HR 511 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

TEAM-Empowerment Act of 2013

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 5, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Transition toward Excellence, Achievement, and Mobility through Empowerment Act of 2013 or the TEAM-Empowerment Act of 2013 - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to states for the development and implementation of an individual transition plan (ITP) for each individual with a developmental disability in the state who is transitioning from secondary school into adulthood.

Requires ITPs to assist the developmentally disabled achieve integrated employment, postsecondary education, independent living, and community engagement.

Requires each grantee to establish a transition planning and services (TPS) administrative unit within its intellectual and developmental disabilities agency to develop, and assist in the implementation of, ITPs. Requires that unit to offer strategies, training, and information to the developmentally disabled and their families that facilitates their participation in the transition process.

States that ITPs are to: (1) apply until an individual's 26th birthday; (2) be reviewed annually and updated as needed; (3) be developed during in-person meetings that include the individual and his or her family; and (4) address the individual's needs in the areas of postsecondary education, career preparation and work-based learning, development and leadership, connecting activities, and family involvement and supports.

Requires the TPS administrative unit to use transition brokers to: (1) facilitate coordination among state agencies in the development of ITPs; and (2) assist the developmentally disabled, consistent with their ITPs, in navigating the complex system of supports and services available through federal and state programs.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2013 to Sep 11, 2013, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersOriginalFeb 5, 2013
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyMar 21, 2013
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.May 9, 2013
D-CAMichael M. HondaJun 5, 2013
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Jun 19, 2013
D-AZRon BarberJul 17, 2013
D-MEMichael H. MichaudSep 11, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 5, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 5, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2013Introduced in House

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