Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 427 § 427.430 — Statewide employment first advisory committee; membership; regional employment

Statewide employment first advisory committee; membership; regional employment first committees; duties of Department of Human Services and Department of Education; rules. (1)(a) The Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Education, shall appoint a statewide employment first advisory committee to advise the Department of Human Services on strategies for increasing opportunities for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities to obtain and advance in competitive integrated employment. (b) The members of the advisory committee shall include: (A) Individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities; (B) Disability policy advisors who have lived experience with accessing the disability service delivery system; (C) Representatives of the division of the department that provides developmental disabilities services; (D) Representatives of the division of the department that provides vocational rehabilitation services; (E) Representatives of the Department of Education; (F) Representatives of employment services providers and provider associations; and (G) Representatives of organizations that provide case management services to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. (c) The members of the advisory committee may also include representatives of: (A) School districts and education service districts; (B) Regional family support networks; (C) The nine federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon; (D) The Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities; (E) Oregon’s federally mandated disability protection and advocacy agency; (F) Oregon’s federally authorized university centers for excellence in developmental disabilities; (G) The Oregon Disabilities Commission; (H) The State Independent Living Council; (I) The Commission for the Blind; (J) County behavioral health departments; (K) The division of the Department of Human Services that provides aging and persons with disabilities services; (L) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board and local workforce development boards; and (M) Other statewide entities providing employment services to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. (d) The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly. (e) At least annually, the advisory committee shall meet to: (A) Review employment outcome data for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and make recommendations for the development and implementation of a statewide employment first strategic plan; and (B) Make policy and budget recommendations to the office of the Governor and state agencies regarding employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and regarding state and local workforce plans. (f) The advisory committee may appoint subcommittees as needed. (2) At least annually, the department, in collaboration with the Department of Education, shall collect employment outcome data for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and report the data to the advisory committee appointed under this section. The data shall include, at a minimum: (a) The number of adults and transition-age individuals, as defined by rule by the Department of Human Services, with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are receiving services from the division of the department that provides developmental disabilities services or from the division of the department that provides vocational rehabilitation services and who are working in competitive integrated employment; and (b) The number of employment service provider agencies that are qualified to deliver employment services through both the division of the department that provides developmental disabilities services and the division of the department that provides vocational rehabilitation services. (3) The department, in collaboration with the Department of Education, shall establish regional employment first committees to develop and implement local strategies for increasing capacity for and removing barriers to supporting individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in obtaining and advancing in competitive integrated employment. Each regional employment first committee shall report to the advisory committee established under this section regarding the development and implementation of local strategies. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Education shall, subject to available funding, maintain designated staff specialists for regional interagency coordination work. (4) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Education shall appoint regional and statewide representatives to meet at least quarterly to coordinate employment services and discuss best practices for supporting youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities to obtain and advance in competitive integrated employment. (5) The Department of