Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
The following areas shall be documented, and the NHVR shall
indicate any opportunities that the individual was afforded to exercise
informed choice pursuant to Ed 1013:
(a) Employment outcome development,
including, but not limited to:
(1) The
employment outcome selected by the individual in developing the IPE;
(2) The rationale for that goal, based on the
employment factors, as describe in
Ed
1006.02;
(3) The results of assessment
services;
(4) The alternatives
considered by or with the individual;
(5) If applicable, the coordination with the
individual education program (IEP), or if coordination with the IEP cannot be
realized in the IPE, the case note shall contain the reason;
(6) The level of integration in the
employment outcome; and
(7)
Discussion of rehabilitation technology, accommodations, support services, and
transportation considerations pursuant to Ed 1006 and Ed 1007;
(b) Service options, including,
but not limited to:
(1) The rationale that
describes why the planned services are required to reach the employment
outcome;
(2) Vocational
rehabilitation services;
(3) The
cost effectiveness of the service selected;
(4) Service providers;
(5) The level of integration in the settings
in which services shall be provided;
(6) The need for extended services;
and
(7) The need for
post-employment services;
(c) Comparable benefits that indicate the
availability of resources that shall be used to help pay the costs of
vocational rehabilitation services;
(d) An indication of the result of, or the
exemption from, the financial need determination when services are to be
provided contingent on financial need as described in Ed 1006;
(e) Impact on financial benefits, including,
but not limited to:
(1) A description of the
availability of benefits counseling, work incentive planning and advisement
resources, and the option for referral to these programs, as needed, concurrent
with the implementation of the IPE;
(2) Employment earnings that may have an
impact on SSI, SSDI, temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), medicaid,
medicare, housing subsidies, and other public benefits; and
(3) The availability of work incentive
programs, including, but not limited to social security trial work period and
ongoing medicaid coverage; and
(f) The need for the provision of assistive
technology devices, assistive technology services, and personal assistance
services, including training in the management of those services.
