California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 10 - STATE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION

PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Duties

Section 19000. - 19000. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 19001. - 19001. There is in the California Health and Human Services...

Section 19002. - 19002. The Department of Rehabilitation is under the control of...

Section 19003. - 19003. The director is appointed by the Governor, subject to...

Section 19004. - 19004. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150),...

Section 19005. - 19005. The department is vested with all necessary powers and...

Section 19005.1. - 19005.1. The Department of Rehabilitation is hereby designated as the...

Section 19005.5. - 19005.5. (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall establish a program...

Section 19006. - 19006. The department may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance...

Section 19007. - 19007. The director may, with the approval of the Director...

Section 19008. - 19008. To the extent resources are available, the department may...

Section 19008.5. - 19008.5. (a) The department is authorized to solicit and accept...

Section 19009. - 19009. No period of residence in this state is required...

Section 19009.5. - 19009.5. No person shall have his or her rehabilitation services...

Section 19010. - 19010. Pursuant to agreements the department shall cooperate with the...

Section 19011. - 19011. The people of the state accept the provisions and...

Section 19012. - 19012. In accepting the provisions and benefits of the act...

Section 19013. - 19013. (a) (1) The department may cooperate with other departments,...

Section 19013.5. - 19013.5. (a) In performing any rehabilitative services or in contracting...

Section 19014. - 19014. The Department of Rehabilitation and the Division of Labor...

Section 19015. - 19015. The department may enter into reciprocal agreements with other...

Section 19016. - 19016. The department may prepare and promulgate regulations and statements...

Section 19017. - 19017. The department may conduct research and compile statistics relating...

Section 19018. - 19018. Financial need shall be considered in the furnishing or...

Section 19020. - 19020. (a) On and after July 1, 1993, the department...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Program Managers

Section 19050. - 19050. There is in the department a program manager for...

Section 19050.5. - 19050.5. The program manager for the blind and visually impaired...

Section 19053. - 19053. The provisions of this chapter shall be effective only...

Section 19054. - 19054. The director shall appoint a Deaf Advisory Committee to...

CHAPTER 2 - Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund

Section 19075. - 19075. The Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund in the State Treasury...

Section 19076. - 19076. The State Treasurer, as required by the federal act...

Section 19077. - 19077. The State Treasurer shall also receive and provide for...

Section 19078. - 19078. Money in the Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund shall be...

Section 19079. - 19079. All money in the Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund is...

Section 19080. - 19080. The State Controller may approve any general plan whereby:...

Section 19090. - 19090. (a) Pursuant to federal law, there is a State...

Section 19091. - 19091. (a) Pursuant to federal law, there is a State...

Section 19092. - 19092. (a) The functions of the State Rehabilitation Council and...

CHAPTER 3 - Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Section 19095. - 19095. (a) (1) There is hereby established in the Department...

Section 19095.5. - 19095.5. (a) The division shall be under the direction of...

Section 19096. - 19096. (a) Commencing July 1, 2003, the division shall be...

Section 19097. - 19097. (a) Subject to the control of the director, all...

Section 19097.5. - 19097.5. The department shall report annually in the fourth quarter...

Section 19098. - 19098. The Director of Rehabilitation shall, on or before July...

Section 19098.5. - 19098.5. The Director of Rehabilitation shall establish the Blind Advisory...

PART 2 - REHABILITATION SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND FACILITIES

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 19100. - 19100. (a) The department shall provide the services defined and...

Section 19101. - 19101. Pursuant to federal law, the department may conduct an...

Section 19102. - 19102. Pursuant to federal law, the department shall establish a...

Section 19103. - 19103. (a) Any individual with a disability, as defined in...

Section 19104. - 19104. (a) Subject to the limitation of Section 19102 and...

Section 19104.5. - 19104.5. (a) For the purpose of ensuring, consistent with federal...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 19150. - 19150. (a) The term “vocational rehabilitation services” means the following...

Section 19151. - 19151. (a) The term “individual with a disability” means any...

Section 19152. - 19152. (a) “Community rehabilitation program” means a program which is...

Section 19153. - 19153. The term, “blind person” means either a person who...

Section 19154. - 19154. Establishment of a community rehabilitation program means the acquisition,...

CHAPTER 3 - Deaf Persons

Section 19200. - 19200. The department is authorized to pay for training and...

CHAPTER 5 - Rehabilitation Facilities

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 19400. - 19400. It is the purpose of this chapter to extend...

Section 19401. - 19401. The department may provide consultive services to organizations in...

Section 19402. - 19402. The department may contract with qualified persons or firms...

Section 19403. - 19403. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage...

Section 19404. - 19404. Any state agency, city or county, political subdivision, or...

ARTICLE 2 - Transportation and Assistive Technology Loan Guarantees

Section 19460. - 19460. (a) There is in the State Treasury a permanent...

Section 19461. - 19461. As used in this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 19462. - 19462. The department shall serve as a state loan guarantee...

Section 19463. - 19463. State guaranteed loans made pursuant to this article shall...

Section 19464. - 19464. The total amount of all outstanding debts, obligations, and...

Section 19465. - 19465. In the event that the amount of loans applied...

Section 19466. - 19466. The State Treasurer shall invest, pursuant to statute, any...

Section 19467. - 19467. The funds in the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund...

Section 19468. - 19468. The department shall encourage private eligible lenders to participate...

Section 19469. - 19469. No loan in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)...

Section 19470. - 19470. The department shall adopt regulations not inconsistent with this...

Section 19471. - 19471. (a) The department may apply for a federal grant...

CHAPTER 6 - Blind Persons

ARTICLE 1 - Orientation Centers

Section 19500. - 19500. The department may establish orientation centers for the blind...

Section 19501. - 19501. Each orientation center established under Sections 19500 to 19506,...

Section 19502. - 19502. Orientation centers shall provide for short periods of intensive...

Section 19503. - 19503. The Director of Rehabilitation shall appoint an administrator for...

Section 19504. - 19504. The staff of an orientation center shall be composed...

Section 19505. - 19505. Each orientation center shall be operated as a unit...

Section 19506. - 19506. The department may: (a) Make rules for the government...

Section 19507. - 19507. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the department,...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Services for Persons with Vision Loss

Section 19510. - 19510. (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall establish a grant...

ARTICLE 2 - Field Orientation Services for the Blind

Section 19525. - 19525. The department may appoint counselor-teachers to provide individual guidance...

Section 19526. - 19526. (a) Whenever a blind person who has the proper...

ARTICLE 5 - Business Enterprises for the Blind

Section 19625. - 19625. For the purpose of providing blind persons with remunerative...

Section 19625.5. - 19625.5. The department shall support and encourage all participants in...

Section 19626. - 19626. A “vending facility” is a location which may sell,...

Section 19626.5. - 19626.5. (a) The department shall develop and promulgate regulations regarding...

Section 19627. - 19627. (a) In order to implement the priority declared in...

Section 19628. - 19628. The governing board of any county, city, city and...

Section 19629. - 19629. (a) The department shall provide that, if any funds...

Section 19630. - 19630. (a) After July 1, 1978, all vending machine income...

Section 19630.5. - 19630.5. (a) The Blind Vendor Revolving Loan Fund is hereby...

Section 19631. - 19631. The department shall not cause or permit the establishment...

Section 19632. - 19632. (a) Licenses shall be issued only to applicants who...

Section 19633. - 19633. The vendor of each vending facility is subject to...

Section 19634. - 19634. Blind persons who are authorized to operate vending facilities...

Section 19635. - 19635. Any blind vendor who is dissatisfied with any action...

Section 19636. - 19636. The director shall assign adequate personnel to carry out...

Section 19637. - 19637. The director shall provide to each blind vendor access...

Section 19638. - 19638. (a) The director shall conduct a biennial election by...

Section 19639. - 19639. (a) The director shall adopt and promulgate necessary rules...

Section 19640. - 19640. (a) The department shall prepare and submit a report...

Section 19640.5. - 19640.5. (a) Commencing with the 1991–92 fiscal year, the State...

Section 19641. - 19641. The surviving spouse of a blind vendor operating a...

ARTICLE 6 - Blind Vending Operators Annuity Fund

Section 19650. - 19650. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 19651. - 19651. From commissions collected in those facilities in which there...

Section 19652. - 19652. (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall: (1) Cooperate with...

CHAPTER 7 - Appeals

Section 19700.1. - 19700.1. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 19703. - 19703. (a) The provisions of this chapter relative to vocational...

Section 19704. - 19704. (a) If any applicant for, or client of, the...

Section 19705. - 19705. (a) (1) After consulting with the appellant, the department...

Section 19705.1. - 19705.1. Training for impartial hearing officers shall include, but not...

Section 19708. - 19708. (a) Information in the appellant’s case record shall, upon...

Section 19709. - 19709. (a) The appellant, within six months after receiving notice...

Section 19710. - 19710. Until January 1, 2014, the adoption and readoption of...

CHAPTER 8 - Job Development

Section 19725. - 19725. (a) For the purpose of providing self-employment opportunities for...

Section 19726. - 19726. (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall establish by December...

CHAPTER 8.5 - Independent Living Rehabilitation Services

Section 19750. - 19750. The purpose of this chapter is to establish program...

Section 19751. - 19751. The department shall administer the Independent Living Services Program....

Section 19752. - 19752. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, expenditures shall be...

Section 19753. - 19753. Financial need shall be considered in the furnishing or...

Section 19754. - 19754. To ensure high quality services and proper and effective...

Section 19755. - 19755. (a) Pursuant to Sections 19006 and 19016, the department...

CHAPTER 9 - Independent Living Centers

Section 19800. - 19800. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that individuals with...

Section 19801. - 19801. An independent living center shall: (a) Be a private,...

Section 19802. - 19802. For the purposes of this chapter, an “individual with...

Section 19803. - 19803. Services provided to individuals with disabilities shall be tailored...

Section 19804. - 19804. An independent living center shall not operate in conjunction...

Section 19805. - 19805. (a) The Department of Rehabilitation may advance to an...

Section 19806. - 19806. (a) An independent living center shall not be required...