34:16-42 Contracts with approved sheltered workshops; amount payable.

4. The division is hereby authorized to contract with an approved sheltered workshop for the furnishing of extended employment programs to persons with severe disabilities when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the division, or upon certification to the division by the commission, that a person with a severe disability could reasonably be expected to benefit from, or reasonably requires, extended rehabilitation services. The division is authorized to contract for the payment of a sum for each person with a severe disability not exceeding the amount appropriated for the purposes of P.L.1971, c.272 (C.34:16-39 et seq.) toward the cost of providing an extended employment program pursuant to this act.

L.1971, c.272, s.4; amended 1979, c.335, s.3; 2017, c.131, s.136.

34:16-43. Authority of division and commission. 5. The division and the commission are hereby vested with the authority: a. to determine the eligibility of persons with severe disabilities for the extended employment program in consultation with the shaltered workshops providing the program; b. to establish standards of staffing, physical plant and services required for the operation of facilities of sheltered workshops furnishing services under P.L.1971, c.272 (C.34:16-39 e seq.) by contract with the State; and c. to require an appropriate progress report on each individual participating in the extended employment program.

L.1971, c. 272, s. 5. Amended by L.1979, c. 335; 2017, c.131, s.137.