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2087
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2087
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WORKFORCE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3005)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
work
search
requirements
for
unemployment
1
benefits
for
certain
individuals
with
disabilities.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
96.4,
subsection
3,
Code
2026,
is
amended
1
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Permitted
weekly
work
search
activities
3
for
purposes
of
this
subsection
shall
include
the
following:
4
(1)
For
an
individual
with
an
intellectual
disability,
5
autism
spectrum
disorder,
or
traumatic
brain
injury,
6
participation
in
a
program
offered
or
approved
by
the
division
7
of
vocational
rehabilitation
services
established
in
the
8
department
that
is
designed
to
provide
rehabilitative
support
9
to
such
individuals.
10
(2)
For
an
individual
who
is
blind,
participation
in
11
a
program
offered
by
the
department
for
the
blind
that
is
12
designed
to
assist
such
individuals
in
gaining
or
maintaining
13
employment.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
provides
that
weekly
work
search
activities
for
18
purposes
of
eligibility
for
unemployment
benefits
include
19
certain
specified
activities
for
certain
individuals
with
20
disabilities.
21
An
individual
with
an
intellectual
disability,
autism
22
spectrum
disorder,
or
traumatic
brain
injury
may
participate
23
in
a
program
offered
or
approved
by
the
division
of
vocational
24
rehabilitation
services
established
in
the
department
25
of
workforce
development
that
is
designed
to
provide
26
rehabilitative
support
to
such
individuals.
27
An
individual
who
is
blind
may
participate
in
a
program
28
offered
by
the
department
for
the
blind
that
is
designed
to
29
assist
such
individuals
in
gaining
or
maintaining
employment.
30
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