PART 2. REHABILITATION SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND FACILITIES [19100. - 19806.]
Part 2 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1107.
§§ 19100–19806 · 88 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 19100–19104.5 · 6 sections
- § 19100 (a) The department shall provide the services defined and authorized by this part to individuals with physical or mental disabilities who are found to be…
- § 19101 Pursuant to federal law, the department may conduct an evaluation, when necessary, including, but not limited to, diagnostic and related services, necessary to…
- § 19102 Pursuant to federal law, the department shall establish a priority order to be followed in selecting individuals to whom vocational rehabilitation services…
- § 19103 (a) Any individual with a disability, as defined in Section 19151, who requires vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, enter, engage in, or retain…
- § 19104 (a) Subject to the limitation of Section 19102 and to the extent federal funds are available, an individualized plan for employment shall be developed for each…
- § 19104.5 (a) For the purpose of ensuring, consistent with federal law, that eligible individuals are given meaningful, informed, and increased choices in the…
CHAPTER 2. Definitions §§ 19150–19154 · 5 sections
- § 19150 (a) The term “vocational rehabilitation services” means the following services and goods: (1) An assessment for determining eligibility and vocational…
- § 19151 (a) The term “individual with a disability” means any individual who: (1) Has a physical or mental impairment which constitutes or results in a substantial…
- § 19152 (a) “Community rehabilitation program” means a program which is operated for the primary purpose of providing directly or facilitating the provision of…
- § 19153 The term, “blind person” means either a person who has not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye after correction, or a person who has…
- § 19154 Establishment of a community rehabilitation program means the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings necessary to adapt them…
CHAPTER 3. Deaf Persons § 19200 · 1 section
- § 19200 The department is authorized to pay for training and support services for deaf students in a public or private college or university approved by the department.
CHAPTER 5. Rehabilitation Facilities §§ 19400–19471 · 17 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 19400–19404 · 5 sections
- § 19400 It is the purpose of this chapter to extend the opportunities for individuals with disabilities for employment through encouragement of local communities to…
- § 19401 The department may provide consultive services to organizations in the establishment and operation of community rehabilitation programs for individuals with…
- § 19402 The department may contract with qualified persons or firms for consultation in such technical fields as accounting, engineering and sales so that the…
- § 19403 It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage state organizations, cities, counties, districts, and other political subdivisions to purchase products…
- § 19404 Any state agency, city or county, political subdivision, or district of this state may, without advertising or calling for bids, purchase materials and…
ARTICLE 2. Transportation and Assistive Technology Loan Guarantees §§ 19460–19471 · 12 sections
- § 19460 (a) There is in the State Treasury a permanent revolving fund to be known as the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund, and to be administered by the…
- § 19461 As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Rehabilitation. (b) “Eligible persons” means any of the…
- § 19462 The department shall serve as a state loan guarantee agency to guarantee loans and to administer a guaranteed loan program established pursuant to this…
- § 19463 State guaranteed loans made pursuant to this article shall be made without regard to race, religion, creed, or sex.
- § 19464 The total amount of all outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities which may be incurred or created under this article is limited to the amount contained…
- § 19465 In the event that the amount of loans applied for under this article exceeds the amount of the loans that may be guaranteed pursuant to this article, the…
- § 19466 The State Treasurer shall invest, pursuant to statute, any surplus money in the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund. The interest or other accretions…
- § 19467 The funds in the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund shall be paid out by the State Treasurer on warrants drawn by the Controller and requisitioned by…
- § 19468 The department shall encourage private eligible lenders to participate in the guaranteed loan program established by this article, and shall develop and…
- § 19469 No loan in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be made to any eligible person pursuant to this article.
- § 19470 The department shall adopt regulations not inconsistent with this article that, among other things, shall establish criteria for determining eligibility for…
- § 19471 (a) The department may apply for a federal grant award through the federal alternative financing program established pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph…
CHAPTER 6. Blind Persons §§ 19500–19652 · 36 sections
ARTICLE 1. Orientation Centers §§ 19500–19507 · 8 sections
- § 19500 The department may establish orientation centers for the blind in such locations as may be deemed necessary to provide on a statewide basis the services to be…
- § 19501 Each orientation center established under Sections 19500 to 19506, inclusive, shall be residential in character. Blind persons shall be admitted as residents…
- § 19502 Orientation centers shall provide for short periods of intensive personal and prevocational orientation for blind persons, and for specific vocational…
- § 19503 The Director of Rehabilitation shall appoint an administrator for each orientation center for the blind who shall administer and supervise the program at the…
- § 19504 The staff of an orientation center shall be composed of persons trained to assist blind persons in achieving social and economic independence, and whose…
- § 19505 Each orientation center shall be operated as a unit separate and apart from any state-operated rehabilitation facility. The program of each orientation center…
- § 19506 The department may: (a) Make rules for the government and direction of orientation centers established under this article, and may prescribe conditions for the…
- § 19507 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the department, in accordance with Section 19007, is the authorized recipient of gifts, bequests, and donations…
ARTICLE 1.5. Services for Persons with Vision Loss § 19510 · 1 section
- § 19510 (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall establish a grant program to provide services to promote independent living to adults who are blind or have low…
ARTICLE 2. Field Orientation Services for the Blind §§ 19525–19526 · 2 sections
- § 19525 The department may appoint counselor-teachers to provide individual guidance and training to adult individuals who are blind. The counselor-teachers shall give…
- § 19526 (a) Whenever a blind person who has the proper educational qualifications regularly matriculates, enters, and works for a degree, or for a diploma of…
ARTICLE 5. Business Enterprises for the Blind §§ 19625–19641 · 22 sections
- § 19625 For the purpose of providing blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind, and stimulating the blind to…
- § 19625.5 The department shall support and encourage all participants in the Business Enterprises Program to be as successful at becoming self-supporting as possible.
- § 19626 A “vending facility” is a location which may sell, at wholesale or retail, foods, beverages, confections, newspapers, periodicals, tobacco products, and other…
- § 19626.5 (a) The department shall develop and promulgate regulations regarding life standards for vending facility equipment. These regulations shall include, but not…
- § 19627 (a) In order to implement the priority declared in subdivision (a) of Section 19625, the director shall, in consultation with the committee of licensed blind…
- § 19628 The governing board of any county, city, city and county, or other political subdivision or the persons or entities owning or controlling private property, may…
- § 19629 (a) The department shall provide that, if any funds are set aside, or caused to be set aside, from the net proceeds of the operation of the vending facilities…
- § 19629.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 3700 of the Labor Code, a vendor licensed by the department pursuant to this article shall operate a facility with workers’…
- § 19630 (a) After July 1, 1978, all vending machine income from vending machines on state property shall accrue to (1) the blind vendor operating a vending facility on…
- § 19630.5 (a) The Blind Vendor Revolving Loan Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously…
- § 19631 The department shall not cause or permit the establishment or placement of any blind vendor in a vending facility unless the director, in consultation with the…
- § 19632 (a) Licenses shall be issued only to applicants who are blind within the meaning of Section 19153 and who are qualified to operate vending facilities. The…
- § 19633 The vendor of each vending facility is subject to the provisions of any ordinance of the county or city in which the facility is located requiring a license or…
- § 19634 Blind persons who are authorized to operate vending facilities under this article may keep their guide dogs with them on the property while operating the…
- § 19635 Any blind vendor who is dissatisfied with any action arising from the operation or administration of the vending facility program may submit to the department…
- § 19636 The director shall assign adequate personnel to carry out duties related to the administration of this article. In selecting personnel to fill any position…
- § 19637 The director shall provide to each blind vendor access to all relevant financial data, including quarterly and annual financial reports on the operation of the…
- § 19638 (a) The director shall conduct a biennial election by secret ballot of a committee of licensed blind vendors who shall be fully representative of all blind…
- § 19639 (a) The director shall adopt and promulgate necessary rules and regulations, in compliance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of…
- § 19640 (a) The department shall prepare and submit a report to the committee of licensed blind vendors and to any appropriate governmental agencies pursuant to…
- § 19640.5 (a) Commencing with the 1991–92 fiscal year, the State Auditor shall conduct a fiscal audit every third fiscal year, until January 1, 2002, and a programmatic…
- § 19641 The surviving spouse of a blind vendor operating a facility pursuant to this article shall have the right after the death of the blind vendor to operate the…
ARTICLE 6. Blind Vending Operators Annuity Fund §§ 19650–19652 · 3 sections
- § 19650 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to further carry out the purposes of this chapter by relieving blind vending stand operators from…
- § 19651 From commissions collected in those facilities in which there are no blind vending stand operators licensed by the Department of Rehabilitation, the Department…
- § 19652 (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall: (1) Cooperate with or arrange through private carriers for the administration of an annuity plan pursuant to…
CHAPTER 7. Appeals §§ 19700.1–19710 · 8 sections
- § 19700.1 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Appellant” means an applicant or client who has filed an oral or written request…
- § 19703 (a) The provisions of this chapter relative to vocational rehabilitation or independent living services, or both, shall be administered fairly to the end that…
- § 19704 (a) If any applicant for, or client of, the department is dissatisfied with any action of the department relating to his or her application or receipt of…
- § 19705 (a) (1) After consulting with the appellant, the department shall set the time and place of the hearing specified in Section 19704 before an impartial hearing…
- § 19705.1 Training for impartial hearing officers shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following: (a) Information regarding the goals and requirements of…
- § 19708 (a) Information in the appellant’s case record shall, upon request and proper identification, be disclosed to the person or his or her authorized…
- § 19709 (a) The appellant, within six months after receiving notice of the impartial hearing officer’s final decision, may file a petition with the superior court,…
- § 19710 Until January 1, 2014, the adoption and readoption of regulations to modify appeals processes consistent with this part shall be deemed to be an emergency and…
CHAPTER 8. Job Development §§ 19725–19726 · 2 sections
- § 19725 (a) For the purpose of providing self-employment opportunities for clients with severe disabilities of the Department of Rehabilitation who are determined by…
- § 19726 (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall establish by December 31, 2021, subject to appropriation within the Budget Act, a targeted disability employment…
CHAPTER 8.5. Independent Living Rehabilitation Services §§ 19750–19755 · 6 sections
- § 19750 The purpose of this chapter is to establish program standards and authorize procedures utilized for subgranting funds, auditing records, and monitoring the…
- § 19751 The department shall administer the Independent Living Services Program. This program shall provide services to individuals with significant disabilities, in…
- § 19752 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, expenditures shall be limited to providing only those services specified in Section 706 of Title 29 of the United…
- § 19753 Financial need shall be considered in the furnishing or denial of independent living services in accordance with the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and any…
- § 19754 To ensure high quality services and proper and effective expenditure of funds, the department may monitor services provided by, or conduct a fiscal review or…
- § 19755 (a) Pursuant to Sections 19006 and 19016, the department shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) Regulations…
CHAPTER 9. Independent Living Centers §§ 19800–19806 · 7 sections
- § 19800 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that individuals with disabilities comprise a large percentage of California’s total population and that action is…
- § 19801 An independent living center shall: (a) Be a private, nonprofit organization controlled by a board of directors. A majority of the board shall be comprised of…
- § 19802 For the purposes of this chapter, an “individual with a disability” is as defined pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 705 of Title 29…
- § 19803 Services provided to individuals with disabilities shall be tailored to suit the individual needs and shall be available to individuals with all types of…
- § 19804 An independent living center shall not operate in conjunction with or be affiliated with a residential living center.
- § 19805 (a) The Department of Rehabilitation may advance to an independent living center an amount, each month, not in excess of one-twelfth of the annual allocation…
- § 19806 (a) An independent living center shall not be required to provide any matching funds through private contributions as a condition of receiving state funds…