37-33-131 - Powers of Director of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation as to grants for community rehabilitation programs; promulgation of rules and regulations. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-33-131. Powers of Director of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation as to grants for community rehabilitation programs; promulgation of rules and regulations.
 

(1)  The Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, on behalf of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, may make grants to assist cities, counties, nonprofit corporations and state-supported institutions, or any combination thereof in the establishment, operation and expansion of community rehabilitation programs. The director may accept federal grants or aids on behalf of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services and shall cooperate with federal agencies in any reasonable manner necessary to qualify for those federal grants or aids for community rehabilitation programs. 

(2)  At the beginning of each fiscal year, the director shall allocate funds, as available for this program, to community rehabilitation programs for disbursement during the fiscal year in accordance with their approved plans or budgets. The director shall from time to time during the fiscal year review the budgets and expenditures of the various programs. 

(3)  The Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, with the approval of the Executive Director of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations in regard to the following matters: 

(a) State certification of all community rehabilitation programs; 

(b) Eligibility of community rehabilitation programs to receive state grants or be designated as a qualified provider of community rehabilitation program services; 

(c) Standards for qualification of personnel, salary schedule, quality of professional service, in-service training and educational leave programs for personnel; 

(d) Regulatory fees for consultation services; 

(e) Standards as to types and kinds of severely disabled individuals eligible for those services; and 

(f) Such other rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 37-33-121 through 37-33-131. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1975, ch. 509, § 6; Laws, 1983, ch. 521, § 19; Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 81; Laws, 1990, ch. 522, § 12; Laws, 1991, ch. 608, § 15, eff from and after July 1, 1991, (became law without the Governor's signature); Laws, 2002, ch. 463, § 37, eff from and after July 1, 2002.