CHAPTER 2.1. Public Social Services for Deaf Persons
Chapter 2.1 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1193, Sec. 2.
§§ 10620–10629 · 9 sections
- § 10620 The Legislature finds that over 1.5 million persons in California are deaf or are significantly hard of hearing. Basic governmental services are not routinely…
- § 10621 Public social services for the deaf and hard of hearing shall include, but not be limited to, the following services: (a) Complete communication services…
- § 10622 Public social services for the deaf and hard of hearing shall be available in at least three regions throughout the state so that deaf and hard-of-hearing…
- § 10623 Public agencies or private nonprofit corporations or a combination thereof in a region may provide the public social services listed in Section 10621 directly…
- § 10624 (a) The department, with the advice of persons knowledgeable about the provision of public social services to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, shall establish…
- § 10625 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Determine the number and location of regions of the state providing public social services. (b) Coordinate…
- § 10626 (a) The department shall contract with, or award grants to, public agencies or private nonprofit corporations for purposes of this chapter. Those contracts or…
- § 10626.5 (a) A public agency or nonprofit corporation, or a combination thereof, providing the public social services listed in Section 10621, may charge a fee to all…
- § 10629 The State Department of Social Services shall not expend over 5 percent of the sum appropriated for this chapter for the administrative costs of this chapter.