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Adds fluorinated hydrocarbons or vapors and hydrogenated fluorocarbons to the list of prohibited drugs or noxious chemical substances that a person may deliberately smell or inhale with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, or stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system or that a person may deliberately cause, invite, or induce a person to smell or inhale with the intent to intoxicate, inebriate, excite, stupefy, or dull the brain or nervous system of such person.
Directs the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to make referrals to any employment services organization that provides competitive or commensurate wages and is eligible to receive state-funded Long-Term Employment Support Services or Extended Employment Services. The bill also requires the Department to develop and implement a referral process for individuals who make an informed choice to pursue an employment outcome that is not considered a competitive integrated employment setting by the Department. The bill also establishes the Employment Service Organization Steering Committee as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government. The bill provides that the purpose of the Committee shall be to report to and advise the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services on policy, funding, and the allocation of funds to employment services organizations for Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services.
Advances conformity of the Commonwealth's tax code with the federal tax code to December 31, 2018, including conformity to the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The bill also makes technical amendments.