[NHLakesChapter] Fwd: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment and Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act introduced in 118th Congress

[Fred Fournier]

Yes. Thank you Deanna for passing this along. This is certainly good
progress. Let's hope it continues all the way to becoming a law.

Thanks again,

Fred

On Fri, Mar 3, 2023, 2:12 PM Marie Johnson via NHLakesChapter <
nhlakeschapter at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thanks so much Deanna for the update.
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> *Subject:* [NHLakesChapter] Fwd: [NFB-Legislative-Directors]
> Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment and Medical Device
> Nonvisual Accessibility Act introduced in 118th Congress
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> *From:* "Young, Justin via NFB-Legislative-Directors" <
> nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>
> *Date:* March 3, 2023 at 9:32:19 AM EST
> *To:* NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org
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> *Cc:* "Young, Justin" <jyoung at nfb.org>
> *Subject:* *[NFB-Legislative-Directors] Transformation to Competitive
> Integrated Employment and Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act
> introduced in 118th Congress*
> *Reply-To:* NFB Legislative Directors List <
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> Hi All,
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> I would like to provide a quick update on the Transformation to
> Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) and the Medical Device
> Nonvisual Accessibility Act. On February 27 and February 28, the TCIEA was
> introduced in the Senate and House respectively. Their bill numbers are S.
> 533 and H.R 1263. S. 533 was introduced by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and
> Steve Daines (R-MT). H.R 1263 was introduced by Representatives Bobby Scott
> (D-VA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). It’s time to start building
> cosponsors for both versions of this important legislation that would phase
> out over a five-year period the payment of subminimum wages for workers
> with disabilities.
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> Also, on February 28, the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act, H.R
> 1328 was introduced by Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) with 32
> original cosponsors. H.R 1328 is a strong bill and we believe will gain
> much support from members of the House. We are still working on the Senate
> version and hope to have it also introduced in the near future. We
> appreciate the hard work done thus far, but it’s only the beginning and I’m
> excited for the journey we will take together during the 118th Congress
> advocating for all our legislative priorities!
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> Thanks,
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> Justin
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> Justin T. Young, Ed.D
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