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The Transformation to Competitive and Integrated Employment Act H.R.1263/S.533 was introduced on February 27, 2023. This bill would provide states and employers with the resources to transition workers with disabilities into fully integrated and competitive jobs and phase out 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act: a discriminatory provision that allows employers to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage.

The bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to states and certain eligible entities to provide technical assistance and other strategic support to employers transitioning from subminimum wage and segregated positions to competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities, as well as:

providing competitive, integrated employment,
assisting individuals with disabilities in finding and retaining work in such employment,
providing integrated employment and integrated community participation and wraparound services for such individuals, and
ensuring that such services comply with federal regulations for individuals receiving Home and Community-Based Services.

Now is the time to email your Senators and Representative to urge them to pass this crucial legislation. Equal access to the workforce and competitive, integrated employment opportunities for people with disabilities have been overshadowed for too long by these antiquated, discriminatory practices.

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Paying people with disabilities less than the minimum wage has for too long created and reinforced a life of poverty and dependency on public support. It's time to undo this unfair and outdated practice and support jobs in the community that pay a a decent wage.

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Subject: Support the Bipartisan Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act

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Dear Representative,

I write to ask you to co-sponsor and help pass the Transformation to Competitive and Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) H.R.1263/S.533, introduced by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rogers (R—WA) and Bobby Scott (D—VA); and Senators Bob Casey (D—PA) and Steve Daines (R—MT).

This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would provide states and employers with the resources to transition workers with disabilities into fully integrated and competitive jobs.
Furthermore, the bill would also phase out section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, a provision that permits employers to pay some people with disabilities even less than the minimum wage. Equal access to the workforce and competitive employment opportunities for people with disabilities have been overshadowed for too long by this antiquated, discriminatory practice.

Again, I urge you to co-sponsor and help pass H.R.1263/S.533, the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act. Thank you for your consideration.

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US Senate

Subject: Support the Bipartisan Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act

Message:

Dear Senator,

I write to ask you to co-sponsor and help pass the Transformation to Competitive and Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) H.R.1263/S.533, introduced by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rogers (R—WA) and Bobby Scott (D—VA); and Senators Bob Casey (D—PA) and Steve Daines (R—MT).

This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would provide states and employers with the resources to transition workers with disabilities into fully integrated and competitive jobs.
Furthermore, the bill would also phase out section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, a provision that permits employers to pay some people with disabilities even less than the minimum wage. Equal access to the workforce and competitive employment opportunities for people with disabilities have been overshadowed for too long by this antiquated, discriminatory practice.

Again, I urge you to co-sponsor and help pass H.R.1263/S.533, the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act. Thank you for your consideration.

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