Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 11 - Vocational Rehabilitation and Adult Basic Education
Chapter 98 - Vocational Rehabilitation
Article 4 - Hearings and Appeals
8 AAC 98.620 - Change to the individualized written rehabilitation program; procedures for expedited administrative review

(a) The division will notify a recipient or that individual's parent, guardian, or representative, in writing, of the division's proposed change to the individualized written rehabilitation program (IWRP) before the change is made. A recipient who wishes to appeal a decision regarding a change in the IWRP, and to continue any disputed services contained in the original IWRP, must, in writing, request an expedited administrative review from the division before the effective date of change of the service.

(b) Upon receipt of a request for an expedited administrative review, the division will schedule the administrative review and make a decision within 30 calendar days after the proposed effective date of the change.

(c) Except as provided in (e) of this section, the division will provide the disputed service for up to 30 calendar days after the proposed effective date of the change, through completion of the expedited review.

(d) In the case of a client in extended evaluation status, the division will notify the client of the proposed change 40 days before the expiration of the 18-month limit to extended evaluation set by 34 C.F.R. 361.34, in order to continue services during the expedited review.

(e) A disputed service will not be provided after the proposed effective date of the change, during the expedited review, if