit and 

12 engage Federal, State, and local governments and 

13 nonprofit and private employers to hire people with 

14 disabilities who have been employed under special 

15 certificates; 

16 (4) a timeline of activities to be implemented 

17 and goals to be reached on at least a quarterly basis 

18 during the 3-year grant period; 

19 (5) a description of how the activities under the 

20 grant will coordinate and align Federal, State, and 

21 local programs, agencies, and funding in the trans22 formation described in paragraph (2)(A); 

23 (6) assurances that— 


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1 (A) the activities carried out under the 

2 grant will result in the transformation described 

3 in paragraph (2)(A); 

4 (B) people with disabilities who are em5 ployed by the eligible entity under special cer6 tificates will be employed in competitive inte7 grated employment; 

8 (C) the eligible entity will comply with the 

9 requirements of the Secretary with respect to 

10 the collection of data; 

11 (D) the eligible entity will cooperate in the 

12 evaluation described in title IV by providing all 

13 data required and allow evaluation of the activi14 ties under the grant; and 

15 (E) the eligible entity will cooperate with 

16 the nonprofit entity carrying out technical as17 sistance and dissemination required under title 

18 III; 

19 (7) a description of the eligible entity’s evalua20 tion plan to determine the impact of the grant; 

21 (8) assurances of collaboration and support 

22 from all State entities involved in supporting people 

23 with disabilities to secure competitive integrated em24 ployment, including the State Medicaid agency, the 

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1 cational rehabilitation agency, the State department 

2 of education, and the State board, and other State 

3 and local governmental entities (including the local 

4 board) and organizations that support trans5 formations to providing competitive integrated em6 ployment and integrated services for employees em7 ployed under a special certificate; and 

8 (9) such other information and assurances as 

9 the Secretary may reasonably require. 

10 (c) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—To the extent prac11 ticable, the Secretary shall distribute grant funds under 

12 this section equitably among geographic areas of the 

13 United States, and shall take into account rural and urban 

14 diversity. 

15 (d) PROGRAM SIZE.—To the extent practicable, the 

16 Secretary shall distribute grant funds under this section 

17 equitably among eligible entities providing employment 

18 using special certificates serving different numbers of peo19 ple. 

20 (e) DURATION OF AWARDS.— 

21 (1) GRANT PERIOD.—A grant awarded under 

22 this section shall be awarded for a period of 3 years. 

23 (2) GRANT CYCLES.—Grants shall be awarded 

24 under this section in 2 grant cycles. Grants for the 

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1 the end of the second year of the first 3-year grant 

2 cycle. 

3 (f) LIMIT ON AWARD NUMBER.—An eligible entity 

4 may only be awarded 1 grant total under this section. 

5 (g) AMOUNT OF AWARDS.—A grant awarded under 

6 this section may not be made in an amount that is less 

7 than $200,000, or more than $750,000, for the 3-year 

8 grant period. 

9 (h) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this title, the 

10 term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means an entity that— 

11 (1) employs people with disabilities under spe12 cial certificates and is located in a State that did not 

13 receive a grant under section 102; and 

14 (2) partners with at least 2 entities with experi15 ence providing support to people with disabilities in 

16 competitive integrated employment, such as— 

17 (A) an employer providing competitive in18 tegrated employment; 

19 (B) a State developmental disability agen20 cy; 

21 (C) a State mental health services agency; 

22 (D) a representative of an agency de23 scribed in paragraph (6) or (7) of section 8501 

24 of title 41, United States Code; 


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1 (E) a representative of the State Council 

2 on Developmental Disabilities, as defined in sec3 tion 102 of the Developmental Disabilities As4 sistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 

5 U.S.C. 15002); 

6 (F) a representative of the State vocational 

7 rehabilitation agency, as such term is used 

8 under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

9 U.S.C. 701 et seq.); 

10 (G) a representative of the State inde11 pendent living centers, as such term is used 

12 under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

13 U.S.C. 701 et seq.); 

14 (H) a representative of one of the State 

15 University Centers for Excellence in Develop16 mental Disabilities Education, Research, and 

17 Service, established under subtitle D of title I 

18 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 

19 and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

20 15061 et seq.); 

21 (I) a representative of the State protection 

22 and advocacy system, as defined in section 102 

23 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 

24 and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

25 15002); and 


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1 (J) a nonprofit agency or organization spe2 cializing in competitive integrated employment. 

3 TITLE II—PHASE OUT OF SPE4 CIAL CERTIFICATES UNDER 

5 SECTION 14(c) OF THE FAIR 

6 LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 

7 1938 

8 SEC. 201. TRANSITION TO FAIR WAGES FOR PEOPLE WITH 

9 DISABILITIES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

11 14(c)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

12 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(A) at a rate that equals, or exceeds, the 

14 greater of— 

15 ‘‘(i)(I) 60 percent of the wage rate in ef16 fect under section 6(a)(1), beginning on the ef17 fective date described in section 201(b) of the 

18 Transformation to Competitive Integrated Em19 ployment Act; 

20 ‘‘(II) 70 percent of the wage rate in effect 

21 under section 6(a)(1), beginning 2 years after 

22 the date of enactment of such Act; 

23 ‘‘(III) 80 percent of the wage rate in effect 

24 under section 6(a)(1), beginning 3 years after 

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1 ‘‘(IV) 90 percent of the wage rate in effect 

2 under section 6(a)(1), beginning 4 years after 

3 such date of enactment; and 

4 ‘‘(V) the wage rate in effect under section 

5 6(a)(1), beginning 5 years after such date of 

6 enactment; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) the wage rate in effect on the day be8 fore the date of enactment of the Trans9 formation to Competitive Integrated Employ10 ment Act for the employment, under a special 

11 certificate issued under this paragraph, of the 

12 individual for whom the wage rate is deter13 mined under this paragraph;’’. 

14 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

15 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 202. PROHIBITION ON NEW SPECIAL CERTIFICATES; 

18 SUNSET. 

19 Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

20 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)) (as amended by section 201), 

21 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON NEW SPECIAL CERTIFI23 CATES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary 

24 shall not issue a special certificate under this subsection 

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1 under this subsection before the date of enactment of the 

2 Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment 

3 Act. 

4 ‘‘(7) SUNSET.—Beginning on the day after the date 

5 that is 5 years after the date of enactment of the Trans6 formation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act— 

7 ‘‘(A) the authority to issue special certificates 

8 under paragraph (1) shall expire; and 

9 ‘‘(B) no special certificates issued under para10 graph (1) shall have any legal effect.’’. 

11 TITLE III—TECHNICAL ASSIST12 ANCE AND DISSEMINATION 

13 SEC. 301. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DISSEMINATION. 

14 (a) GRANT AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts appro15 priated for this title, the Secretary (acting through the 

16 Office of Disability Employment Policy in partnership 

17 with the Employment and Training Administration), in 

18 partnership with the Administration for Community Liv19 ing of the Department of Health and Human Services and 

20 the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Serv21 ices of the Department of Education, shall award a grant 

22 to a nonprofit entity to— 

23 (1)(A) provide technical assistance to employers 

24 who are transforming from employing people with 


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1 disabilities using special certificates to providing 

2 competitive integrated employment; 

3 (B) identify and disseminate private and public 

4 sector models of the transition described in subpara5 graph (A); and 

6 (C) build a set of replicable strategies for em7 ployers using special certificates to increase their use 

8 of evidence-based practices in providing competitive 

9 integrated employment and increase their options for 

10 providing competitive integrated employment; 

11 (2) collect and disseminate— 

12 (A) evidence-based practices with respect 

13 to the transformations described in paragraph 

14 (1)(A), including practices that increase aware15 ness of and access to training materials from 

16 and opportunities offered through the Office of 

17 Disability Employment Policy; and 

18 (B) evidence-based strategies for imple19 menting the aims of activities, intended to im20 prove the quality of integrated services to result 

21 in competitive integrated employment for people 

22 with disabilities, carried out— 

23 (i) under the Workforce Innovation 

24 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et 

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1 (ii) through settlement agreements 

2 made pursuant to the employment require3 ments under the Olmstead decision; or 

4 (iii) through home and community5 based services described in the final rule of 

6 the Department of Health and Human 

7 Services entitled ‘‘Medicaid Program; State 

8 Plan Home and Community-Based Serv9 ices, 5-Year Period for Waivers, Provider 

10 Payment Reassignment, and Home and 

11 Community-Based Setting Requirements 

12 for Community First Choice and Home 

13 and Community-Based Services (HCBS) 

14 Waivers’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 2948 (January 

15 16, 2014)), or a successor rule; 

16 (3) leverage and increase awareness of and ac17 cess to training materials and opportunities made 

18 available through training and technical assistance 

19 investments of— 

20 (A) the Office of Disability Employment 

21 Policy; 

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1 (C) the Administration for Community 

2 Living of the Department of Health and 

3 Human Services; and 

4 (D) the Office of Special Education and 

5 Rehabilitative Services of the Department of 

6 Education; and 

7 (4)(A) raise awareness of efforts in States to 

8 carry out the Employment First initiative; and 

9 (B) coordinate dissemination efforts related to 

10 ABLE accounts and other financial asset develop11 ment resources through the ABLE National Re12 source Center and the Department of the Treasury. 

13 (b) APPLICATION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

15 grant under this section, a nonprofit entity shall 

16 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 

17 in such manner, and including such information that 

18 the Secretary may reasonably require. 

19 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

20 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

21 (A) a description of the nonprofit entity’s 

22 expertise in providing technical assistance that 

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1 ployment using special certificates to mod2 els providing competitive integrated em3 ployment and integrated services; 

4 (ii) knowledge of methods for sup5 porting employers, including employers not 

6 receiving a grant or assistance through a 

7 grant under title I, to transform as de8 scribed in clause (i); 

9 (iii) experience working with non10 profit, for-profit, Federal, State, and local 

11 agencies focusing on employment of youth 

12 and adults who are people with disabilities; 

13 and 

14 (iv) experience working with people 

15 with disabilities and their families; 

16 (B) a description of the nonprofit entity’s 

17 expertise in providing, collecting, compiling, 

18 communicating, and disseminating information 

19 about program and systems change for pro20 grams serving people with disabilities that shall 

21 include— 

22 (i) expertise documenting program 

23 change; 


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1 (ii) experience compiling recommended 

2 practices related to program trans3 formations; 

4 (iii) expertise regarding competitive 

5 integrated employment for youth and 

6 adults who are people with disabilities; 

7 (iv) expertise working with people 

8 with disabilities and their families through 

9 systems change procedures; 

10 (v) expertise creating accessible prod11 ucts to disseminate learned information, 

12 including through web-based means; 

13 (vi) experience creating accessible 

14 websites to disseminate information; 

15 (vii) experience working with non16 profit, for-profit, Federal, State, and local 

17 agencies focusing on employment of youth 

18 and adults who are people with disabilities; 

19 (viii) experience with assisting youth 

20 who are people with disabilities in 

21 transitioning from receiving services under 

22 the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

23 Act (20 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) and from 

24 kindergarten through grade 12 to inclusive 


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1 postsecondary education and competitive 

2 integrated employment; and 

3 (ix) experience leveraging resources, 

4 available through the Office of Disability 

5 Employment Policy and the Employment 

6 and Training Administration, that are de7 signed to provide effective and efficient 

8 services to job seekers who are people with 

9 disabilities in competitive integrated em10 ployment settings; and 

11 (C) a description of the individuals at the 

12 nonprofit entity who will be responsible for car13 rying out the activities under this title. 

14 (3) DURATION OF AWARD.—A grant under this 

15 section shall be awarded for a period of 6 years, and 

16 shall be non-renewable. 

17 (4) NONPROFIT ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sec18 tion, the term ‘‘nonprofit entity’’ means a nonprofit 

19 entity with expertise in collecting, compiling, com20 municating, and disseminating information about 

21 program and systems change for programs serving 

22 people with disabilities. 


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1 TITLE IV—REPORTING AND 

2 EVALUATION 

3 SEC. 401. IMPACT EVALUATION AND REPORTING. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter 

6 into a contract with a nonprofit entity with experience in 

7 conducting evaluations of program and systems change ef8 forts to— 

9 (1) conduct a multi-year evaluation on the im10 pact of this Act, including the amendments made by 

11 this Act, with respect to people with disabilities (in12 cluding such people receiving a wage rate under sec13 tion 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

14 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)), as amended by title II); and 

15 (2) prepare the reports described in subsection 

16 (c). 

17 (b) EVALUATION.—In carrying out subsection (a)(1), 

18 the nonprofit entity awarded a contract under this section 

19 shall evaluate— 

20 (1) changes in wages and employment for peo21 ple described in subsection (a)(1); and 

22 (2) actions taken by employers and States to 

23 comply with the amendments made by title II and, 

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1 under title I, to comply with the transformation re2 quirements under such title. 

3 (c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to the 

4 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

5 the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 

6 Workforce of the House of Representatives, the following 

7 reports on the evaluation conducted under subsection 

8 (a)(1): 

9 (1) An interim report on the evaluation, not 

10 later than 3 years after the evaluation commences 

11 under subsection (a)(1). 

12 (2) A final report on such evaluation, not later 

13 than 18 months after the date on which the legal ef14 fect of special certificates expire pursuant to para15 graph (7) of section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Stand16 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)), as added by 

17 title II. 

18 SEC. 402. WAGE AND HOUR REPORTS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each year of the 5-year period 

20 described in section 14(c)(1)(A) of the Fair Labor Stand21 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)(A)), as amended 

22 by title II, the Secretary (acting through the Adminis23 trator of the Wage and Hour Division), in coordination 

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1 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 

2 Education and the Workforce of the House of Representa3 tives, an annual report summarizing practices of employ4 ers providing employment using special certificates, which, 

5 with respect to the preceding year, shall include— 

6 (1) the number of employees (of such employ7 ers) who are people with disabilities and who are 

8 compensated at a rate that is less than— 

9 (A) the higher of the rate specified in sec10 tion 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

11 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) or the rate speci12 fied in the applicable State or local minimum 

13 wage law; or 

14 (B) the customary rate paid by the em15 ployer for the same or similar work performed 

16 by other employees who are not people with dis17 abilities, and who are similarly situated in simi18 lar occupations by the same employer and who 

19 have similar training, experience, and skills; 

20 (2) the type of employment setting (such as 

21 segregated employment or competitive integrated 

22 employment) and the integrated services provided by 

23 such employers; 

24 (3) the average hourly wage, minimum and 

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1 per week of employees described in paragraph (1), 

2 disaggregated by employer and by State; 

3 (4) the aggregate demographic characteristics 

4 of employees described in paragraph (1), including 

5 the gender, ethnicity, race, and type of disability of 

6 such employees; and 

7 (5) the number of employees who have 

8 transitioned from employment provided under a spe9 cial certificate to competitive integrated employment, 

10 disaggregated by employer and by State. 

11 (b) REPORT ON AUDIT OF EXISTING SPECIAL CER12 TIFICATE HOLDERS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

13 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary (acting through 

14 the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division) shall— 

15 (1) conduct an audit of not less than 10 percent 

16 of employers providing employment to employees 

17 using special certificates, as of the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, which shall include an audit of— 

19 (A) the training and support provided to 

20 such employees to promote their transition to 

21 competitive integrated employment; 

22 (B) the actions taken by employers to 

23 identify competitive integrated employment for 

24 such employees; and 


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1 (C) the wages of such employees, including 

2 whether such wages are at a rate that is less 

3 than— 

4 (i) the higher of the rate specified in 

5 section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand6 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) or 

7 the rate specified in the applicable State or 

8 local minimum wage law; or 

9 (ii) the customary rate paid by the 

10 employer for the same or similar work per11 formed by other employees who are not 

12 people with disabilities, and who are simi13 larly situated in similar occupations by the 

14 same employer and who have similar train15 ing, experience, and skills; and 

16 (2) submit a report on such audit to the Com17 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

18 of the Senate, the Special Committee on Aging of 

19 the Senate, and the Committee on Education and 

20 the Workforce of the House of Representatives. 

21 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act: 


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1 (1) ABLE ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘ABLE ac2 count’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

3 529A(e)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

4 (2) COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOY5 MENT.—The term ‘‘competitive integrated employ6 ment’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

7 7(5) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

8 705(5)). 

9 (3) DISABILITY.—The term ‘‘disability’’ in10 cludes any intellectual, developmental, mental health, 

11 or other disability. 

12 (4) INTEGRATED COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

13 AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES; INTEGRATED SERV14 ICES.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

16 subparagraph (B), the terms ‘‘integrated com17 munity participation and wraparound services’’ 

18 or ‘‘integrated services’’ mean services for peo19 ple with disabilities that are— 

20 (i) designed to assist such people in 

21 developing skills and abilities to reside suc22 cessfully in home and community-based 

23 settings; 

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1 (iii) created using evidence-based 

2 practices that lead to such people— 

3 (I) maintaining competitive inte4 grated employment; 

5 (II) achieving independent living; 

6 or 

7 (III) maximizing socioeconomic 

8 self-sufficiency, optimal independence, 

9 and full participation in the commu10 nity; 

11 (iv) provided in a community location 

12 that is not specifically intended for people 

13 with disabilities; 

14 (v) provided in a location that— 

15 (I) allows the people receiving the 

16 services to interact with people with17 out disabilities to the fullest extent 

18 possible; and 

19 (II) makes it possible for the peo20 ple receiving the services to access 

21 community resources that are not spe22 cifically intended for people with dis23 abilities and to have the same oppor24 tunity to participate in the community 

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1 (vi) provided in multiple locations to 

2 allow the individual receiving the services 

3 to have options, thereby— 

4 (I) optimizing individual initia5 tive, autonomy, and independence; 

6 and 

7 (II) facilitating choice regarding 

8 services and supports, and choice re9 garding the provider of such services; 

10 and 

11 (vii) in compliance with the final rule 

12 of the Department of Health and Human 

13 Services entitled ‘‘Medicaid Program; State 

14 Plan Home and Community-Based Serv15 ices, 5-Year Period for Waivers, Provider 

16 Payment Reassignment, and Home and 

17 Community-Based Setting Requirements 

18 for Community First Choice and Home 

19 and Community-Based Services (HCBS) 

20 Waivers’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 2948 (January 

21 16, 2014)), or a successor rule. 

22 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The terms ‘‘integrated 

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1 a service provided in any of the following set2 tings: 

3 (i) A nursing facility. 

4 (ii) An institution for people with 

5 mental diseases. 

6 (iii) An intermediate care facility for 

7 people with intellectual disabilities. 

8 (iv) A congregate setting in which an 

9 individual does not have the ability, at the 

10 time preferred by the individual and in ac11 cordance with other preferences of the in12 dividual, to access services supporting the 

13 full inclusion and engagement of the indi14 vidual in the greater community. 

15 (5) LOCAL BOARD; LOCAL PLAN.—The terms 

16 ‘‘local board’’ and ‘‘local plan’’ have the meanings 

17 given such terms in section 3 of the Workforce Inno18 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

19 (6) OLMSTEAD DECISION.—The term 

20 ‘‘Olmstead decision’’ means the decision of the Su21 preme Court of the United States in Olmstead v. 

22 L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999). 

23 (7) OLMSTEAD PLAN.—The term ‘‘Olmstead 

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1 State for complying with the holding in the 

2 Olmstead decision. 

3 (8) PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.—The term 

4 ‘‘people with disabilities’’ includes individuals de5 scribed in section 14(c)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand6 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)). 

7 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of Labor. 

9 (10) SPECIAL CERTIFICATE.—The term ‘‘spe10 cial certificate’’ means a special certificate issued 

11 under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 

12 of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)). 

13 (11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

14 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com15 monwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territory of 

16 Guam. 

17 (12) STATE BOARD.—The term ‘‘State board’’ 

18 has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the 

19 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 

20 (13) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.— 

21 The term ‘‘workforce development system’’ has the 

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1 SEC. 502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro3 priated to carry out this Act, $200,000,000 for each of 

4 fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

5 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—From amounts made 

6 available under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, 1 per7 cent shall be allocated for the activities under title III. 

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