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HB 2101 Persons with disabilities; community services.

Introduced by: Viola O. Baskerville | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Persons with disabilities; community services. Broadens the goals of the program for community services for persons with disabilities to promote the philosophy of independent living and provide financial assistance for expanding and improving the provision of independent living services. Eligible applicants for grants must now be consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential, private nonprofit agencies and agencies must be established for the sole purpose of operating a center for independent living. Cities and counties will no longer be considered eligible providers and local governing bodies will no longer have the power to review the budgets of applicants. Specific independent living services to be provided shall be in accordance with the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.


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