Department of workforce services; duties and responsibilities; agreements with other agencies authorized; definition; merger with department of employment

Department of workforce services; duties and responsibilities; agreements with other agencies authorized; definition; merger with department of employment. (a) The department of workforce services is created. The department is the authority for workforce services. The department is the successor agency for public employment and training services which previously existed under the department of employment. The department shall perform all functions previously performed by those programs. (b) The department may submit a plan for the state to the appropriate federal agencies for work activities and programs as authorized under section 102 of the act of congress approved July 22, 2014 entitled "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act", P.L. 113-128, 29 U.S.C. 3112 or subsequent similar enactments. (c) The department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act to implement requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or subsequent similar enactments. When adopting such rules and regulations the department shall use language which focuses on the importance of a person, rather than a person's disability. (d) The department shall administer expenditures from the workforce development training fund as provided in W.S.