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governing leased space, include provisions that encourage the | | employment of individuals with disabilities; |
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| | | 4.__Outreach. Expand its outreach efforts, using both | | traditional and nontraditional methods, to make qualified | | individuals with disabilities aware of available employment | | opportunities within that department, agency or instrumentality | | of the State; and |
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| | | 5. Accommodate. Increase its efforts to accommodate | | individuals with disabilities. |
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| | | Sec. D-1. Expand flexibility for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The | | Department of Health and Human Services shall amend its rules to | | provide greater flexibility for individuals with intellectual | | disabilities to receive day habilitation services and supportive | | employment services. The department shall expand to a maximum of | | 8 hours per day and 5 days per week the number of hours of day | | habilitation services and supportive employment services an | | individual with intellectual disabilities may receive. The | | department shall increase the cap on the reimbursement for day | | habilitation services and supportive employment services to an | | amount that covers a maximum of 40 service hours per week. Rules | | adopted pursuant to this Part are major substantive rules as | | defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, | | subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | Sec. E-1. Media campaign. The Department of Economic and Community | | Development and the Department of Labor shall jointly initiate a | | media campaign designed to increase statewide awareness of issues | | affecting individuals with disabilities, including, but not | | limited to, the following: |
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| | | 1. The State's duties and responsibilities concerning the | | employment of individuals with disabilities pursuant to the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 5, Part 29; |
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| | | 2. The availability of tax credits for employers of persons | | with disabilities pursuant to Title 36, section 5219-Z; |
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| | | 3. The availability of tax credits for individuals with | | disabilities pursuant to Title 36, section 5219-Y; and |
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