2014 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 20. SOCIAL SERVICES
348. Vocational Rehabilitation
348-7 Cooperative arrangements, etc.
§348-7 Cooperative arrangements, etc. Pursuant to the general policies of the department of human services, the department is authorized:
(1) To cooperate with and utilize the services of the state agency administering the public assistance program, the federal Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), and other federal, state, city and county, and local public agencies providing services relating to vocational rehabilitation, and with the state system of public employment offices in the State, and shall make maximum feasible utilization of the job placement and employment counselling services and other services and facilities of such offices.
(2) To cooperate with political subdivisions, other public and nonprofit organizations and agencies, in their establishment of workshops and rehabilitation facilities, and to the extent feasible in providing vocational rehabilitation services, shall utilize all such facilities meeting the standards established by the department.
(3) To enter into contractual arrangements with the federal Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) with respect to certifications of disability and performance of other services, and with other authorized public agencies for performance of services related to vocational rehabilitation, for such agencies.
(4) To contract with schools, hospitals, and other agencies, and with doctors, nurses, technicians, and other persons, for training, physical restoration, transportation, and other vocational rehabilitation services. [L 1955, c 231, pt of §2; RL 1955, §42-36; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §18; HRS §348-7; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4]
Note
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) now the Social Security Administration (Department of Health and Human Services).
Cross References
Administration of vocational rehabilitation, see §26-14.
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