§7–1504.    ** CONTINGENCY – NOT IN EFFECT – CHAPTERS 6 AND 13 OF THE 2025 SPECIAL SESSION **

    The Department shall:

        (1)    administer the Program;

        (2)    adopt regulations to implement the Program, including regulations establishing procedures for the Department to:

            (i)    receive donations for the Fund; and

            (ii)    use revenue from the Fund to pay selected nonprofit training entities for services that are provided through the Program; and

        (3)    select at least one nonprofit training entity to:

            (i)    develop and implement a training protocol that will teach each Program participant methodologies, strategies, and techniques for partnering with service animals;

            (ii)    select qualified Program participants;

            (iii)    select an appropriate service animal for each Program participant;

            (iv)    facilitate each Program participant’s training using the nonprofit training entity’s training protocol; and

            (v)    partner each successful Program participant with the service animal on the Program participant’s successful completion of the nonprofit training entity’s training protocol.