§ 49-9-52. Purpose of Council; “Employment First Policy” or “Employment first.”
The purpose of the Employment First Georgia Council shall be to advise the Governor, General Assembly, and state agencies as to the adoption and integration of a policy that recognizes that competitive integrated employment, including self-employment, is the first and preferred option of all state funded services provided to working age individuals with disabilities. Such […]
§ 49-9-53. Powers, Duties, and Responsibilities of Council
The council shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities to: Develop an Employment First training plan for providers of services to individuals with disabilities; Coordinate and conduct with other state, federal, and private entities, as appropriate, educational activities to increase awareness of the Employment First Policy; Evaluate the funding mechanism for services in the […]
§ 49-9-16. Lien Upon Causes of Actions; Procedure for Perfecting Lien; Notice; Fee; Releases and Covenants Not to Sue
Where a person with disabilities who receives vocational rehabilitation services is entitled to recover damages for said injuries, the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency shall have a lien, in an amount not to exceed the cost of rehabilitation services rendered, upon any and all causes of action accruing to the individual to whom such services were […]
§ 49-9-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term or terms: “Agency” means the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency created pursuant to Code Section 49-9-4. “Blind person” means a person who has: Not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye after correction; or An equally disabling loss of the visual field. “Board” means the Georgia […]
§ 49-9-2. Creation of the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board
There is created the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board. The board shall consist of nine members who work or have worked in the area of vocational rehabilitation or who are a part of the vocational rehabilitation community; provided, however, that five members shall be persons with disabilities or family members of persons with disabilities. The […]
§ 49-9-3. Duties of Executive Director of Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
There shall be an executive director of the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency nominated by the Governor and approved by the board. The director shall serve during the term of the Governor by whom he or she is appointed and at the pleasure of the board. If the Governor’s term expires and the incoming Governor has […]
§ 49-9-4. Creation of Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency; Function
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency is created and established to perform the functions and assume the duties, powers, and authority exercised on June 30, 2012, by the Division of Rehabilitation Services within the Department of Labor including the disability adjudication section, and such division shall be reconstituted as the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency effective July […]
§ 49-9-5. Provision of Services to Persons With Disabilities
The agency shall provide the services authorized by this chapter to persons with disabilities determined to be eligible therefor; and, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the agency is authorized, among other things: To cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions, both public and private, in providing the services authorized by this chapter […]
§ 49-9-6. Authorization to Utilize Funds
The agency is authorized to utilize funds made available from appropriations by Congress, by gifts or grants from private sources, by appropriations of the General Assembly, or by transfer of funds from other state departments for the purpose of establishing and operating rehabilitation centers and workshops. History. Code 1981, § 34-15-5, enacted by Ga. L. […]
§ 49-9-7. Cooperation to Carry Out the Purposes of Federal Statutes
The agency is empowered and directed to cooperate, pursuant to agreements with the federal government, in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to the purposes of this chapter. The agency is authorized to adopt such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary for the proper and […]