Oklahoma § 40-360 - Short title - Oklahoma Employment First Act - Definitions

§ 40-360. Short title - Oklahoma Employment First Act - Definitions

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma

Employment First Act".

B. All state agencies shall coordinate efforts and shall

collaborate within and among such agencies to ensure that state

programs, policies, procedures and funding support competitive

integrated employment of individuals with disabilities. All state

agencies shall, whenever feasible, share data and information across

systems in order to track progress toward full implementation of

this act.

C. State agencies are authorized to adopt rules to implement

this act.

D. As used in this act:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor

1. "Competitive employment" means work in the competitive labor

market, or self-employment, that is performed on a full-time or

part-time basis in an integrated setting with the opportunity for

advancement and for which a person with a disability is compensated

at or above the minimum wage but not less than the customary wage

and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar

work performed by persons without disabilities;

2. "Disability" means, with respect to an individual:

a.

a physical or mental impairment that substantially

limits one or more major life activities of such

individual,

b.

a record of such an impairment, or

c.

being regarded as having such an impairment as defined

in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as

amended;

3. "Integrated setting" means, with respect to an employment

outcome, a setting typically found in the community in which

applicants or eligible individuals interact with persons without

disabilities, other than those who are providing services to those

applicants or eligible individuals, to the same extent that

individuals without disabilities in comparable positions interact

with other persons; and

4. "Working age" means sixteen (16) years of age or older in

accordance with Section 71 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2015, c. 76, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.