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AL Code § 21-2-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 2 - Workshops, Home Industries, etc., for Blind, Deaf and Other Handicapped Persons.|Section 21-2-2 - Purchasing Reference for Products or Services Provided by Certain Individuals With Disabilities.

Section 21-2-2Purchasing reference for products or services provided by certain individuals with disabilities. Whenever any of the products or services made, provided, or manufactured by individuals with disabilities under the direction or supervision of the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind meet the requirements of any department, institution, or agency supported in whole or in part by the state as to quality and quantity, such products or services shall have preference, except over articles produced or manufactured by convicts in Alabama employed in industries operated or supervised by the Department of Corrections, and all departments, institutions, and agencies supported in whole or in part by the state are directed to purchase the products or services from the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf. All political subdivisions of the state are authorized to purchase articles or services made, provided, or manufactured by individuals with disabilities through the department in the same manner that the state and its agencies and institutions purchase them. A fair market price for all articles offered for sale pursuant to this chapter shall be determined by the board created in Section 21-2-3. The board shall also ensure services approved do not adversely impact services provided under the Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936, 20 U.S.C. 107 et seq., a vendor program for the hiring of individuals who are blind for the operation of vending facilities on state and federal property, as administered by the Department of Rehabilitation Services. (Acts 1955, No. 542, p. 1197, §2; Acts 1969, No. 427, p. 831, §2; Act 2016-419, §1.)
AL Code § 21-2-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 2 - Workshops, Home Industries, etc., for Blind, Deaf and Other Handicapped Persons.|Section 21-2-3 - Board to Fix Price of Products Offered for Sale, etc.; Evasion of Article.

Section 21-2-3Board to fix price of products offered for sale, etc.; evasion of article. The Director of Finance, the Attorney General, and the president of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind are hereby constituted a board to fix a fair market price for all articles offered for sale under authority of this chapter, to determine whether or not articles produced by blind, visually handicapped, deaf, or other severely handicapped persons meet the reasonable requirements of state departments, agencies, and institutions and to authorize state departments, agencies, and institutions to purchase articles elsewhere when requisitions cannot be complied with through the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf. No department, institution, or agency shall be allowed to evade the intent and meaning of this chapter by slight variations from standards adopted by the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind when the articles produced or manufactured by it, in accordance with its standards, are reasonably adapted to the actual needs of such departments, institutions, agencies, or political subdivisions. (Acts 1955, No. 542, p. 1197, §3; Acts 1969, No. 427, p. 831, §3.)
AL Code § 21-2-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 2 - Workshops, Home Industries, etc., for Blind, Deaf and Other Handicapped Persons.|Section 21-2-4 - Effect of Violations of Section 21-2-3.

Section 21-2-4Effect of violations of Section 21-2-3. No voucher, certificate, or warrant issued by any state department, institution, or agency shall be questioned by the State Comptroller or by the State Treasurer on the grounds that Section 21-2-3 has not been complied with by such department, institution, or agency; but if intentional violation of Section 21-2-3 by any department, institution, or agency continues, after notice from the Governor to desist, it shall constitute a malfeasance in office and shall subject the officer or officers or agents responsible for this violation to suspension or removal from office as may be provided by law in other cases of malfeasance. (Acts 1955, No. 542, p. 1197, §4.)
AL Code § 21-3-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children.|Section 21-3-1 - Administration of Chapter; Acceptance and Expenditure of Donations, etc.; Agreements With Public and Private Clinics and Agencies.

Section 21-3-1Administration of chapter; acceptance and expenditure of donations, etc.; agreements with public and private clinics and agencies. This chapter, together with funds made available through that section or those sections of the federal Social Security Act which relates to crippled children shall be administered by the Board of Rehabilitation Services through the Department of Rehabilitation Services Children’s Rehabilitation Service program and shall be used in the further development of the state's program of physical restoration of crippled children or children having any congenital or acquired malformations or disabilities. The department is hereby authorized to accept donations, gifts, and bequests and to expend the same on approval of the Board of Rehabilitation Services for purposes approved under regulations of the Board of Rehabilitation Services. In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the State Board of Education is further authorized, through the Department of Rehabilitation Services Children’s Rehabilitation Service program, to enter into agreements with public and private clinics and agencies. (Acts 1935, No. 398, p. 870; Code 1940, T. 49, §102; Acts 1949, No. 186, p. 218, §2.)
AL Code § 21-3-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children.|Section 21-3-2 - Use of Funds Appropriated for Physical Restoration of Crippled Children.

Section 21-3-2Use of funds appropriated for physical restoration of crippled children. Any and all funds appropriated for physical restoration of crippled children may be used for the purpose of enabling the State Board of Education to comply with the federal Social Security Act and to continue to extend and improve the services for locating crippled children or children having any congenital or acquired malformations or disabilities and for providing medical, surgical, plastic, orthopedic, or other corrective services, care and treatment, and facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization, and aftercare for children suffering from disabilities from congenital or acquired malformations or from conditions which lead to disabilities, including eye defects, epilepsy, hearing defects, speech defects, or other congenital or acquired malformations that may be corrected. (Acts 1935, No. 398, p. 870; Code 1940, T. 49, §101; Acts 1949, No. 186, p. 218, §1.)
AL Code § 21-3-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children.|Section 21-3-3 - Disbursement of Funds.

Section 21-3-3Disbursement of funds. All state and federal funds made available for carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the treasurer on warrants drawn therefor by the Comptroller, on requisition of the Superintendent of Education. (Acts 1939, No. 367, p. 486; Code 1940, T. 49, §103.)
AL Code § 21-3-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children.|Section 21-3-4 - Compilation of Lists of Children Having Malformations.

Section 21-3-4Compilation of lists of children having malformations. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §1.)
AL Code § 21-3-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children.|Section 21-3-5 - Physical Examination of Children Having Malformations or Disabilities - Required.

Section 21-3-5Physical examination of children having malformations or disabilities - Required. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §2.)
AL Code § 21-3-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children.|Section 21-3-6 - Physical Examination of Children Having Malformations or Disabilities - Report of Findings.

Section 21-3-6Physical examination of children having malformations or disabilities - Report of findings. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §3.)
AL Code § 21-3-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children.|Section 21-3-7 - Physical Examination of Children Having Malformations or Disabilities - Information to Be Given Parents.

Section 21-3-7Physical examination of children having malformations or disabilities - Information to be given parents. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §4.)
AL Code § 21-3-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children.|Section 21-3-8 - Forms for Reporting Malformations and Disabilities; Disposition of Reports.

Section 21-3-8Forms for reporting malformations and disabilities; disposition of reports. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §5.)
AL Code § 21-3A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.|Section 21-3A-1 - Short Title.

Section 21-3A-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §1.)
AL Code § 21-3A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.|Section 21-3A-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 21-3A-2Legislative intent. The Legislature finds that there is an urgent and substantial need to develop and implement a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system of early intervention services for all eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §2.)
AL Code § 21-3A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.|Section 21-3A-5 - Early Intervention Services.

Section 21-3A-5Early intervention services. To the extent required by and consistent with Part H of Public Law 99-457 as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive), and its implementing regulations, a statewide system of coordinated comprehensive, multidisciplinary, interagency services providing appropriate early intervention services to all eligible infants and toddlers and their families shall include the required minimum components under federal law. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §5.)
AL Code § 21-3A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.|Section 21-3A-6 - Duties of Local Coordinating Council.

Section 21-3A-6Duties of local coordinating council. The statewide system shall be implemented at the local level through local coordinating councils. The local coordinating council shall focus on the development of a formal, working team or agency involving parental and other representatives who regularly meet to perform each of the following duties: (1) Develop a common information base. (2) Eliminate unnecessary duplication of services. (3) Develop a local plan. (4) Coordinate local or regional early intervention services. (5) Identify gaps in service. (6) Collaborate on utilization of resources. (7) Facilitate delivery of service to all eligible infants, toddlers, and their families. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §6.)
AL Code § 21-3A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.|Section 21-3A-7 - Duties of Lead Agency.

Section 21-3A-7Duties of lead agency. (a) The lead agency shall be responsible for the general administration, supervision, and monitoring of programs and activities within the early intervention system, including coordination of all available financial resources within the state from federal, state, local, and private sources, and other responsibilities as detailed in federal law. (b) All providers of early intervention services shall be responsible for meeting all policies, procedures, and standards adopted by the state in providing early intervention services to eligible infants, toddlers, and their families. All participating agencies shall cooperate with the lead agency in meeting these responsibilities. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §7.)
AL Code § 21-3A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.|Section 21-3A-8 - Evaluations; Assessments.

Section 21-3A-8Evaluations; assessments. (a) Upon full implementation of the early intervention system, eligible infants and toddlers, and their families shall receive each of the following: (1) A comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation and assessment of the needs of the infant and toddler and the resources, priorities, and concerns of the family, and the identification of services to meet these needs. (2) An explanation of the evaluation and assessment and all service options in the native language of the family and other accommodations as may be necessary to assure meaningful involvement in the planning and implementation of all services provided under this chapter. The explanation shall accommodate for cultural differences. (3) A written individualized family service plan developed according to the recommendations of a multidisciplinary team with the parents as fully participating members of the team. (4) The services outlined in the individual family service plan which, at a minimum, shall include service coordination. (5) Procedural safeguards outlined in the regulations. (b) The individualized family service plan shall serve as the singular comprehensive service plan for all agencies and service providers involved in providing early intervention services to the eligible infant or toddler and the family. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §8.)
AL Code § 21-3A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.|Section 21-3A-9 - Use of Funds Appropriated for Early Intervention Services.

Section 21-3A-9Use of funds appropriated for early intervention services. Any federal funds made available to the state through Part H of Public Law 99-457, as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive), and any additional state funds appropriated for early intervention services shall not be used to satisfy a financial commitment for services that would otherwise have been paid for from another public or private source but for the enactment of Part H of Public Law 99-457, as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive). Funds under this part shall only be used for early intervention services that an eligible child needs but is not currently entitled to under any other federal, state, local, or private source. All public agencies named in this chapter shall comply with Part H of Public Law 99-457, as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive), and its implementing regulations. The public agencies shall participate in the funding of the early intervention system as detailed in each agency's agreement with the lead agency. The lead agency shall present an annual budget request to the Legislature that is developed in conjunction with and through coordination with the named public agencies. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §9.)
AL Code § 21-3A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.|Section 21-3A-10 - Furthering Purpose and Policy.

Section 21-3A-10Furthering purpose and policy. This chapter shall be interpreted to be consistent with and further the purpose and policy of Part H of Public Law 99-457, as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive), its implementing regulations, and any subsequent amendments to the law and its implementing regulations. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §10.)
AL Code § 21-5-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-1 - Created; Duties Generally; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.

Section 21-5-1Created; duties generally; promulgation of rules and regulations. There is hereby created the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, by which name this chapter shall be known, for the purpose of carrying on a continuing program to promote the employment of the physically, mentally, emotionally, and otherwise handicapped citizens of Alabama. Such committee shall work in close cooperation with both state and federal agencies having responsibility for the rehabilitation and employment of the handicapped and shall be charged with the duty of creating state-wide interest in and more effectively carrying out the purpose of such agencies. Such committee shall be authorized to make necessary rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, for promoting its purposes. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §1.)
AL Code § 21-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-2 - Designation of "Employ the Handicapped Week"; Promotion of Ceremonies.

Section 21-5-2Designation of "Employ the Handicapped Week"; promotion of ceremonies. The Governor shall designate the first full week in October of each year as "Employ the Handicapped Week." The committee shall promote and encourage the holding of appropriate ceremonies throughout the state during said week, the purpose of which ceremonies shall be to enlist public support for and interest in the employment of the handicapped. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §2.)
AL Code § 21-5-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-3 - Committee to Be Nonpartisan and Nonprofit.

Section 21-5-3Committee to be nonpartisan and nonprofit. The Governor's committee shall be nonpartisan, nonprofit, and shall not engage in the dissemination of partisan principles. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §3.)
AL Code § 21-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-4 - Composition; Appointment and Compensation of Members.

Section 21-5-4Composition; appointment and compensation of members. There shall be no limit as to the number of members on the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure. The committee shall be composed of state leaders of industry, business, agriculture, labor, veterans, women, religious, educational, civic, fraternal, welfare, scientific and medical, and other professions, groups, or individuals who shall be appointed by the Governor. Such members shall not receive compensation or expenses for services rendered. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §4.)
AL Code § 21-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-5 - Chairman; Secretary-Treasurer; Executive Committee; Meetings.

Section 21-5-5Chairman; secretary-treasurer; executive committee; meetings. The chairman of the committee shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The committee shall elect from its membership a secretary-treasurer and certain of its members to serve as an executive committee. Subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the full committee, the administrative powers and duties of the committee shall be vested in the executive committee. The full committee shall meet annually, but at the request of the chairman or executive committee special meetings may be called. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §5.)
AL Code § 21-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-6 - Advisory Council.

Section 21-5-6Advisory council. The Governor shall request heads of state agencies and invite heads of federal agencies having direct interest in a program for the handicapped to serve as members of an advisory council to the committee. The advisory council shall annually elect a chairman who shall serve as the vice-chairman of the Governor's committee. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §6.)
AL Code § 21-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-7 - Employment of Handicapped Liaison Group.

Section 21-5-7Employment of handicapped liaison group. An employment of the handicapped liaison group shall be established to consist of the chairman of the Governor's Committee, the chairman of the advisory council, and the executive secretary in order to maintain coordination of the program under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §7.)
AL Code § 21-5-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-8 - Executive Secretary and Other Personnel; Payment of Salaries and Expenses.

Section 21-5-8Executive secretary and other personnel; payment of salaries and expenses. An executive secretary, and such other personnel as recommended by the executive committee shall be appointed by the State Superintendent of Education in the same manner as other state employees, subject to the provisions of the State Merit System. The salaries of the executive secretary and office personnel, the cost of materials, supplies, travel, awards, citations, and other expenses as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of promoting a program for the rehabilitation and employment of the handicapped in this state shall be paid from the funds provided for in Section 21-5-9, and funds appropriated by the Legislature and such federal money as may accrue through matching funds. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §8.)
AL Code § 21-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.|Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.|Section 21-5-9 - Trust Fund.

Section 21-5-9Trust fund. The committee is authorized to establish a trust fund and to accept gifts, contributions, donations, or bequests, but not excluding any other source of revenue, for the purpose of promoting the rehabilitation and employment of the handicapped citizens of this state. Such moneys shall be deposited in the trust fund and administered and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions as other moneys which may be appropriated for this purpose. Any balance of these moneys shall not lapse at any time, but shall be continuously available for expenditures consistent with the purpose of this chapter. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §9.)