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PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [19000. - 19098.5.]

Part 1 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1107.

§§ 19000–19098.5 · 45 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Powers and Duties §§ 19000–19020 · 25 sections
    • § 19000 (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Work is a valuable and important activity, both for individuals and society, and fulfills the need of an…
    • § 19001 There is in the California Health and Human Services Agency the Department of Rehabilitation.
    • § 19002 The Department of Rehabilitation is under the control of an officer known as the Director of Rehabilitation. As used in this division “department” and…
    • § 19003 The director is appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and holds office at the pleasure of the Governor. The annual salary of the…
    • § 19004 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director and the director is the…
    • § 19005 The department is vested with all necessary powers and authority to cooperate with the government of the United States or any agency or agencies thereof in the…
    • § 19005.1 The Department of Rehabilitation is hereby designated as the sole state agency with full power to supervise every phase of the administration of the state plan…
    • § 19005.5 (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall establish a program authorizing rehabilitation professionals serving industrially injured workers under the…
    • § 19006 The department may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, such rules and regulations as may be…
    • § 19007 The director may, with the approval of the Director of Finance, accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the state such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises…
    • § 19008 To the extent resources are available, the department may utilize funds from appropriations by Congress, by gifts, grants, or reimbursements from private or…
    • § 19008.5 (a) The department is authorized to solicit and accept gifts, contributions, and grants from any source, public or private, to establish, implement, and…
    • § 19009 No period of residence in this state is required for participation in any program administered by the department, except as required by federal law or…
    • § 19009.5 No person shall have his or her rehabilitation services reduced due to the receipt of any private grants, scholarships, or awards, provided for the purpose of…
    • § 19010 Pursuant to agreements the department shall cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to the…
    • § 19011 The people of the state accept the provisions and benefits of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128) and any subsequent…
    • § 19012 In accepting the provisions and benefits of the act of Congress referred to in Section 19011, the people of the state agree to observe and comply with all of…
    • § 19013 (a) (1) The department may cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions, both public and private, in providing the services authorized by this…
    • § 19013.5 (a) In performing any rehabilitative services or in contracting with other public or private agencies for rehabilitative services, the department shall take…
    • § 19014 The Department of Rehabilitation and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall formulate a plan of cooperation for the referral and rehabilitation of…
    • § 19015 The department may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to provide for the services authorized by this division to residents of the state…
    • § 19016 The department may prepare and promulgate regulations and statements of policy governing the protection of records and confidential information, the manner and…
    • § 19017 The department may conduct research and compile statistics relating to the provision of services or the need of services by individuals with disabilities.
    • § 19018 Financial need shall be considered in the furnishing or denial of services in accordance with the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act and regulations adopted…
    • § 19020 (a) On and after July 1, 1993, the department shall recommend to each organization or agency, the purpose of which is to provide services to individuals who…
  2. CHAPTER 1.5. Program Managers §§ 19050–19054 · 4 sections
    • § 19050 There is in the department a program manager for the blind and visually impaired and a program manager for the deaf and hard of hearing. The program managers…
    • § 19050.5 The program manager for the blind and visually impaired programs and the program manager for the deaf and hard-of-hearing programs shall have demonstrated…
    • § 19053 The provisions of this chapter shall be effective only to the extent permitted under federal law.
    • § 19054 The director shall appoint a Deaf Advisory Committee to advise the director on means to increase employment, enlarge economic opportunities, enhance…
  3. CHAPTER 2. Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund §§ 19075–19092 · 9 sections
    • § 19075 The Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund in the State Treasury is hereby created. All grants of money received by this state from the United States, the…
    • § 19076 The State Treasurer, as required by the federal act relating to vocational rehabilitation referred to in Section 19012 shall receive and provide for the proper…
    • § 19077 The State Treasurer shall also receive and provide for the proper custody of all money appropriated by this chapter (commencing with Section 19075), of all…
    • § 19078 Money in the Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund shall be expended as provided by this chapter, as requisitioned by the department in carrying out the…
    • § 19079 All money in the Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund is hereby appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure for the…
    • § 19080 The State Controller may approve any general plan whereby: (a) Any expenditures which are a proper charge against money made available by the United States and…
    • § 19090 (a) Pursuant to federal law, there is a State Rehabilitation Council, that shall advise and assist the director in carrying out the vocational rehabilitation…
    • § 19091 (a) Pursuant to federal law, there is a State Independent Living Council, that shall advise and assist the director in carrying out the independent living…
    • § 19092 (a) The functions of the State Rehabilitation Council and the State Independent Living Council and terms of appointment of the members thereof shall be…
  4. CHAPTER 3. Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing §§ 19095–19098.5 · 7 sections
    • § 19095 (a) (1) There is hereby established in the Department of Rehabilitation a Division of Specialized Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Deaf and…
    • § 19095.5 (a) The division shall be under the direction of a deputy director, who shall be appointed by the Governor. (b) The deputy director shall have extensive…
    • § 19096 (a) Commencing July 1, 2003, the division shall be charged with the administration of the following programs and services: (1) All staff within the division,…
    • § 19097 (a) Subject to the control of the director, all employees of the department providing services to persons who are blind and visually impaired administered by…
    • § 19097.5 The department shall report annually in the fourth quarter of each calendar year to the Blind Advisory Committee on the amount of state and federal funds…
    • § 19098 The Director of Rehabilitation shall, on or before July 1, 2005, and every other year thereafter, report to the Legislature and the Governor on the programs…
    • § 19098.5 The Director of Rehabilitation shall establish the Blind Advisory Committee to advise the Director of Rehabilitation on means to increase competitive…