46.29(3)(3) All of the following shall maintain liaison with and periodically report to the council on physical disabilities concerning progress in achieving objectives in the state plan developed under sub. (1) (a): 46.29(3)(a)(a) The state superintendent of public instruction. 46.29(3)(d)(d) The administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration. 46.29(3)(e)(e) The secretary of safety and professional services. 46.29(3)(g)(g) The president of the University of Wisconsin System. 46.29(3)(h)(h) The president of the technical college system board. 46.29(3)(i)(i) The executive director of the board on aging and long-term care. 46.29346.293 Specialized programs for the blind and visually impaired. The department shall provide rehabilitation teaching services for persons who are blind or visually impaired including elderly persons and young persons and their parents or guardians, regardless of their eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services. These services may include assessments of each client’s service needs, development of an individual service plan, instruction in braille, training in orientation and movement in the person’s home or neighborhood, counseling and guidance to increase the blind or visually impaired person’s independence, instruction in the use of low-vision aids, personal and home management training and instruction in leisure activities. In conjunction with the provision of these services the department shall: 46.293(1)(1) Work with blind and visually impaired persons, in a setting appropriate to each individual, to form rehabilitation plans for independent living to enable them to increase their self-reliance. 46.293(2)(2) Assist blind and visually impaired persons in physical orientation and personal adjustment. 46.293 HistoryHistory: 1995 a. 27 ss. 2270, 2413; Stats. 1995 s. 46.293. 46.29546.295 Interpreters for the hearing-impaired. 46.295(1)(1) The department may, on the request of any hearing-impaired person, city, village, town, or county or private agency, provide funds from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (1) (da) and (hs) to reimburse interpreters for hearing-impaired persons for the provision of interpreter services. 46.295(2)(2) The department shall grant priority to requests to pay fees charged by interpreters for the following, in the following order: 46.295(2)(b)(b) Medical, mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, psychiatric and psychological services. 46.295(2)(d)(d) Matters concerning law enforcement personnel. 46.295(2)(e)(e) Matters concerning any federal, state, county or municipal agency. 46.295(4)(4) The department may use as an interpreter for hearing-impaired persons only the following: 46.295(4)(a)(a) An interpreter for hearing-impaired persons who is certified by the national registry of interpreters for the deaf. 46.295(4)(b)(b) If an interpreter under par. (a) is unavailable, an interpreter for hearing-impaired persons whose qualifications have been determined appropriate by the department. 46.295(5)(5) The department may bill any public or private agency at the rates established by the department for interpreter services for hearing-impaired persons commensurate with the certification or qualification level of the interpreter providing services if the department determines that the agency is required under state or federal law to provide interpreter services to a hearing-impaired person or if the agency agrees to pay for the services. 46.295(6)(6) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.