TN HB1066

Establishes a formal complaint process for public property management to report conduct or performance issues with licensed blind vending facility operators, with substantiated complaints resulting in corrective action plans or disciplinary measures including retraining, probation, or removal

Creates a self-employment and entrepreneurship pathway for eligible non-blind individuals with disabilities to operate vending facilities on public properties where blind operators have declined to operate or facilities are not generating unassigned income

Maintains first preference for licensed blind vending facility operators on public property, with second preference assigned to licensed non-blind individuals with disabilities

Prohibits Randolph-Sheppard Act funds (set-aside, unassigned, and business enterprise program funds) designated for blind operators from being used for non-blind operators; non-blind operator funding must come through their individualized plan for employment (IPE)

Requires the department to first offer vacant vending facilities to blind operators before reassigning them to non-blind individuals with disabilities