(a) The commission shall conduct a program to provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with disabilities.
(b) To achieve the purposes of the program, the commission may:
(1) cooperate with other public and private agencies in studying the problems involved in providing vocational rehabilitation and in establishing, developing, and providing necessary or desirable facilities and services;
(2) enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to provide vocational rehabilitation for the residents of the states concerned; and
(3) conduct research and compile statistics relating to the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.