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TITLE 40SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 2DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 106DIVISION FOR BLIND SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER BVOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM
DIVISION 2ELIGIBILITY
RULE §106.311Prohibited Factors

(a) DBS does not impose, as part of determining eligibility under this subchapter, a duration-of-residence requirement that excludes from services any applicant who is present in the state.

(b) In determining eligibility under this subchapter, DBS ensures that:

  (1) No applicant or group of applicants is excluded or found ineligible solely on the basis of the type of disability; and

  (2) The eligibility requirements are applied without regard to the:

    (A) age, gender, race, color, or national origin of the applicant;

    (B) type of expected employment outcome;

    (C) source of referral for vocational rehabilitation services; and

    (D) particular service needs or anticipated cost of services required by an applicant or the income level of an applicant or applicant's family.


Source Note: The provisions of this §106.311 adopted to be effective December 10, 2012, 37 TexReg 9644

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