SECTION 612:10-3-4. Services exempt from client participation in service costs

(a)   DVR and DVS clients who have income and assets above the basic living requirements will be required to apply surplus resources to the cost of rehabilitation services except for the following services which do not require a determination of financial status:

(1)   services provided to assess eligibility and rehabilitation needs (services which would require the individual's participation in cost under an IPE will also require the individual's participation in cost during an evaluation of the individual's ability to benefit from VR services);

(2)   counseling, guidance, referral, and other services provided directly by DVR and DVS staff;

(3)   on-the-job training, work experiences, internships and apprenticeships;

(4)   personal or work-adjustment training;

(5)   reader services;

(6)   interpreter services;

(7)   personal assistance services;

(8)   job-related services including job search and placement, job retention services, follow-up services and follow-along services;

(9)   compensatory training;

(10)   job coaching services (i.e., supported employment, employment and retention, transitional employment); or

(11)   any auxiliary aid or service that an individual with a disability require under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act, or regulations implementing those laws, in order for the individual to participate in the VR program; and

(12)   library services.

(b)   Recipients of Social Security benefits under Titles II (federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits) or XVI (SSI) of the Social Security Act do not have to participate financially in the cost of their rehabilitation program.

[Source: Added at 10 Ok Reg 4633, eff 9-1-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 2449, eff 7-1-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 449, eff 11-14-94 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1501, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 1817, eff 4-3-96 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 1432, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3738, eff 9-10-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2904, eff 7-1-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1711, eff 4-13-99 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2590, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 970, eff 3-19-01 (emergency); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2228, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1771, eff 7-1-03; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1975, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1669, eff 10-1-07; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1278, eff 8-27-15; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 1994, eff 9-11-17]