The Florida Senate

413.46  Legislative intent.--It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the referral of persons who have moderate-to-severe brain or spinal cord injuries to a coordinated rehabilitation program developed and administered by the division. The program shall provide eligible persons, as defined in ¹s. 413.507, the opportunity to obtain the necessary rehabilitative services enabling them to be referred to a vocational rehabilitation program or to return to an appropriate level of functioning in their community. Further, it is intended that permanent disability be avoided, whenever possible, through prevention, early identification, skilled emergency evacuation procedures, and proper medical and rehabilitative treatment.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-254; s. 148, ch. 77-104; s. 2, ch. 87-320; s. 31, ch. 94-324.

¹Note.--Transferred to s. 381.76 by s. 20, ch. 99-240.