2012 Ohio Revised Code
Title [51] LI PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 5123 - DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Section 5123.022 - State policy regarding employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities be directed at placement whenever possible of each individual in a position in the community in which the individual is integrated with the employer's other workers who are not developmentally disabled. The departments of developmental disabilities, education, job and family services, and mental health; the rehabilitation services commission; and each other state agency that provides employment services to individuals with developmental disabilities shall implement this policy and ensure that it is followed whenever employment services are provided to individuals with developmental disabilities.
The department of developmental disabilities shall coordinate the actions taken by state agencies to comply with the state's policy. Agencies shall collaborate within their divisions and with each other to ensure that state programs, policies, procedures, and funding support competitive and integrated employment of individuals with developmental disabilities. State agencies shall share information with the department, and the department shall track progress toward full implementation of the policy. The department, in coordination with any task force established by the governor, shall compile data and annually submit to the governor a report on implementation of the policy.
The department and state agencies may adopt rules to implement the policy.
The policy articulated in this section is intended to promote the right of each individual with a developmental disability to informed choice; however, nothing in this section requires any employer to give preference in hiring to an individual because the individual has a disability.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.128,SB 316, ยง101.01, eff. 9/24/2012.
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