LD 1501
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rehabilitation program or to identify a recipient too severely
disabled to benefit from rehabilitation services in accordance with
the purposes of this article. Services must be provided by private
and public rehabilitation counselors, government agencies and
others approved by the executive director as qualified to provide
rehabilitation services. The executive director shall consider a
rehabilitation counselor's rate of successfully placing
rehabilitated employees in jobs relative to the placement rates of
other counselors in the State as fundamental in deciding whether to
approve the counselor as qualified. This section does not affect
the ongoing requirement that a person remain disabled in order to
continue to receive disability benefits.

 
For the purposes of this section, "person" means any person
who is the recipient of a disability retirement benefit.

 
1. Rehabilitation plan. If the executive director makes the
determinations necessary to provide rehabilitation services under
this section and rehabilitation is feasible and recommended
agreed to by the parties, the retirement system shall designate a
rehabilitation provider to evaluate the person and develop a
rehabilitation plan.

 
2. Costs. The executive director may contract with
rehabilitation providers to develop and carry out approved
rehabilitation plans.

 
A. Except as provided in paragraph B, the executive
director shall pay these providers from funds accumulated in
the Disability Retirement Benefit Fund Retirement Allowance
Fund, established under section 17251.

 
B. If the person is entitled to other benefits to meet the
cost of rehabilitation services, that person must first
apply for and use those benefits to the extent available to
pay for the goods and services provided.

 
3. Approval of rehabilitation plan. The executive director
and the person shall approve any rehabilitation plan the
executive director finds to be in the person's best interest and
consistent with the purposes of this article. The person and the
executive director shall developed under subsection 1 and shall
indicate in writing their approval of and agreement to the
submitted rehabilitation plan. The person shall approve the plan
within 30 days or, within that time period, submit to the
executive director the name of an alternate provider for the
executive director's consideration. If the rehabilitation plan
includes return to employment with the employer for whom the
person worked before becoming disabled, the employer shall also
indicate in writing approval of the plan.


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