                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT DESIGNATED AS STATE AGENCY FOR PURPOSE OF COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT (§ 51.5-118)

The Department is designated, subject to the provisions of §§ 51.5-66 and
51.5-77 regarding the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, as the state
agency for the purpose of cooperating with the federal government in carrying
out the provisions and purposes of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. § 701 et seq.) and is empowered and directed to cooperate with the
federal government in the administration of such act, to prescribe and provide
services as may be necessary for the rehabilitation of persons with
disabilities, to provide for the supervision of such services, and to disburse
and administer federal funds provided for the rehabilitation of such persons.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 2.1-584, 22-327, 22-330.9; 1964, c. 276; 1978, c. 635;
1980, c. 559; 1985, c. 421, § 51.01-9, 51.5-9; 2012, cc. 803, 835.