HF 2460

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/22/2012 02:50pm

A bill for an act
relating to employment; extended employment; modifying definitions;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 268A.15,
subdivision 1a.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 268A.15, subdivision 1a, is amended to
read:

Subd. 1a.

Severe impairment to employment; definition.

For the purpose of this
section, "severe impairment to employment" means profound limitations that dramatically
restrict an individual's ability to seek, secure, and maintain employment due to an extended
history of little or no employment, limited education, training, or job skills, and physical,
intellectual, or emotional characteristics seriously impairing future ability to obtain and
retain permanent employment new text begin ; this definition includes limitations experienced by persons
diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and related conditions new text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin EXTENDED EMPLOYMENT; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $....... is appropriated from the general fund beginning in fiscal year 2013 and each
year thereafter to the commissioner of employment and economic development for
extended employment services for persons with severe impairments to employment,
including persons with autism spectrum disorder and related conditions under Minnesota
Statutes, section 268A.15.
new text end