Chief Patron: Landes
Co-Patron(s): Anderson
Virginia as a Model Employer of Individuals with Disabilities (language only)

Item 68 #1h

Language

Page 42, after line 7 insert:

"The Secretary of Administration shall coordinate and lead efforts to increase the employment of individuals with disabilities employed at all levels by the Commonwealth's agencies, departments, subsidiaries and through state contracts with the goal of increasing employment by no less than five percent by the year 2022.  The Secretary shall work with agencies to develop a tracking system and report to Chairmen of the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance Committee by July 1 of each year."