CHAPTER 1. Powers and Duties [19000. - 19020.]
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1107.
§§ 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…