Nevada AB 259: Wages for Persons with Disabilities (2023)

“AN ACT relating to disabilities; requiring a provider of jobs and day training services to develop a plan to transition persons earning less than the state minimum wage to earning at least the state minimum wage or pursuing other services and assisting such persons to participate in certain activities; requiring a provider of jobs and day training services to submit a report relating to such a plan to the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services; authorizing a recipient of jobs and day training services to have an advocate present at certain meetings; prohibiting any person from paying less than the state minimum wage to a person with an intellectual disability or developmental disability after a certain date; providing for the inclusion under Medicaid of certain services to assist such a person in pursuing competitive integrated employment; requiring the Department to seek a waiver of certain federal requirements governing the compensation of a recipient of prevocational services under Medicaid; making an appropriation and authorizing certain expenditures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”