Texas Human Resources Code
§ 122.019 — CENTRAL NONPROFIT AGENCY
HR § 122.019Title 8. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES · Ch. 122. PURCHASING FROM PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Statute text
View on source(a)The workforce commission may select and contract with one or more central nonprofit agencies through a request for proposals for a period not to exceed five years. Once the selection process is completed, the workforce commission may contract with a central nonprofit agency to:
(1)recruit and assist community rehabilitation programs in developing and submitting applications for the selection of suitable products and services;
(2)facilitate the distribution of orders among community rehabilitation programs;
(3)manage and coordinate the day-to-day operation of the program, including the general administration of contracts with community rehabilitation programs;
(4)promote increased supported employment opportunities for persons with disabilities; and
(5)recruit and assist qualified nonprofit organizations that are managed by members of racial minorities, women, or persons with disabilities and that are in the process of qualifying as community rehabilitation programs.
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.427, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 672 (S.B. 212), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2015.