| (a) If comparable services or benefits exist under
any other program and are available to the customer at the time needed
to achieve the employment outcome in the customer's individualized
plan for employment (IPE), the Vocational Rehabilitation Division
(VRD) must use those comparable services or benefits to meet, in whole
or in part, the cost of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services.
(b) If comparable services or benefits exist under
any other program, but are not available to the customer at the time
necessary to satisfy the employment outcome in the consumer's IPE,
VRD must provide VR services until those comparable services and benefits
become available.
(c) The following services are exempt from determination
of the availability of comparable services and benefits:
(1) assessment for determining eligibility and priority
for services;
(2) assessment for determining VR needs;
(3) VR counseling, guidance, and referral services;
(4) placement services;
(5) rehabilitation technology services; and
(6) post-employment services consisting of the services
listed under paragraphs (1) - (5) of this subsection.
(d) The requirements of subsection (a) of this section
also do not apply if such a determination would interrupt or delay:
(1) the progress of the individual toward achieving
the employment outcome identified in the IPE;
(2) an immediate job placement; or
(3) the provision of VR services to any individual
who is determined to be at extreme medical risk, based on medical
evidence provided by an appropriate qualified medical professional.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §856.71 adopted to be effective December 10, 2012, 37 TexReg 9651; duplicated effective September 1, 2016, as published in the Texas Register September 2, 2016, 41 TexReg 6773; amended to be effective November 8, 2017, 42 TexReg 6195; amended to be effective December 26, 2022, 47 Texreg 8740 |
