State as a Model Employer / Individuals with Disabilities – Public Chapter 575 puts Tennessee on track to become a “State as a Model Employer” (SAME) for individuals with disabilities. The legislation ensures that state agencies and departments design and implement promising and emerging policies, practices and procedures that focus on recruitment, hiring, advancement and retention of qualified individuals with disabilities.

Direct Support Professionals / Pay Increases – Public Chapter 576 increases pay for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), who provide care to some of Tennessee’s most vulne...