Section 21-6-1 Authorized; contracts with state agencies and private organizations. The Children’s Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Rehabilitation Services is authorized to establish a rehabilitation program for the homebound to provide medical and attendant care and adjustment aids to those handicapped persons who meet certain requirements stated in this chapter. The Children’s Rehabilitation Services […]
Section 21-6-2 Services available to eligible persons. Services that may be provided eligible persons, if not available from other sources, include: (1) Medical care; (2) Adjustment training; (3) Attendant care; (4) Prosthetic appliances; (5) Home health care by health care teams; (6) Home modification; provided, that no more than $1,000.00 shall be expended on any […]
Section 21-6-3 Eligibility requirements. Services available under this chapter may be provided to any person who: (1) Has made application therefor to the director of the Children’s Rehabilitation Service in the manner prescribed by him; (2) Has a severe disability that causes the person to be homebound, such disability to be certified by an appropriate […]
Section 21-6-4 Attendant care. Attendant care may be provided when (1) the requirements of Section 21-6-3 are met and (2) an attendant trained by competent medical and vocational rehabilitation personnel is available to provide the care needed by the homebound person. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a member of the handicapped […]
Section 21-6-5 Regional rehabilitation committees. The Director of the Children’s Rehabilitation Service of the Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish as many regional rehabilitation committees as he deems necessary. Each such committee shall be made up of (1) a medical specialist, (2) a vocational rehabilitation counselor, (3) a registered nurse, (4) a physical therapist, and […]
