| (a) To be eligible for assistance from STAP, a person
must:
(1) be a resident of Texas;
(2) be a person with a disability that impairs the
person's ability to effectively access the telephone network;
(3) be at least 5 years of age;
(4) be in a situation where no other person in the
household with the same type of disability needing comparable equipment
has received a voucher for equipment unless persons in the household
are financially independent of each other;
(5) not have received a voucher from ODHHS for any
specialized telecommunications equipment or services before the fifth
anniversary of the date the person exchanged the previously issued
voucher under STAP, unless before that anniversary, the person demonstrates
that the person is no longer able to use the previous equipment or
service received and has developed a need for a different type of
specialized telecommunications equipment or service under STAP because
of a change in the person's disability status;
(6) be able to benefit from the specialized telecommunications
equipment or service provided by the voucher in accessing the telephone
network without assistance of another person; and
(7) be certified as a person with a disability that
impairs the person's ability to effectively access the telephone network,
by an individual who meets the requirements of §360.513 of this
subchapter (relating to Persons Authorized to Certify Disability).
(b) A voucher recipient who has not exchanged an issued
voucher in compliance with this subchapter, within the last five years,
may be eligible for another voucher, as long as all other eligibility
requirements are satisfied.
(c) A voucher recipient who has returned the equipment
or has stopped a service received through the exchange of a voucher,
in compliance with this subchapter, may be eligible for another voucher
if the equipment is returned or the service is stopped in compliance
with §360.527 of this subchapter (relating to STAP Vendor Duties
and Responsibilities).
(d) A voucher recipient of an exchanged voucher in
which the registered vendor was not reimbursed for the voucher exchanged
in compliance with this subchapter, may be eligible for another voucher,
as long as all other eligibility requirements are satisfied.
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