This is now a win-win proposition for people with disabilities. Advent Enterprises Inc. in Columbia, Missouri, is a private entity which provides vocational and rehabilitation services. The unemployment rate among adults with disabilities is appallingly high, leading to loss of human productivity at a tremendous cost to the taxpayer. The CBO also projects that the number of people with disabilities who receive rehabilitation and employment services could more than quadruple from 124,900 to 555,900 over ten years if the bill were to become law. H.R. 1180 was considered by the U.S. House of Representatives under a procedure known as suspension of the rules.
Legislation considered under suspension of the rules requires a two-thirds vote for approval.
The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 412 to 9.