§ 1008. Use of appropriations. Any appropriation made to carry out the
provisions of this article, in addition to any moneys allotted to the
state for a similar purpose by the government of the United States may
be used for the payment of salaries, travel, maintenance and operation,
and other administrative expenses including the purchase of necessary
office furniture, supplies, et cetera, the necessary costs for persons
being evaluated for or undergoing vocational rehabilitation including
tuition, fees, books and other training supplies, maintenance and
traveling expenses, occupational examinations and license fees, medical,
psychiatric and psychological examinations and other diagnostic and
related services, tools and equipment, initial stocks and supplies,
surgical fees, hospitalization, therapeutic treatment and prosthetic
appliances, the establishment and construction of public and other
nonprofit rehabilitation facilities to provide services for handicapped
individuals and the establishment and construction of public and other
nonprofit workshops for the severely handicapped, including the
furnishing of equipment or the providing of grants of funds to such
public and other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities and workshops to be
utilized for the acquisition of equipment, supplies, personnel and other
necessary and proper items to be utilized in such facilities.