Bill > H0460

This bill appropriates additional funds to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, with specific conditions on how the money can be used. * The Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program receives $35,000 from the General Fund for operating expenditures for fiscal year 2026. * The Vocational Rehabilitation Program receives $4,400,000 from the General Fund for trustee and benefit payments for fiscal year 2025. * No more than seventeen percent of funds appropriated from the Federal Grant Fund to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for fiscal year 2026 can be used for pre-employment transition services. * If funding is insufficient to serve all eligible individuals, priority must be given to those with the most significant disabilities. * The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation must report on its contracts with community rehabilitation providers to legislative committees by December 15, 2025, and June 15, 2026.