Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) "Comparable
Services and Benefits" means services and benefits, including accommodations or
auxiliary aids and services, that are:
(1)
Provided or paid for, in whole or in part, by other Federal, State, or local public
agencies, by health insurance, or by employee benefits;
(2) Available to the individual at the time needed
to ensure the progress of the individual toward achieving the employment outcome in
the individual's Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE); and
(3) Commensurate to the services that the
individual would otherwise receive from the Department.
(b) For the purposes of this definition--
(1) Comparable services and benefits do not
include awards and scholarships based on merit.
(2) A Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS)
issued to an individual with a disability by the Social Security Administration
(SSA) does not constitute a comparable service and benefit.
(3) A "ticket" issued to an individual with a
disability under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
(TWWIIA) (42 USC
1320b-19) is considered a comparable service and
benefit under the vocational rehabilitation program to the extent that a ticket
holder is receiving services from another entity that is serving as that
individual's employment network.
(4) If
the individual initially chooses the Department as its employment network under
TWWIIA or otherwise transfers his or her ticket to the Department, the ticket would
not be considered a comparable service and benefit.
1. New section
filed 3-4-2004; operative 4-3-2004 (Register 2004, No. 10).
2. Amendment
of subsection (a) and NOTE filed 2-17-2023; operative 2-17-2023 pursuant to
Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2023, No. 7).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
19006
and
19016,
Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference:
29 USC
721;
34 CFR Sections
361.5 and
361.53; and Sections
19011 and
19150, Welfare and Institutions
Code.
