2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 34 - LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
Section 34:16
34:16-29 - Cooperation with other agencies;  administration;  services and facilities

34:16-29.  Cooperation with other agencies;  administration;  services and facilities
    The commission is also authorized:

    (a) To co-operate with the Federal Government in carrying out the purposes of any Federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation and independent  living rehabilitation and to adopt such methods of administration as are found  by the Federal Government to further the proper and efficient operation of  agreements or plans for vocational rehabilitation and independent living  rehabilitation and to comply with such conditions as may be necessary to secure  the full benefits of such Federal statutes.

    (b) To comply with conditions specified in Federal statutes which authorize  the use of Federal funds by the commission without matching State funds,  notwithstanding other sections of this statute.

    (c)  To co-operate with and utilize the services of the State agency or agencies administering the State's Public Assistance program, the Federal Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance (Department of Health, Education and  Welfare), and other public and private agencies providing services related to  vocational rehabilitation and independent living 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 counseling services  and other services and facilities of such offices.

    (d)  To co-operate with and make grants to political subdivisions, other public and nonprofit organizations and agencies, for the construction of or for  the establishment of workshops and rehabilitation facilities, and in providing  vocational rehabilitation and independent living rehabilitation services to  utilize such facilities meeting the standards established by the commission.

    (e)  Upon designation by the Governor, to perform other related functions and services for the Federal Government, including making determinations of disability under Title II of the Federal Social Security Act.

     L.1955, c. 64, p. 215, s. 10.  Amended by L.1961, c. 20, p. 104, s. 4; L.1967, c. 123, s. 4, eff. June 21, 1967.