(1) To cooperate with other departments, agencies, public and private institutions, and providers in providing for the vocational rehabilitation and preemployment transition services of persons who have disabilities, in studying the problems involved therein, and in establishing, developing, and providing, in conformity with the purposes of this part, such programs, facilities, and services as may be necessary or desirable;
(2) To enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to provide for the vocational rehabilitation of residents of the states concerned;
(3) To conduct research and compile statistics relating to the vocational rehabilitation of persons who have disabilities;
(4) To prepare a federally required state plan for vocational rehabilitation, as required by the act. The state plan must contain all of the elements required by s. 101 of the act, including an assessment of the needs of persons who have disabilities and how those needs may be most effectively met. The division is authorized to make amendments to the state plan considered necessary to maintain compliance with the act and to implement such changes in order to qualify for and maintain federal funding. After completion of the state plan or making amendments to the state plan, the division must distribute copies of the state plan to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the United States Secretary of Education.
History.—s. 5, ch. 25364, 1949; s. 13, ch. 65-239; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 117, ch. 71-355; s. 305, ch. 77-147; s. 112, ch. 79-164; s. 2, ch. 87-227; s. 8, ch. 94-324; s. 13, ch. 2002-22; s. 3, ch. 2020-85.
Note.—Former ss. 229.29, 229.0103.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities
Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)
413.201 - Designated state agency.
413.202 - Designated administrative unit.
413.205 - Payments not treated as collateral payments.
413.207 - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; quality assurance; performance improvement plan.
413.208 - Service providers; quality assurance; fitness for responsibilities; background screening.
413.209 - Workers’ compensation coverage for program participants.
413.215 - Division’s status in workers’ compensation proceedings.
413.24 - Cooperation with Federal Government.
413.27 - Cooperative agreements with Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
413.271 - Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
413.28 - Appropriations of federal funds.
413.30 - Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services.
413.301 - Preemployment transition services.
413.31 - Benefits not assignable.
413.32 - Retention of title to and disposal of equipment.
413.341 - Applicant and eligible individual records; confidential and privileged.
413.36 - Duties of other agencies and officials regarding this part.
413.371 - Independent living program; establishment and administration.
413.393 - State plan for independent living.
413.395 - Florida Independent Living Council.
413.40 - Powers of division; independent living program.
413.401 - Eligibility for independent living services.
413.4021 - Program participant selection; tax collection enforcement diversion program.
413.405 - Florida Rehabilitation Council.
413.407 - Assistive Technology Advisory Council.
413.41 - Cooperation by division with state agencies.
413.42 - Cooperation with federal agencies.
413.43 - Utilization of state and federal funds.
413.44 - State Treasury depository.
413.445 - Recovery of third-party payments for vocational rehabilitation and related services.
413.4455 - Deposit and appropriation of funds recovered under s. 413.445.
413.615 - Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation.