CS/HB 1215: Blind Services
GENERAL BILL by Baxley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gannon ; Richardson
Blind Services; creates Fla. Commission for Blind in DOE; provides that commission is agency head of Blind Services Div.; provides that division is designated state unit under federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973; requires division to develop & implement state plan for vocational rehabilitation services & for independent living services; creates children's program; authorizes commission to create blind services direct-support organization, etc. Amends FS.
Effective Date: 07/01/2003
Last Action: 5/2/2003 House - Died in Committee on Education K-20
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/2/2003 House - Died in Committee on Education K-20
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/3/2003 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 3/4/2003 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 00096 |
| 3/7/2003 | House |
• Referred to State Administration; Education K-20; Education Appropriations (AP); Appropriations -HJ 00167 |
| 4/4/2003 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- State Administration, 04/08/03, 4:30 pm, Morris Hall |
| 4/8/2003 | House |
• Favorable with CS amendment by State Administration; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -HJ 00369 |
| 4/15/2003 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3(b); Now in Education K-20 -HJ 00369 |
| 5/2/2003 | House |
• Died in Committee on Education K-20 |