D.C. Code § 32-331: Establishment of the Rehabilitation Services Program.

(a)

There is established a Rehabilitation Services Program that shall provide comprehensive, coordinated, efficient, and accountable federally subsidized services to individuals with disabilities, including individuals with significant disabilities, to assist those individuals in achieving gainful employment in accordance with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, approved August 7, 1998 (112 Stat. 1116; 29 U.S.C. § 720 et seq.).

(b)

The Mayor shall establish an economic needs test to be used in determining the ability of applicants for and recipients of vocational rehabilitation services to contribute to the payment of the costs of the vocational rehabilitation services.