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governing leased space, include provisions that encourage the
employment of individuals with disabilities;

 
4.__Outreach. Expand its outreach efforts, using both
traditional and nontraditional methods, to make qualified
individuals with disabilities aware of available employment
opportunities within that department, agency or instrumentality
of the State; and

 
5. Accommodate. Increase its efforts to accommodate
individuals with disabilities.

 
PART D

 
Sec. D-1. Expand flexibility for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The
Department of Health and Human Services shall amend its rules to
provide greater flexibility for individuals with intellectual
disabilities to receive day habilitation services and supportive
employment services. The department shall expand to a maximum of
8 hours per day and 5 days per week the number of hours of day
habilitation services and supportive employment services an
individual with intellectual disabilities may receive. The
department shall increase the cap on the reimbursement for day
habilitation services and supportive employment services to an
amount that covers a maximum of 40 service hours per week. Rules
adopted pursuant to this Part are major substantive rules as
defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A.

 
PART E

 
Sec. E-1. Media campaign. The Department of Economic and Community
Development and the Department of Labor shall jointly initiate a
media campaign designed to increase statewide awareness of issues
affecting individuals with disabilities, including, but not
limited to, the following:

 
1. The State's duties and responsibilities concerning the
employment of individuals with disabilities pursuant to the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 5, Part 29;

 
2. The availability of tax credits for employers of persons
with disabilities pursuant to Title 36, section 5219-Z;

 
3. The availability of tax credits for individuals with
disabilities pursuant to Title 36, section 5219-Y; and


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