Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-360
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Short title - Oklahoma Employment First Act - Definitions
Official statutory text
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 Page 276
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.
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 Page 276
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.
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