WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES

43.19.525 - Purchases from entities serving or providing opportunities for disadvantaged or disabled persons -- Definitions.

Purchases from entities serving or providing opportunities for disadvantaged or disabled persons — Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.19.520 through 43.19.530 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

     (1) "Businesses owned and operated by persons with disabilities" means any for-profit business certified under chapter 39.19 RCW as being owned and controlled by persons who have been either:

     (a) Determined by the department of social and health services to have a developmental disability, as defined in RCW 71A.10.020;

     (b) Determined by an agency established under Title I of the federal vocational rehabilitation act to be or have been eligible for vocational rehabilitation services;

     (c) Determined by the federal social security administration to be or have been eligible for either social security disability insurance or supplemental security income; or

     (d) Determined by the United States department of veterans affairs to be or have been eligible for vocational rehabilitation services due to service-connected disabilities, under 38 U.S.C. Sec. 3100 et seq.

     (2) "Community rehabilitation programs of the department of social and health services" means any entity that:

     (a) Is registered as a nonprofit corporation with the secretary of state; and

     (b) Is recognized by the department of social and health services, division of vocational rehabilitation as eligible to do business as a community rehabilitation program.

     (3) "Vendor in good standing" means a business owned and operated by persons with disabilities or a community rehabilitation program, that has been determined under *RCW 43.19.531 and 50.40.065 to meet the following criteria:

     (a) Has not been in material breach of any quality or performance provision of any contract for the purchase of goods or services during the past thirty-six months; and

     (b) Has achieved, or continues to work towards, the goal of enhancing opportunities for disadvantaged persons and persons with disabilities to maximize their opportunities for employment and career advancement, and increase the number employed and their wages, as determined by the governor's committee on disability issues and employment.