Tennessee § 49-11-607 - Scope of rehabilitation services — Funding.

§ 49-11-607. Scope of rehabilitation services — Funding.

All rehabilitation services, as defined in this part, may be provided to eligible individuals with disabilities; and in any event, the services shall include training, maintenance, placement, guidance and physical restoration services. Within the limits and under the conditions that may be specified in appropriations for rehabilitation facilities, the department may establish rehabilitation facilities. Appropriations, federal grants and donations for vocational rehabilitation services, unless otherwise restricted, shall be available for all vocational rehabilitation services provided under the state plan and for the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment and initial stocks and supplies for use by individuals with severe disabilities in any type of small business, the operation of which will be improved through management and supervision by the division. State appropriations and donations for vocational rehabilitation shall likewise be available for the purpose, whenever federal funds are made available to the state under any federal statute, for initiating projects for the extension and improvement of vocational rehabilitation services or for projects for research, demonstrations, training and traineeships, and for planning for and initiating expansion of vocational rehabilitation services under the state plan. The acceptance of federal and other funds, and their use for vocational rehabilitation, subject to restrictions that may be imposed by the donor and that are not inconsistent with this part, is authorized. Funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose may be used to match the federal funds and private funds. The division shall not expend funds appropriated to it for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities as defined in § 49-11-602(7)(B), but may, from division funds, defray administration and counseling and guidance expenses only; provided, that other state agencies or local governments or private sources may make their funds available to the division so as to obtain federal aid or funds to purchase rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. Acts 1947, ch. 93, § 8; C. Supp. 1950, § 2483.6 (Williams, § 2483.16); Acts 1955, ch. 141, § 4; 1959, ch. 305, § 2; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-2808; Acts 2011, ch. 47, §§ 40-42; 2019, ch. 204, §§ 30, 31. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 107 provided that nothing in the legislation shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the eligibility for services or the rights or responsibilities of individuals covered by the provision on the day before the date of enactment of this legislation, which was July 1, 2011. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 108 provided that the provisions of the act are declared to be remedial in nature and all provisions of the act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.