KRS 151B.185: Office of Vocational Rehabilitation -- Divisions.

(1) The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation is hereby created within the Education and

Labor Cabinet, Department of Workforce Development. The office shall consist of

an executive director and those administrative bodies and employees provided or

appointed pursuant to law. The office shall be composed of the Division of Program

Policy and Support, the Division of Kentucky Business Enterprise, the Division of

Blind Services, the Division of Field Services, and the Division of the Carl D.

Perkins Vocational Train ing Center. Each division shall be headed by a director

appointed by the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet under the provisions

of KRS 12.050, and shall be composed of organizational entities as deemed

appropriate by the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet.

(2) The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation shall have such powers and duties as

contained in KRS 151B.180 to 151B.210 and KRS 163.450 to 163.480 and such

other functions as may be established by administrative regulation.

(3) The off ice shall be the sole state agency for the purpose of developing and

approving state plans required by state or federal laws and regulations as

prerequisites to receiving federal funds for vocational rehabilitation.

(4) The chief executive officer of the office shall be the executive director of the Office

of Vocational Rehabilitation. The executive director shall be appointed by the

secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet under the provisions of KRS 12.050.

The executive director shall have experience in vocational rehabilitation and

supervision and shall have general supervision and direction over all functions of

the office and its employees, and shall be responsible for carrying out the programs

and policies of the office.

(5) Except as otherwise provided, the office shall be the state agency responsible for all

rehabilitation services and for other services as deemed necessary. The office shall

be the agency authorized to expend all state and federal funds designated for

rehabilitation services. The Office of the Secretary of the Education and Labor

Cabinet is authorized as the state agency to receive all state and federal funds and

gifts and bequests for the benefit of rehabilitation services.

(6) Employees under the jurisdiction of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation who are

members of a state retirement system as of June 30, 1990, shall remain in their

respective retirement systems.