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2022 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 151B - Workforce education
151B.420 Job placement assistance program.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 151B.420 (2022)
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151B.420 Job placement assistance program. (1) (2) (3) (4) The Education and Labor Cabinet is hereby directed to establish, within one hundred eighty (180) days of July 14, 2022, a job placement assistance program to assist individuals enrolled in the state's medical assistance program established in KRS Chapter 205 in finding employment. The job placement assistance program shall: (a) Be available to any able-bodied adult enrolled in the state's medical assistance program; (b) Provide one-on-one job placement coaching and support; and (c) Prioritize job placement with an employer who offers comprehensive health insurance coverage for medical and surgical services as an employee benefit. The Education and Labor Cabinet shall contact each individual who, pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, is eligible to participate in the job placement assistance program and provide him or her with information on the program and services provided. As used in this section "able-bodied adult" means an individual who is: (a) Over eighteen (18) years of age but under sixty (60) years of age; and (b) Physically and mentally able to work as determined by the cabinet. Effective: July 14, 2022 History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, effective July 14, 2022. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 236 merged the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Labor Cabinet into the newly created Education and Labor Cabinet. Under the authority of KRS 7.136(2), references to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet in this statute have been changed to the Education and Labor Cabinet in codification to conform.
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