Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1468
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/26/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Galvano) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 48 and 49
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 413.011, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         413.011 Division of Blind Services, legislative policy,
    8  intent; internal organizational structure and powers;
    9  Rehabilitation Council for the Blind.—
   10         (2) PROGRAM OF SERVICES.—
   11         (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a
   12  coordinated program of services which will be available to
   13  individuals throughout this state who are blind. The program
   14  must be designed to maximize employment opportunities for such
   15  individuals and to increase their independence and self
   16  sufficiency.
   17         (b) A client of the division who is participating in on
   18  the-job training shall be deemed an employee of the state for
   19  purposes of workers’ compensation coverage.
   20         Section 3. Section 413.209, Florida Statutes, is created to
   21  read:
   22         413.209 Workers’ compensation coverage for clients in on
   23  the-job training.—A client of the Division of Vocational
   24  Rehabilitation of the Department of Education who is
   25  participating in on-the-job training as a vocational
   26  rehabilitation service shall be deemed an employee of the state
   27  for purposes of workers’ compensation coverage.
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   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Between lines 4 and 5
   32  insert:
   33         amending s. 413.011, F.S.; providing that a client of
   34         the Division of Blind Services of the Department of
   35         Education is considered an employee of the state for
   36         purposes of workers’ compensation coverage; creating
   37         s. 413.209, F.S.; providing that a specified client of
   38         the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the
   39         Department of Education is considered an employee of
   40         the state for purposes of workers’ compensation
   41         coverage;