For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Ability Network of Delaware” or “AND,” or any succeeding name of this entity, means the state association whose membership includes community rehabilitation programs and other similar organizations, both public and private.
(2) “Agency of this State” or “agency” means all counties, municipalities, school districts, or any other entity which is supported in whole or in part by funds that the General Assembly appropriated.
(3) “Central nonprofit agency” or “CNA” means a public or private entity organized under the laws of this State, that the Commission selects to do at least 1 of the following:
a. Facilitate the provision, by subcontract or other means, of set-aside services or the production and distribution of set-aside commodities, in order to employ individuals with visual impairments and other disabilities.
b. Provide information the Commission has required under the provisions of this chapter and any applicable regulations.
(4) “Commission,” when capitalized and used as a noun, means the Commission for Statewide Contracts to Support Employment for Individuals with Disabilities.
(5) “Community rehabilitation program” or “CRP” means a public or private entity that provides or coordinates rehabilitation services for individuals with visual impairments and other disabilities, including assessment, customized employment, medical, personal assistance, psychiatric, psychological, rehabilitation technology, supported employment, or vocational services.
(6) “Disability” means as it is defined in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12102.
(7) “Family member” means an individual’s parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, or spouse.
(8) “Food service” means restaurant, cafeteria, snack bar, vending machines for food and beverages, and goods and services customarily offered in connection with any of the foregoing.
(9) “Public building” means a building owned or leased by the State and used for governmental purposes. It does not include a public school or a building at residential institutions operated by this State. “Public building” does not mean a building or property that is used as a public recreational facility, owned or leased by this State, and operated or occupied by the Department of National Resources and Environmental Control or the State Forestry Department. “Public building” does not mean food service located in or on the property of a public building on the Delaware Turnpike.
(10) “Set-aside” means a service or product that has been exempted from procurement under Chapter 69 of Title 29 and awarded by the Commission for a price that the Commission approved.
(11) “Visual impairment” means central visual acuity that meets 1 of the following criteria:
a. Does not exceed 20/70, including blindness, in the better eye with correcting lenses.
b. If better than 20/70, is accompanied by a limit to the better field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees.
