[** 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.