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FL Stat § 413.081 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part I - Blind Services Program (Ss. 413.011-413.092)|413.081 - Interference with or injury to a service animal; penalties; restitution.

413.081 Interference with or injury to a service animal; penalties; restitution.—(1) A person who, with reckless disregard, interferes with, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to interfere with, the use of a service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the service animal or its user commits a misdemeanor of the second degree for the first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree for each subsequent offense, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(2) A person who, with reckless disregard, injures or kills, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to injure or kill, a service animal commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(3) A person who intentionally injures or kills, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to injure or kill, a service animal commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.(4)(a) A person who is convicted of a violation of this section, in addition to any other penalty, must make full restitution for all damages that arise out of or are related to the offense, including incidental and consequential damages incurred by the service animal’s user.(b) Restitution includes the value of the service animal; replacement and training or retraining expenses for the service animal and the user; veterinary and other medical and boarding expenses for the service animal; medical expenses for the user; and lost wages or income incurred by the user during any period that the user is without the services of the service animal.History.—s. 2, ch. 2002-176; s. 2, ch. 2005-63.
FL Stat § 413.082 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part I - Blind Services Program (Ss. 413.011-413.092)|413.082 - Groups to recommend policies to improve access for individuals with disabilities.

413.082 Groups to recommend policies to improve access for individuals with disabilities.—The Florida Americans with Disabilities Act Working Group and the Commission on Human Relations, jointly, are directed to provide to the Executive Office of the Governor recommendations that identify specific policies that the state can implement to ensure the effectiveness of this act and improve access for individuals with disabilities who are accompanied by service animals.History.—s. 3, ch. 2005-63.
FL Stat § 413.091 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part I - Blind Services Program (Ss. 413.011-413.092)|413.091 - Identification cards.

413.091 Identification cards.—(1) The Division of Blind Services of the Department of Education shall issue identification cards to persons known to be blind or partially sighted, upon the written request of such individual.(2) The individual shall submit proof of blindness as specified by the division.(3) The division is responsible for design and content of the identification card and shall develop and adopt rules, regulations, and procedures relating to the eligibility and application for, and issuance and control of, these identification cards.History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 71-265; s. 301, ch. 77-147; s. 20, ch. 77-259; s. 14, ch. 95-327; s. 29, ch. 2002-22; s. 11, ch. 2004-331.
FL Stat § 413.092 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part I - Blind Services Program (Ss. 413.011-413.092)|413.092 - Blind Babies Program.

413.092 Blind Babies Program.—(1) The Blind Babies Program is created within the Division of Blind Services of the Department of Education to provide community-based early-intervention education to children from birth through 5 years of age who are blind or visually impaired, and to their parents, families, and caregivers, through community-based provider organizations. The division shall enlist parents, ophthalmologists, pediatricians, schools, the Early Steps Program, and therapists to help identify and enroll blind and visually impaired children, as well as their parents, families, and caregivers, in these educational programs.(2) The program is not an entitlement but shall promote early development with a special emphasis on vision skills to minimize developmental delays. The education shall lay the groundwork for future learning by helping a child progress through normal developmental stages. It shall teach children to discover and make the best use of their skills for future success in school. It shall seek to ensure that visually impaired and blind children enter school as ready to learn as their sighted classmates. The program shall seek to link these children, and their parents, families, and caregivers, to other available services, training, education, and employment programs that could assist these families in the future. This linkage may include referrals to the school districts and the Early Steps Program for assessments to identify any additional services needed which are not provided by the Blind Babies Program. The division shall develop a formula for eligibility based on financial means and may create a means-based matrix to set a copayment fee for families having sufficient financial means.(3) The division shall establish outcomes for this program, which shall include, but are not limited to, outcomes relating to the children’s age-appropriate developmental stages; knowledge of assistive technology; proficiency at daily living; ability to participate in pre-school and school; participation in their communities; and ability to be literate. The division shall develop criteria to be used in identifying and contracting with community-based provider organizations. All services offered through the Blind Babies Program shall be provided by community-based provider organizations. The division shall require any community-based provider organization delivering services under this program to develop performance measures related to those services and report to the division on the progress in achieving those measures.History.—s. 2, ch. 2000-359; s. 30, ch. 2002-22; s. 22, ch. 2016-238.
FL Stat § 413.201 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|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.

413.201 Designated state agency.—Effective on the effective date of this act, for the purposes of effecting compliance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Department of Education is designated the official state agency.History.—s. 7, ch. 2002-22.
FL Stat § 413.202 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.202 - Designated administrative unit.

413.202 Designated administrative unit.—Effective on the effective date of this act, for the purposes of effecting compliance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is designated as the administrative unit.History.—s. 8, ch. 2002-22.
FL Stat § 413.203 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.203 - Conflict of laws.

413.203 Conflict of laws.—It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this part not conflict with any federal statute or implementing regulation governing federal grant-in-aid programs administered by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Wherever such a conflict is asserted by the applicable agency of the Federal Government, the Department of Education shall submit to the United States Department of Education, or other applicable federal agency, a request for a favorable policy interpretation of the conflicting portions.History.—s. 9, ch. 2002-22.
FL Stat § 413.205 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.205 - Payments not treated as collateral payments.

413.205 Payments not treated as collateral payments.—Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, payments made under programs covered by this part are neither collateral payments nor collateral sources within the meaning of chapter 86-160, Laws of Florida, or chapter 88-1, Laws of Florida.History.—s. 50, ch. 88-277; s. 5, ch. 94-324.
FL Stat § 413.209 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.209 - Workers’ compensation coverage for program participants.

413.209 Workers’ compensation coverage for program participants.—A participant in an adult or youth work experience activity administered under this part shall be deemed an employee of the state for purposes of workers’ compensation coverage.History.—s. 2, ch. 2018-72.
FL Stat § 413.215 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.215 - Division’s status in workers’ compensation proceedings.

413.215 Division’s status in workers’ compensation proceedings.—Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the division retains all rights and remedies granted under s. 413.445 as against moneys paid under chapter 440.History.—s. 6, ch. 94-324.
FL Stat § 413.22 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.22 - Division rules.

413.22 Division rules.—The division shall prepare rules as it finds necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.History.—s. 4, ch. 25364, 1949; s. 13, ch. 65-239; s. 2, ch. 67-438; s. 159, ch. 71-377; s. 304, ch. 77-147; s. 34, ch. 83-216; s. 1, ch. 87-227; s. 1, ch. 91-269; s. 7, ch. 94-324.Note.—Former ss. 229.28, 229.0102.
FL Stat § 413.23 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.23 - Administration.

413.23 Administration.—The division shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to persons who have disabilities determined to be eligible therefor and preemployment transition services to persons potentially eligible for such services and, in carrying out the purposes of this part, is authorized, among other things:(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.
FL Stat § 413.24 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.24 - Cooperation with Federal Government.

413.24 Cooperation with Federal Government.—The division is authorized to adopt such methods of administration not in conflict with the laws of this state as are found by the Federal Government to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such agreements or plans for vocational rehabilitation and to comply with such conditions as may be necessary to secure the full benefits of federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation.History.—s. 6, ch. 25364, 1949; s. 13, ch. 65-239; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 306, ch. 77-147; s. 3, ch. 87-227; s. 9, ch. 94-324.Note.—Former ss. 229.30, 229.0104.
FL Stat § 413.26 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.26 - Cooperative agreements with other governmental agencies relative to joint use of services and facilities.

413.26 Cooperative agreements with other governmental agencies relative to joint use of services and facilities.—(1)(a) The division is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with any state agency or institution, county, county agency or institution, municipality, or municipal agency or institution for the purpose of enabling the division and cooperating governing bodies, agencies, and institutions to jointly use their services and facilities to enlarge and improve the opportunities for persons who have disabilities to achieve self-support or self-care.(b) For such an agreement to be valid, it must be entered into by the governing bodies, agencies, or institutions involved and approved by the administrative officers or by the boards governing the counties, municipalities, agencies, or institutions. Such agreements shall provide only for those services by each political subdivision, agency, or institution which the political subdivision, agency, or institution is authorized by law to provide, provided that any political subdivision, agency, or institution shall be permitted to withdraw and terminate its part of an agreement at the end of any fiscal year by giving the other political subdivision, agency, or institution involved 30 days’ notice.(2) In order to effectuate the provisions of this section, the Executive Office of the Governor is authorized and empowered within its discretion, when it finds it to be in the public interest to do so, to permit two or more agencies, institutions, or county or city governments, pursuant to their mutual, unanimous request, to pool funds or to transfer funds to the account of the division in order to carry out plans for rehabilitation which are lawful and which give promise of better achieving the rehabilitation of persons who have disabilities than would result through the separate efforts of the participants in the agreement. Funds pooled or transferred under this section may be made available for expenditures for rehabilitation by the agency designated in the agreement to disburse such funds. Funds expended pursuant to agreements authorized under this section may be utilized for the purpose of matching funds available under the terms of federal laws pertaining to the rehabilitation of persons who have disabilities.(3) A copy of each agreement made pursuant to this section shall be filed with the Department of State within a period of 30 days following the consummation of such agreement.History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 63-246; s. 13, ch. 65-239; ss. 2, 3, ch. 67-371; ss. 10, 19, 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 69-344; s. 307, ch. 77-147; s. 137, ch. 79-190; s. 4, ch. 87-227; s. 10, ch. 94-324.Note.—Former ss. 229.302, 229.0106.
FL Stat § 413.27 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.27 - Cooperative agreements with Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.

413.27 Cooperative agreements with Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.—(1) The division is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind for the purpose of enabling said agencies to utilize jointly their services and facilities to enlarge and improve the opportunities for the deaf and blind individuals to achieve self-support or self-care.(2)(a) For such an agreement to be valid, it must be entered into mutually by such agencies and must be approved by the administrative officers or by the boards governing same. The agreement may provide for those services which each agency or institution is authorized by law to furnish; provided that such agreement may establish a vocational rehabilitation facility for the deaf at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind which facility may accept as clients any deaf adult otherwise qualified for admission. Either agency may withdraw and terminate its part of such agreement at the end of any fiscal year by giving the other agency involved 30 days’ notice.(b) The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind is authorized to use funds now in its budget for matching those of the division, in furtherance of such agreement. Said school may employ such additional personnel as may be necessary to implement such agreement.(3) In order to effectuate the provisions of this section, the Executive Office of the Governor shall, upon the conclusion of any such agreement, pool portions of the funds of said agencies as indicated in such agreement. Funds pooled or transferred under this section may be made available for expenditures for rehabilitation by the agency designated in the agreement to disburse such funds and may be used to compensate additional personnel employed under paragraph (2)(b). Funds expended pursuant to any agreement authorized under this section may be utilized to match funds available under the terms of federal laws pertaining to the rehabilitation of the deaf.(4) A copy of any such agreement, when and if concluded pursuant hereto, shall be filed with the Department of State within a period of 30 days following the consummation of such agreement.History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 63-389; s. 13, ch. 65-239; ss. 2, 3, ch. 67-371; ss. 10, 15, 19, 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 308, ch. 77-147; s. 138, ch. 79-190; s. 5, ch. 87-227; s. 11, ch. 94-324.Note.—Former ss. 229.303, 229.0107.
FL Stat § 413.273 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.273 - Per diem, travel expenses, personal care attendants, and interpreters for council members; conflicts of interest; removal.

413.273 Per diem, travel expenses, personal care attendants, and interpreters for council members; conflicts of interest; removal.—(1) Members of any council established under this part are entitled to per diem and travel expenses for required attendance at council meetings in accordance with the provisions of s. 112.061. Reasonable expenses for personal care attendants and interpreters needed by members during required attendance at council meetings shall be reimbursed. No member shall receive any compensation for performance of duties specified in, or arising out of, her or his duties as a council member under this part except as otherwise specified in this part.(2) No member of any council established under this part shall cast a vote on any matter that would provide direct financial benefit to the member or create a conflict of interest under state law.(3) Members of any council established under this part may be removed from office by the appointing authority for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incompetence, or permanent inability to perform official duties or for pleading nolo contendere to, or being found guilty of, a crime. Malfeasance shall include, but is not limited to, violation of any specific prohibitions within this part.History.—s. 12, ch. 94-324; s. 59, ch. 97-103.
FL Stat § 413.28 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.28 - Appropriations of federal funds.

413.28 Appropriations of federal funds.—In the event federal funds are available to the state for vocational rehabilitation purposes, the division is authorized to comply with such requirements as may be necessary to obtain said federal funds in the most advantageous proportions possible insofar as this may be done without violating other provisions of the state law and Constitution.History.—s. 7, ch. 25364, 1949; s. 25, ch. 29764, 1955; s. 13, ch. 65-239; ss. 2, 3, ch. 67-371; ss. 19, 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 160, ch. 71-377; s. 1, ch. 73-305; s. 309, ch. 77-147; s. 6, ch. 87-227; s. 14, ch. 94-324.Note.—Former ss. 229.31, 229.0108.
FL Stat § 413.29 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 413 - Employment and Related Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part II - General Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Ss. 413.20-413.74)|413.29 - Gifts.

413.29 Gifts.—The division is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and use gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for carrying out the purposes of this part. Gifts made under such conditions as in the judgment of the division are proper and consistent with the provisions of this part and the laws of the United States and the laws of this state may be so accepted and shall be held, invested, reinvested, and used in accordance with the condition of the gift.History.—s. 8, ch. 25364, 1949; s. 13, ch. 65-239; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 310, ch. 77-147; s. 113, ch. 79-164; s. 7, ch. 87-227; s. 15, ch. 94-324.Note.—Former ss. 229.32, 229.0109.