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MS Code § 37-33-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-15. Administration of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; general powers and duties of Director

 The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation established by Section 37-33-153 shall be administered by a director appointed by the executive director in conformity with policies adopted by the department. The Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation shall devote his or her full time to the administration of vocational rehabilitation. In carrying out his or her duties under the Vocational Rehabilitation Law, the director:   Shall, with the approval of the executive director, make regulations governing the protection of records and confidential information, the manner and form of filing applications, eligibility and investigations and determinations thereof for vocational rehabilitation services, procedures for fair hearings, and such other regulations as are found necessary to carry out the purposes of that law;   Shall, with the approval of the executive director, establish appropriate subordinate administrative units within the office;   Shall, with the approval of the executive director, recommend for appointment such personnel as may be necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the office;   Shall prepare and submit to the state board through the executive director annual reports of activities and expenditures and, before each regular session of the Legislature, shall submit estimates of sums required for carrying out the Vocational Rehabilitation Law and estimates of the amounts to be made available for this purpose from all sources;   Shall, if the executive director so authorizes, make certifications on behalf of the executive director for the disbursement of funds available for vocational rehabilitation;   Shall, with the approval of the executive director and the state board, appoint boards as required by federal law and regulations;   Shall, with the approval of the executive director and the state board, take such other action as he or she deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Law;   May, with the approval of the executive director and the state board, delegate to any officer or employee of the office such of his or her powers and duties, except the making of regulations and the making of recommendations for appointment of personnel, as he or she finds necessary to carry out the purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Law.
MS Code § 37-33-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-17. Acceptance and disposition of gifts and donations; annual report

 The director, with the approval of the executive director and the state board, may accept and use gifts and donations made unconditionally or otherwise for carrying out the purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Law, from either public or private sources. Gifts made under such conditions as in the judgment of the state board are proper and consistent with the provisions of that law may be so accepted and shall be held, invested, reinvested and used in accordance with the conditions of the gift. All monies received as gifts or donations, except conditional gifts requiring other treatments, shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall constitute a permanent fund to be called the "Special Fund for the Vocational Rehabilitation of Individuals with Disabilities" and shall be used by the state board for such purposes. The state board shall make a report annually to the Legislature setting forth the condition of vocational rehabilitation of eligible individuals with disabilities in Mississippi, the expenditures made from state and federal funds in carrying out the provisions of that law or its purpose, and a detailed statement of all gifts and donations offered and accepted, together with the names of donors and the respective amounts prescribed by each and all the disbursementsmade therefrom.
MS Code § 37-33-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-19. Duties of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

 Except as may be otherwise provided by law for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind, the state board, through the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with disabilities determined by the director to be eligible therefor, and in carrying out the purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Law, the office is authorized among other things:   To cooperate with other departments, agencies and institutions, both public and private, in providing for the vocational rehabilitation of eligible individuals with disabilities, in studying the problems involved therein, and in establishing, developing and providing, in conformity with the purposes of that law, such programs, facilities and services as may be necessary or desirable;   To conduct research and compile statistics relating to the vocational rehabilitation of eligible individuals with disabilities;   To prescribe and provide such courses of vocational training as may be necessary for the vocational rehabilitation of eligible individuals with disabilities.
MS Code § 37-33-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-21. Cooperation with federal government

 The state board, through the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, shall cooperate under agreements with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation, and may adopt such methods of administration 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 comply with such conditions as may be necessary to secure the full benefits of those federal statutes and appropriations, administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State of Mississippi, direct the disbursement and administer the use of all funds provided by the federal government or this state for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities of this state and do all things necessary to insure the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
MS Code § 37-33-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-23. Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation; services provided

 Vocational rehabilitation services may be provided to any eligible individuals with disabilities who are present in the state at the time of filing an application therefor and whose vocational rehabilitation, the director determines after full investigation, can be satisfactorily achieved.   Except as otherwise provided by law or as specified in any agreement with the federal government with respect to classes of individuals certified to the state board under that agreement, the following rehabilitation services may be provided to eligible individuals with disabilities found to require vocational rehabilitation services to achieve an employment outcome:   Physical restoration;   Transportation for vocational rehabilitation services to the nature and extent of the services necessary;   Occupational licenses;   Placement equipment, tools, and supplies;   Maintenance;   Training books and materials.
MS Code § 37-33-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-25. Hearings

 Any individual applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation who is aggrieved by any action or inaction of the office shall be entitled, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the state board, to a fair hearing.
MS Code § 37-33-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-27. Maintenance; right not transferable or assignable; exempt from creditors' claims

 The right of eligible individuals with disabilities to maintenance under the Vocational Rehabilitation Law shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity and shall be exempt from the claims of creditors.
MS Code § 37-33-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-29. Misuse of vocational rehabilitation lists and records unlawful; misdemeanor

 It shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program, for eligible individuals with disabilities, and in accordance with regulations, for any person or persons to solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any list of, or names of, or any information concerning persons applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files, or communications of the state or subdivisions or agencies thereof, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties, except in response to summons, subpoena or other order of a court. Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable accordingly.
MS Code § 37-33-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-31. Receipt and disbursement of vocational rehabilitation funds

 The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all funds received by the state from appropriations made by the Congress of the United States or from other sources for the purpose of carrying out any state or federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation. The State Treasurer is authorized to receive and provide for the proper custody of such funds and to establish such special funds and accounts as may be necessary. He shall make disbursements therefrom for vocational rehabilitation purposes upon requisition by the executive director or when so authorized by the director on behalf of the executive director and upon the issuance of warrants thereunder by the State Fiscal Officer.
MS Code § 37-33-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-33. Appropriations

 Budget estimates of the amount of appropriations needed each fiscal year for vocational rehabilitation services and for the administration of said program shall be submitted in such manner as may be provided by law, and sufficient funds for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Law shall be appropriated by the legislature. In the event federal funds are available to the State of Mississippi for vocational rehabilitation purposes, the division of vocational rehabilitation is authorized to comply with such requirements as may be necessary to obtain said federal funds in the maximum amount and most advantageous proportion possible insofar as this may be done without violating other provisions of the state law and constitution. In the event the national congress fails in any year to appropriate funds for grants-in-aid to the state for vocational rehabilitation purposes, the state legislature shall appropriate such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of said law.
MS Code § 37-33-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation Law|§ 37-33-35. Saving clause

 The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of the Vocational Rehabilitation Law at any time, and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by said law or by acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the legislature to amend or repeal said law at any time.
MS Code § 37-33-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-51. Short title

 Sections 37-33-51 through 37-33-75 shall be known as the "Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Law of Mississippi."
MS Code § 37-33-54 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-54. Administration of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Law

 The State Department of Rehabilitation Services, through the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind, shall administer the Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Law as prescribed in Sections 37-33-53 through 37-33-75, Sections 43-3-3 through 43-3-15 and Section 43-3-93. The executive director of the department shall assign to the office such powers and duties deemed appropriate to carry out the lawful functions of this law and any federal law or regulation.
MS Code § 37-33-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-57. Acceptance and disposition of gifts and donations; annual report

 The director, with the approval of the executive director and the state board, may accept and use gifts and donations made unconditionally or otherwise for carrying out the purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Law, from either public or private sources. Gifts made under such conditions as in the judgment of the state board are proper and consistent with the provisions of that law may be so accepted and shall be held, invested, reinvested and used in accordance with the conditions of the gift. All monies received as gifts or donations, except conditional gifts requiring other treatment, shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall constitute a permanent fund to be called the "Special Fund for the Vocational Rehabilitation" of Individuals who are Blind, and to be used by the state board for those purposes. The state board shall report annually to the State Legislature, setting forth the condition of vocational rehabilitation of individuals who are blind in Mississippi, the expenditures made from state and federal funds in carrying out the provisions of that law or its purpose, and a detailed statement of all gifts and donations offered and accepted, together with the names of donors and the respective amounts prescribed by each and all the disbursements made therefrom.
MS Code § 37-33-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-59. Duties of department

 The department shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals who are blind who are determined by the department to be eligible therefor, and in carrying out the purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Law, the department is authorized among other things:   To cooperate with other departments, agencies and institutions, both public and private, in providing for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals who are blind, in studying the problems involved therein, and in establishing, developing and providing, in conformity with the purposes of that law, such programs, facilities and services as may be necessary or desirable;   To conduct research and compile statistics relating to the vocational rehabilitation of individuals who are blind;   To prescribe and provide such courses of vocational training as may be necessary for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals who are blind.
MS Code § 37-33-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-61. Cooperation with federal government

 The department, through the office, shall cooperate, under agreements with the federal government, in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation of individuals who are blind, and is authorized to adopt such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of those agreements or plans for vocational rehabilitation and to comply with such conditions as may be necessary to secure the full benefits of those federal statutes and appropriations, to administer any legislation under those federal statutes and appropriations that is enacted by the State of Mississippi, to direct the disbursement and administer the use of all funds provided by the federal government or this state for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals who are blind in this state, and to do all things necessary to insure the vocational rehabilitation of individuals who are blind.
MS Code § 37-33-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-63. Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation; services provided

  Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided to any individual who is blind, (i) who is a resident of the state at the time of filing his or her application therefor and whose vocational rehabilitation the director determines after full investigation can be satisfactorily achieved, or (ii) who is eligible therefor under the terms of an agreement with another state or with the federal government. Except as otherwise provided by law or as specified in any agreement with the federal government with respect to classes of individuals certified to the agency under that agreement, the following rehabilitation services shall be provided to blind individuals, utilizing available financial resources. These may include state, federal and/or personal funds. The services shall include:   Physical restoration;   Transportation not provided to determine the eligibility of the individual for vocational rehabilitation services and the nature and extent of the services necessary;   Occupational licenses;   Placement equipment, tools and supplies;   Maintenance;   Training books and materials;   Supported employment services, rehabilitation engineering services and independent living services.     No person shall be determined ineligible because of financial status.
MS Code § 37-33-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-65. Hearings

 Any individual applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation services who is aggrieved by any action or inaction of the department shall be entitled, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department, to a fair hearing.
MS Code § 37-33-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-67. Maintenance; right not transferable or assignable; exempt from creditors' claims

 The right of an individual who is blind to maintenance under the Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Law shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity and shall be exempt from the claims of creditors.
MS Code § 37-33-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-69. Misuse of vocational rehabilitation lists and records; misdemeanor

 It shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program for individuals who are blind, and in accordance with regulations, for any person or persons to solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any list of, or names of, or any information concerning persons applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation services, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files, or communications of the state or subdivisions or agencies thereof, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties, except in response to summons, subpoena or other order of a court. Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable accordingly.
MS Code § 37-33-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-71. Receipt and disbursement of vocational rehabilitation funds

 The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all funds received by the state from appropriations made by the Congress of the United States, or from other sources for the purpose of carrying out any state or federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation services for individuals who are blind. The State Treasurer is authorized to receive and provide for the proper custody of those funds, establish such special funds and accounts as may be necessary, and shall make disbursements from those funds and accounts for vocational rehabilitation purposes upon requisition by the executive director and upon the issuance of warrants by the State Fiscal Officer.
MS Code § 37-33-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-73. Appropriations

 Budget estimates of the amount of appropriations needed each fiscal year for vocational rehabilitation services for the blind and for the administration of said program shall be submitted in such manner as may be provided by law, and sufficient funds for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Law shall be appropriated by the Legislature. In the event federal funds are available to the State of Mississippi for vocational rehabilitation purposes, the department is authorized to comply with such requirements as may be necessary to obtain said federal funds in the maximum amount and most advantageous proportion possible insofar as this may be done without violating other provisions of the state law and constitution. In the event the national Congress fails in any year to appropriate funds for grants-in-aid to the state for vocational rehabilitation purposes, the State Legislature shall appropriate such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of said law.
MS Code § 37-33-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind|§ 37-33-75. Saving clause

 The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of the Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Law at any time, and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges or immunities conferred by said law or by acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the legislature to amend or repeal said law at any time.
MS Code § 37-33-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 33 - Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation|Programs of Services for Hearing-Impaired Students|§ 37-33-81. Contracts for implementation and maintenance of programs of services for hearing-impaired students; appropriations

  The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services may enter into contracts with appropriate post-secondary educational institutions in the state for the purpose of implementing and maintaining programs of services for hearing-impaired students.   Those programs shall be funded from funds appropriated to the office by the Legislature or from any other resource identified and accessed by the office. The office shall continue to administer those programs for each year deemed suitable by the office.